List of rulers of Maluku explained

This is a list of rulers of Maluku from proto-historical times until the present. The four sultanates of Ternate, Tidore, Jailolo and Bacan were considered descendants of a legendary figure called Jafar Sadik and formed a ritual quadripartition. Drawing wealth from the spice production and trade with other parts of Asia, Ternate and Tidore lorded over extensive realms which stretched from Sulawesi to Papua, while Jailolo and Bacan merely had local significance. They fell under Portuguese or Spanish influence in the sixteenth century, superseded by Dutch impact in the seventeenth century. The sultanates were subordinated to the Dutch colonial state until 1942 when the Japanese occupied Indonesia. After the outbreak of the Indonesian revolution they belonged to the Dutch-approved quasi-state East Indonesia from 1946 to 1950 when they were incorporated in the unitary Indonesian state.

Sultans of Bacan

Sultans of Jailolo

Legendary list

Historically documented list

Rulers of Ternate

Pre-Sultanate rulers

See main article: Pre-Islamic rulers of Ternate.

Sultan

Royal Title:Sultan
Realm:Ternate
Border:imperial
Style:His Highness[4]
Last Monarch:Muhammad Usman Syah (Last Sultan to rule Ternate)
Muhammad Jabir Syah (Honorary Sultan)
Residence:Known residences:
Pretender:Sjarifuddin Sjah (titular Sultan of Ternate 2016-2019)[5]

The first known Kolano (ruler) of Ternate to convert to Islam was Marhum. According to François Valentijn's account, Marhum was the son and successor of the seventeenth King Gapi Baguna II (r. 1432-1465), a pre-Islamic ruler of Ternate. His island kingdom was one of the four realms that traditionally existed in North Maluku, the others being Tidore, Bacan, and Jailolo. Reports were told by Javanese traders who came to the island, that native Ternateans were able to read out words from the letters of the Qur'an, it proves that the first tenets of Islam had entered North Molluccan society.[6]

The first ruler of Ternate to adopt the title of Sultan was Zainal Abidin of Ternate, His life is only described in sources dating from the 16th century or later.[7] According to the versions of François Valentijn's account, Zainal Abidin was the son of Marhum, meanwhile according to Malay Annals like the Hikayat Tanah Hitu by Rijali (written before 1657 and later adjusted in c. 1700) described that Zainal Abidin was the first Ternate ruler to convert to Islam.[8] Many Muslim Javanese traders frequented Ternate at the time and incited the king to learn more about the new creed, to establish an Islamic governance for his kingdom. In c. 1495, he traveled with his companion Hussein to study Islam in Giri (Gresik) on Java's north coast, where Sunan Giri kept a well-known madrasa.[9] While there, he won renown as Sultan Bualawa, or Sultan of Cloves.[10] According to the Hikayat Tanah Hitu, Zainal Abidin stopped in Bima in Sumbawa on his way back to Maluku. He and his crew got into trouble with the local king and a fight took place where a Bimanese wounded Zainal Abidin with his spear. The bodyguards of the ruler brought him back to the ship, though he died on board. The account of François Valentijn, on the contrary, insists that he survived the battle and made it back to Ternate.[11] On his return, he replaced the royal title Kolano with Sultan, and it may have been now that he adopted the Islamic name Zainal Abidin.[12] He brought back a mubaligh from Java named Tuhubahahul to propagate the Islamic faith and created a Bobato (headman) to assist in all matters relating to the rule of Islamic law across the Sultanate.[13]

The second ruler of Ternate to claim the title of Sultan was Bayan Sirrullah. He ruled from around 1500 to 1521 and saw the arrival of Portuguese to the Islands of Maluku. Bayan Sirrullah, also known as Abu Lais (in Portuguese sources, Boleife), was the eldest son of the first sultan of Ternate, Zainal Abidin.[14] Islam had been accepted by the local elites of North Maluku in the second half of the 15th century, as a consequence of the importance of Muslim traders in the archipelago.[15]

