The Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate was a Arab-Malay state that existed on the western coast of the island of Borneo from the late 18th century until its disestablishment in 1950. It was founded in 1771
Syarif Usman Alkadrie's letter to VOC Commissioner General Van der Capellen (1823)
Sultan Syarif Muhammad Alkadrie and guests (circa 1930)
Sultan Hamid II in conversation with Ida Anak Agung Gde Agung, King of Gianyar (circa 1949)
Portret van de sultan van Pontianak
Pontianak, also known as Khuntien or 坤甸 in Teochew and Hakka, is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, founded first as a trading port on the island of Borneo, occupying an area o
Pontianak Sultanate
…Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, and the sultan's residential palace was situated in what later grew to become the modern-day Indonesian city of Pontianak. The Pontianak Sultanate was founded in 1771 by explorers from Hadhramaut led by al-Sayyid Syarif Abdurrahman al-Kadrie, a son of a Hadramaut Arab…
Equator Pontianak Monument
Mujahidin Grand Mosque, Pontianak