Kalinyamat Sultanate

Kalinyamat Sultanate
1527–1599
Map of Java Major, engraved in 1570, depicting the city-state of Iapara (Jepara) on the north coast of the island.
Map of Java Major, engraved in 1570, depicting the city-state of Iapara (Jepara) on the north coast of the island.
CapitalKalinyamat City and Jepara
Common languagesJavanese language
Religion
Islam, Kejawen
GovernmentMonarchy
Raja/Ratu 
• 1527–1549
Sultan Hadlirin
• 1549–1579
Ratna Kencana
• 1579–1599
Pangeran Arya Jepara
History 
• Established
1527
• Disestablished
1599
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Demak Sultanate
Mataram Sultanate

Kalinyamat Sultanate or Kalinyamat Kingdom, was a 16th-century Javanese Islamic polity in the northern part of the island of Java, centred in modern-day Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia.

Both Jepara and Kalinyamat were first established as Duchy settlements under the Demak Sultanate. After a succession feud, Kalinyamat was declared as a separate polity from Demak. Traditional accounts provide the names of several of its leaders; Sultan Hadlirin, and his wife and also successor, Ratna Kencana (Ratu Kalinyamat) (r. 1549–1579).