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The 'Treaty of Giyanti' was an agreement between the Dutch East India Company, Sultanate of Mataram (represented by Sunan Pakubuwono III), and rebels from Prince Mangkubumi's group became solution for the insurgency taking place in Mataram after Sultan Agung's death. The treaty signed in March 1755 marked the end of independent Sultanate of Mataram ''de facto'' and ''de jure''. The name of ''Giyanti'' is taken from the location of the treaty, Giyanti (Dutch spelling, now Janti village) in the southeast of Karanganyar, Jawa Tengah.
According to this agreement, Mataram's territory was divided into two parts:

★ (1) The eastern territory of Opak River (east of where Prambanan is now) was ruled by Mataram heir (Sunan Pakubuwono III) and still stayed in Surakarta

★ (2) The western territory (actual Mataram territory) was ceded to Prince Mangkubumi crowned as Sultan Hamengkubuwono I staying in Yogyakarta. There were many parts of the treaty that allowed the Dutch East Indies to determine who would control what part of the territory.
The treaty of Giyanti didn't end insurgency because Prince Sambernyawa (Raden Mas Said) still fought against Pakubuwono III. The background of this treaty is perpetuated in a ''babad'' called Babad Giyanti.

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★ http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/8.htm

Further reading

★ Ricklefs, M.C. (1974) ''Jogjakarta under Sultan Mangkubumi, 1749–1792: A history of the division of Java'' . London Oriental Series, vol. 30. London : Oxford University Press, (Revised Indonesian edition 2002)