Sambas Sultanate
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Was a traditional Malay state on the Western coast of the island of Borneo, in modern-day Indonesia.
Establishment
January 1610: Sambas became a kingdom in 1609 with the descendant of Sepudak.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 1777: Was a polity derived from Chinese mining communities in Buduk (Borneo) from ca. 1776.
January 1777: In 1776 the Fosjoen Tjoenthang (or M. Heshun) consolidated fourteen Chinese mining communities into a single body.
Disestablishment
January 1820: Sambas remained independent until the era of the Dutch East India Company, when the capital was bombarded in 1812. The Dutch took control in 1819, leading into frequent minglings into succession, deposing and exiling Abu Bakar Taj ud-din II to Java.
Selected Sources
Somers Heidhues, M.F. (2003): Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, SEAP Publications, p.63
Somers Heidhues, M.F. (2003): Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, SEAP Publications, p.64
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