Sultan Saidi Berkat was the eighth Sultan of Ternate in the Maluku Islands. His capital and seat of power was in the city of Ternate. He succeeded to the extensive east Indonesian realm built up by hi
Saidi Berkat receiving the Dutch, from a 1607 book.
Saidi Berkat and his entourage on the way to the mosque, according to Johann Theodor de Bry (1601).
The royal seat Gammalamo in Ternate as it looked in 1599, at the first Dutch visit.
Saidi Berkat entertains Jacob van Neck and his men, illustration from about 1654.
The Sultanate of Ternate, previously known as the Kingdom of Gapi, is one of the oldest Muslim kingdoms in Indonesia besides the sultanates of Tidore, Jailolo, and Bacan.
Saidi Berkat
…Sultan Saidi Berkat (Jawi: سلطان سعيد الدين برکت; c. 1563 – 1628) was the eighth Sultan of Ternate in the Maluku Islands. His capital and seat of power was in the city of Ternate. He succeeded to the extensive east Indonesian realm built up by his…
Genealogy of the rulers of Ternate
Ternatean galleys welcomed the arrival of Francis Drake.
Kraton (palace) of the Sultan of Ternate
The Sultan's guard (1900-1920)