The Sultanate of Banten experienced divisions from within, when the crown prince of Sultan Abu Nasr Abdul Kahar, known as Sultan Haji, was appointed as his father's assistant, to take care of domestic affairs. While foreign affairs were held by Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, and assisted by another son, namely Prince Arya Purbaya.
Then the separation of government affairs was smelled by the Dutch representative in Banten, W. Caef who then approached and instigated Sultan Haji. Inspired by the VOC, Sultan Haji accused this division of tasks as an attempt to remove himself from the throne of the empire. So that the throne of the empire did not fall into the hands of Prince Arya Purbaya, Sultan Haji then conspired with the VOC to seize the throne of Banten power. This is revealed in the book "Encyclopedia of Islamic Kingdoms in Indonesia," by Binuko Amarseto. This conspiracy was also carried out by Sultan Haji after Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa mostly lived in the Tirtayasa palace. The VOC, who really wanted to control Banten, was willing to help Sultan Haji to get the throne of the empire. To that end, the VOC proposed four conditions that had to be met by Sultan Haji. First, Banten had to hand over Cirebon to the VOC.
Then secondly, the VOC would be allowed to monopolize the pepper trade in Banten and the Sultan of Banten would have to expel Persian, Indian and Chinese traders from Banten. Third, if he broke his promise, the Sultanate of Banten had to pay 600,000 ringgit to the VOC. Fourth, the Banten troops who controlled the coastal and inland areas of Priangan had to be withdrawn immediately. This requirement was accepted by Sultan Haji. With the help of VOC troops, in 1681 Sultan Haji staged a coup against his father and succeeded in taking control of the Surosowan palace. Surosowan Palace not only served as the seat of Sultan Haji, but also as a symbol of the VOC's power over Banten. Seeing the political situation, on February 27, 1682 the troops of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa Surosowan Palace to surround Sultan Haji and the VOC who had occupied Surosowan Palace. The attack was able to regain control of Surosowan Palace and Sultan Haji was immediately taken to the VOC lodge and received protection from Jacob de Roy.
Knowing that Sultan Haji was under VOC protection, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa's troops moved towards the VOC lodge to destroy it. Under the leadership of Captain Sloot and W. Caef, Sultan Haji's troops together with VOC troops defended the lodge from the siege of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa's troops. Due to strong resistance from the troops of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, military aid sent from Batavia could not land in Banten. However, after it was confirmed that the VOC would be granted a trade monopoly permit in Banten by Sultan Haji, on 7 April 1682 the aid from Batavia entered Banten in
under the command of Tack and De Saint Martin. With great strength, the VOC troops attacked the Surosowan Palace and the Tirtayasa Palace and succeeded in liberating the VOC lodge from the siege of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa. Despite this, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa continued to put up a great fight with the help of the Makassarese, Balinese and Malays. The headquarters of his troops was in Margasama which was reinforced by about 600 to 800 soldiers under the command of Prince Suriadiwangsa. Meanwhile, Prince Yogya defended the Kenari area with a strength of about 400 people, Kyai Arya Jungpati with an army of about 120 people defended the Kartasana area. About 400 people defended the Serang area, 400 to 500 people defended the Jambangan area, as many as 500 people tried to defend Tirtayasa, and about 100 people strengthened the Bojonglopang area.
The heavy attack carried out by the VOC troops succeeded in pressing the Banten ranks so that Margasana, Kacirebonan, and Tangerang could also be controlled by the VOC. Sultan Ageng then withdrew to Tirtayasa which was the center of his defense. Tanara and Pontang also strengthened their defenses. In Kademangan there was an army of about 1,200 people under the leadership of Arya Wangsadiraja. They survived long enough, but on December 2, 1682 Kademangan finally fell after a fierce battle between the two armies. In this series of battles on both sides many died. Some of the Banten troops fled to Ciapus, Pagutan, and Jasinga. With the fall of the Kademangan defense, only Tirtayasa became the target of the VOC. The general attack started from the coastal area towards Tanara and Tangkurak. On December 28, 1682 the troops of Jonker, Tack, and Miichielsz attacked Pontang, Tanara, and Tirtayasa and burned them.
Explosions and arson destroyed the Tirtayasa palace. However, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa managed to escape to the interior. Prince Arya Purbaya also managed to escape safely by burning his fort and palace first.
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