Under the reign of Baabullah of Ternate, Ternate saw its golden age after Baabullah's victory in defeating the Portuguese. He was commonly known as the Ruler of 72 (Inhabited) Islands in eastern Indonesia, including most of the Maluku Islands, Sangihe and parts of Sulawesi, with influences as far as Solor, East Sumbawa, Mindanao, and the Papuan Islands.[16] His reign inaugurated a period of free trade in the spices and forest products that gave Maluku a significant role in Asian commerce.[17]

The last Sultan who ruled Ternate according to the old institutions was Muhammad Usman Syah. Muhammad Usman succeeded to the throne in February 1902 after the death of his father in 1900, and a brief reign by his brother. He was arrested and dethroned by the Dutch colonial authorities on 23 September 1915[18] [19] [20] because of his opposition to the increasing colonial interference in his kingdom and the subsequent minor uprising in Jailolo in September 1914, whereby the controleur G.K.B. Agerbeek and Lieutenant C.F. Ouwerling were murdered. The Dutch colonial government later enthroned an honorary sultan of Ternate, Muhammad Jabir in 1929,[21] [22] The sultanate was de facto abolished under the government of Indonesia around 1949 to 1950.[23]

List of Sultans:[24]

Kings and Sultans of Tidore

Royal Title:Sultan
Realm:Tidore
Border:provincial
First Monarch:Jamaluddin (first ruler to claim the title of Sultan)
Last Monarch:Zainal Abidin Syah
(last sultan to have executive power until 1949)
Residence:Known residence:
Began:15th century
Pretender:Husain Syah (titular sultan 2014-) [descendant of Ahmad Saifuddin Alting]

The title of Sultan was first claimed by the former Kolano (King) of Tidore, Ciri Leliatu known later as Sultan Jamaluddin. According to the Malay chronicle of Hikayat Ternate, Ciri Leliatu was the son of Matagena, a Malay lord who expelled his predecessor Kolano Sele and acquired kingship over the island.[26] According to even later sources, he was descended from a line of Muslim qadis and thus started a new royal lineage, and eventually died in Gotowasi village in Halmahera.[27] He is nevertheless counted among the pre-Islamic rulers. Matagena's son was Ciri Leliatu, also called Ciriliyati, who succeeded to the Kolano-ship in the late 15th century. An Arab called Syekh Mansur came to Tidore and converted him to Islam, whereby he received the Islamic name Sultan Jamaluddin. The eldest son of the king was named after the preacher, and later succeeded his father as Sultan al-Mansur.[28] Al-Mansur was, according to later historical tradition, the son of the first Muslim ruler of Tidore, Ciri Leliatu. He was named after Syekh Mansur, an Arab who persuaded his father to convert to Islam.[29] As he later told Spanish visitors, his father had been killed during a journey to Buru Island, which was normally a dependency of the rivalling Sultanate of Ternate.[30] According to European sources, Islam was accepted by the North Malukan elite in about the 1460s-1470s. Ciri Leliatu's son Sultan al-Mansur ruled when the Portuguese first visited Maluku in 1512, and met the remnants of the Magellan expedition in 1521.[31]

Under the reign of Sultan Saifuddin (1657-1689), the Sultanate of Tidore was an ally of the Dutch East India Company (VOC),[32] it was until the nineteenth Sultan of Tidore, Nuku Muhammad Amiruddin attacked the VOC in 1780.[33]

The last Sultan of Tidore was Zainal Abidin Syah who reigned from 1947 to 1967. During his reign, the anti-feudalist movements led to the abolition of old monarchical institutions in 1949.[34]

