Lombok
Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara
(Nusa Tenggara Barat or NTB) province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands,
with the Lombok Strait
separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is roughly circular,
with a "tail" (Sekotong Peninsula)
to the southwest, about 70 km across and a total area of about 4,725 km²
(1,825 sq mi). The provincial capital and largest city on the island is Mataram. It is somewhat similar in size and
density with neighboring Bali and shares some cultural
heritage, but is administratively part of NTB along with sparsely populated Sumbawa. It is surrounded by a number of
smaller islands locally called Gili. Little is known about the Lombok
before the seventeenth century. Before this time it was made up of numerous
competing and feuding petty states each of which were presided over by a Sasak
'prince'. This disunity was taken advantage of by the neighbouring Balinese who
took control of western Lombok in the early seventeenth century. The
Makassarese meanwhile invaded eastern Lombok from their colonies in
neighbouring Sumbawa. The Dutch had first visited Lombok in 1674 and the
Dutch East India
Company concluded its first treaty with the Sasak Princess of
Lombok. The Balinese had managed to take over the whole island by 1750, but
Balinese infighting resulted in the island being split into four feuding
Balinese kingdoms. In 1838, the Mataram kingdom brought its rivals under
control.
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