Maulana Hasanuddin of Banten

Maulana Hasanuddin
First ruler of Banten Sultanate
Sultan of Banten
Reign1552–1570
PredecessorSunan Gunungjati (sultan of Cirebon)
SuccessorMaulana Yusuf
Born1478
Died1570 (aged 91–92)
Banten Sultanate
Burial
IssueMaulana Yusuf of Banten
Pangeran Sunyararas
HouseAzmatkhan
FatherSunan Gunungjati
MotherNyai Ratu Kawunganten
ReligionSunni Islam

Maulana Hasanuddin (also spelled Hasanuddin) was a ruler of the Banten Sultanate from c. 1552 to 1570. Hasanuddin was a Azmatkhani Sayyid, the son of Sunan Gunungjati and Nyai Ratu Kawunganten.

He extended the domains of Banten to the pepper-producing region of Lampung, in South Sumatra. This area, which already had long-standing ties with West Java, facilitated Banten's rise to prominence as a pepper port.[1]

  1. ^ M.C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia Since c. 1300, 2nd ed., Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994, p. 38