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Notes and References

  1. Coolhaas, W.Ph. (1923) "Kronijk van het rijk Batjan", Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 63.https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.56447/page/n491/mode/2up; Wessels, C. (1929) "De Katholieke missie in het Sultanaat Batjan (Molukken), 1667-1609", Historisch Tijdschrift 8:2 and 8:3 http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/ht/#page=17&accessor=toc&source=26; Schurhammer, Georg (1980) Francis Xavier: His Life, his times - vol. 3: Indonesia and India, 1545-1549. Rome: Jesuit Historical Institute, p. 143 https://archive.org/details/fx-schurhammer3/page/n163/mode/2up.
  2. Noegroho, A. (1957) "'Tjatatan perdjalanan' dari Provinsi Irian Barat di Soa-Sio, Tidore", Mimbar Penerangan VIII:8, p. 563 https://books.google.com/books?id=3FcdAQAAIAAJ&dq=Noegroho+Mimbar+Penerangan+1957&pg=PA258.
  3. The pedigree and chronology of the sultans is only partly known; see Schurhammer, F. (1973-1982) Francis Xavier; His Life, His Times, Vol. I-IV. Rome: Jesuit Historical Institute; Jacobs, Hubert (1974-1984) Documenta Malucensia, Vol. I-III. Rome: Jesuit Historical Society; Fraassen, C. van (1987) Ternate, de Molukken en de Indonesische Archipel. Leiden: Leiden University (PhD Thesis).
  4. A.T. Gallop, 'Seventeenth-century Indonesian letters in the Public Record Office', Indonesia and Malay World, vol.31, no.91 (2003), pp. 412-439.
  5. Early dates before 1500 are unreliable, and are given by Valentijn, Francois (1724) Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien, Vol. I. Dordrecht & Amsterdam: Van Braam & Onde de Linden, p. 126-151.https://archive.org/details/oudennieuwoostin01vale/page/126/mode/2up The genealogy and chronology of the sultans are given in Fraassen, C. van (1987) Ternate, de Molukken en de Indonesische Archipel, Vol. I-II. Leiden: Leiden University (PhD Thesis).
  6. Web site: Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën : vervattende een naaukeurige en uitvoerige verhandelinge van Nederlands mogentheyd in die gewesten, benevens eene wydluftige beschryvinge der Moluccos, Amboina, Banda, Timor, en Solor, Java, en alle de eylanden onder dezelve landbestieringen behoorende : het Nederlands comptoir op Suratte, en de levens der Groote Mogols : als ook een keurylke verhandeling van 't wezentlykste dat men behoort te weten van Choromandel, Pegu, Arracan, Bengale, Mocha, Persien, Malacca, Sumatra, Ceylon, Malabar, Celebes of Macassar, China, Japan, Tayouan of Formosa, Tonkin, Cambodia, Siam, Borneo, Bali, Kaap der Goede Hoop en van Mauritius : te zamen dus behelzende niet alleen eene zeer nette beschryving van alles, wat Nederlands Oost-Indiën betreft, maar ook 't voornaamste dat eenigzins tot eenige andere Europeërs, in die Gewesten, betrekking heeft .... François. Valentijn. Joannes van. Braam. G. onder de. Linden. January 8, 1724. Te Dordrecht : By Joannes van Braam, boekverkooper ; Te Amsterdam : By Gerard onder de Linden, boekverkooper. Internet Archive.
  7. Christiaan van Fraassen (1987), Ternate, de Molukken en de Indonesische Archipel. Leiden: Rijksmuseum te Leiden, Vol. I, p. 1-12.
  8. Christiaan van Fraassen (1987), Vol. II, p. 6.
  9. Soejono (2008), p. 194; François Valentijn (1724), p. 143.https://archive.org/details/oudennieuwoostin01vale/page/142/mode/2up.
  10. Amal (2016), p. 64.
  11. Hans Hägerdal (2017), Held's history of Sumbawa. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University press, p. 34.https://aup.figshare.com/articles/Held_s_History_of_Sumbawa_An_Annotated_Translation/7992917
  12. Putuhena (2007), p. 101.
  13. Office of Islamic Information Service (1980), p. 28.
  14. Christiaan van Fraassen (1987), Vol. II, p. 14.
  15. C.F. van Fraassen (1987), Vol. I, p. 32.
  16. Robert Cribb (2000) Historical atlas of Indonesia. Richmond: Curzon, p. 103.
