Pangeran Pekik
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Pangeran Pekik |
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| Died | 1659 Mataram Sultanate |
| Cause of death | Assassinated by Amangkurat I |
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| Relatives | Amangkurat I (son-in-law), Amangkurat II (grandson) |
| Family | House of Surabaya |
Pangeran Pekik (or Prince Pekik, died in 1659) was a Javanese prince, and son of the last Duke of Surabaya, Jayalengkara. After the Mataram conquest of Surabaya he was forced to live in Mataram court. He was executed in 1659 under the orders of Mataram's King Amangkurat I, who suspected him of conspiracy.
Pangeran Pekik was born into the ruling house of the Duchy of Surabaya. His father, Jayalengkara (r. ? – 1625), was the Duke of Surabaya at the time of Surabaya's conquest by Mataram (1625). The House of Surabaya claimed to be descendants of Sunan Ampel (1401–1481), one of the nine saints (wali songo) credited with the spread of Islam in Java. However, de Graaf wrote that there was no evidence for this claim although he considered it likely that the ruling family were distantly related to Sunan Ampel.
At the time of Mataram's campaign of conquest against Surabaya (1619–1625), Pekik's father the duke was already blind and aged. Pekik was one of the leader of the defending forces and mobilised Surabaya's allies against Mataram. After several years of war, Surabaya surrendered in 1625. Pangeran Pekik was exiled to an ascetic life at the grave of Sunan Ngampel-Denta near Surabaya.
In 1633, Mataram's Sultan Agung recalled Pangeran Pekik from Ampel. Pekik married Agung's sister and henceforth lived at court, while Agung's son and heir (later Amangkurat I) married Pekik's daughter. While at court, he "did much to civilize the Court" of Mataram, according to Dutch historian H. J. de Graaf. He brought culture from the court of Surabaya, which had been a centre of culture and Islamic Old Javanese literature since the second half of the 16th century, to the relatively new court of Mataram. Agung's decision to institute the the Javanese calendar was probably the result of Pekik's influence.
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