Sultanate of Bacan
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The Sultanate of Bacan was a state in Maluku Islands, present-day Indonesia that arose with the expansion of the spice trade in late medieval times. It mainly consisted of the Bacan Islands but had pe
A Malukan kora kora (large outrigger geared for warfare) in a manuscript from 1561
Barneveld Fort in Bacan
Fort Barneveld on Bacan Island.
Sultan Bacan Mosque
Sultanate of Tidore
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The Sultanate of Tidore was a sultanate in Southeast Asia, centered on Tidore in the Maluku Islands. It was also known as Duko, its ruler carrying the title Kië ma-kolano. Tidore was a rival of the Su
Sultanate of Bacan
…16th century and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) after 1609. Bacan was one of the four kingdoms of Maluku (Maloko Kië Raha) together with Ternate, Tidore and Jailolo, but tended to be overshadowed by Ternate. After the independence of Indonesia in 1949, the governing functions of the sultan were gradually…
Sultan Amiruddin Syah of Tidore seal
Portrait of Sultan Saifuddin of Tidore, Czartoryski Museum, Kraków.
Genealogy of the rulers of Tidore
Image of Tidore town in 1601, with Spanish and Dutch ships engaged in a fight. A mosque, a Catholic church and a small fortress can be seen.