  17. C.F. van Fraassen (1987) Ternate, de Molukken en de Indonesische Archipel. Leiden: Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, Vol. I, p. 47.
  18. Book: J. Suyuthi Pulungan . Sejarah Peradaban Islam di Indonesia . 16 February 2022 . Amzah . 9786020875484 . 144 . 23 December 2022.
  19. Book: Syahril Muhammad . Kesultanan Ternate sejarah sosial, ekonomi, dan politik . 2004 . Ombak . 9789793472256 . 108 . 23 December 2022.
  20. News: Javasche Courant, Officieel Nieuwsblad . 23 December 2022 . Javasche Courant . Dutch East Indies . 1933.
  21. Karel E.M. Bongenaar (2005) De ontwikkeling van het zelfbesturend landschap in Nederlandsch-Indië 1855-1942. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, p. 373.
  22. C.F. van Fraassen (1987), Vol. I, p. 60.
  23. C.F. van Fraassen (1987), p. 61-2.
  24. Fraassen, Christiaan van (1987), Vol. II, p. 2-4, 13-4. All dates up to 1500 are traditional and unverifiable.
  25. Early dates before 1500 are unreliable, and are given by Valentijn, Francois (1724) Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien, Vol. I. Dordrecht & Amsterdam: Van Braam & Onde de Linden, p. 126-151.https://archive.org/details/oudennieuwoostin01vale/page/126/mode/2up The genealogy and chronology of the sultans are given in Fraassen, C. van (1987) Ternate, de Molukken en de Indonesische Archipel, Vol. I-II. Leiden: Leiden University (PhD Thesis).
  26. C.F. van Fraassen (1987) Ternate, de Molukken en de Indonesische Archipel, Vol. II. Leiden: Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, p. 61-2.
  27. Annie Nugraha (2017) "Tidore dalam balutan sejarah".http://annienugraha.com/tidore-dalam-balutan-sejarah-kesultanan-tidore/
  28. P.J.B.C. Robidé van der Aa (1879) Reizen naar Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinea. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, p. 18 https://archive.org/details/reizennaarneder00crabgoog/page/n66/mode/2up
  29. P.J.B.C. Robidé van der Aa (1879) Reizen naar Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinea. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, p. 18 https://archive.org/details/reizennaarneder00crabgoog/page/n66/mode/2up
  30. Antonio Pigafetta (1906) Magellan's voyage around the world, Vol. II. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, p. 91.https://archive.org/details/magellansvoyagea02piga/page/90/mode/2up
  31. Willard A. Hanna & Des Alwi (1990), Turbulent times past in Ternate and Tidore. Banda Naira: Rumah Budaya Banda Naira, p. 20-5.
  32. Leonard Andaya (1993), The world of Maluku. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, p. 171.
  33. Book: Satrio Widjojo, Muridan . The revolt of Prince Nuku: cross-cultural alliance-making in Maluku, c.1780-1810. BRILL. 2009. 9789004172012 .
  34. C.F. van Fraassen (1987) Ternate, de Molukken en de Indonesische Archipel. Leiden: Rijksmuseum te Leiden, Vol. I, p. 62-4.
  35. Katoppo, Elvianus (1957) Nuku, Sulthan Sadul Djehad Muhammad el Mabus Amirudin Sjah, Kaitjili Paparangan, Sulthan Tidore. Kilatmadju Bina Budhaja; Widjojo, Muridan (2009) The revolt of Prince Nuku: Cross-cultural alliance-making in Maluku, c. 1780-1810. Leiden: Brill. The exact genealogy of the rulers before the mid-17th century is not known by the local historical tradition; for the known details, see Clercq, F.S.A. de (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate. Leiden: Brill, p. 321 https://archive.org/details/Bijdragentotdek00Cler/page/320/mode/2up; Robidé van der Aa, P.J.B.C. (1879) Reizen naar Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinea. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, p. 18-19 https://archive.org/details/reizennaarneder00crabgoog/page/n66/mode/2up; Bastian, Adolf (1894) Indonesien, oder die Inseln des Malayischen Archipel. Berlin: Dümmler, p. 65 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_v-NAAQAAMAAJ/page/n79/mode/2up.