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1 maj 2024 · The history of Lombok. The Sasak people have lived in Lombok for centuries. Still, to this day, they account for about 90% of the island’s population of over 3.4 million people. Adding to this number are Balinese and a small amount of Arabs, Chinese, Javanese and Bugis.
Among the few known facts about the history of Lombok prior to the 17th century was that the island consisted of numerous petty states, which constantly feuded with one another. Each of these states was ruled by a different Sasak prince.
1 sty 2021 · The Balinese ruled Lombok from the middle of the 1700s until the 1890s, when the Dutch intervened, taking control of the island. After a series of bloody fights, the Balinese were driven out and Lombok became part of the group of islands now known as the Lesser Sunda Islands
"Hydrographical and Chorographical Chart of the Philippine Islands"), more commonly known as the Velarde map, is a map of the Philippines made and first published in Manila in 1734 by the Jesuit cartographer Pedro Murillo Velarde , the engraver Nicolás de la Cruz Bagay, and the artist Francisco Suárez.
Lombok’s oldest Hindu Temple was built in 1533 at Batu Bolong and still stands to this day on a rocky outcrop near Senggigi Beach, looking out to the Lombok Strait. Beyond this, there are only two recorded references to Lombok prior to the 17 th century AD.
Lombok is somewhat similar in size and density, and shares some cultural heritage with the neighboring island of Bali to the west. However, it is administratively part of West Nusa Tenggara, along with the larger and more sparsely populated island of Sumbawa to the east.
In 1839, after a period of strife between rival Balinese descent-groups, Lombok was united under the Mataram dynasty. Thus began a long period of political stability for the island, a period in which Lombok developed into the most orderly, the richest and certainly...
