Rahmatullah was the second Sultan of Banjar who ruled from 1540 until his death in 1570.

Early life

Rahmatullah was the eldest son of Surianshah, the founding sultan of the

Banjar Sultanate The Sultanate of Banjar () was a nation-state of the Banjar people, Banjar in the form of a sultanate, Islamic sultanate in Borneo which was founded in 1526 and existed until its dissolution in 1860 by the colonial government of the Dutch East ...

. Rahmatullah has a younger brother who serves as Raden Dipati named "Prince Anom". According to the Maanyan tribe who inhabit the Jaar-Sanggarwasi village in East Barito, Sultan Rahmatullah's father, Sultan Surianshah, also married Norhayati, the daughter of Labai Lamiah, a Dayak Maanyan figure who had embraced Islam, who then gave birth to Princess Mayang Sari who ruled the Jaar region which was also called Singarasi and the tomb of Princess Mayang Sari is also located there.Hubungan Raja-raja Banjar dan Pengetua Kampung Jaar-Sanggarwasi
/ref> During the reign of Sultan Rahmatullah, sending tribute to the

Demak Sultanate The Demak Sultanate () was a Javanese Muslim state located on Java's north coast in Indonesia, at the site of the present-day city of Demak. A port fief to the Hindu-Buddhist Majapahit kingdom thought to have been founded in the last quarter o ...

was stopped because the ruler of Java had shifted to the king of the Pajang Sultanate.

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