Tidore Sultanate

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Was a sultanate in Southeast Asia, centered on Tidore in the Maluku Islands (presently in North Maluku, Indonesia).

Establishment

January 1451: At times, Tidore controlled East Seram, and laid claims to outlying places such as Buru and Aru.

January 1451: Sultanate of Tidore (Indonesian: Kesultanan Tidore, sometimes Kerajaan Tidore) was a sultanate in Southeast Asia, centered on Tidore in the Spice Islands (presently in North Maluku Province. It was a rival of Sultanate of Ternate for control of the spice trade, and had an important historical role as binding the archipelagic civilizations of Indonesia to the Papuan world.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1501: Supposedly, the first Tidore sultan Ciri Leliatu invaded the Papuan island Gebe, a local power center, in the late 15th century and thereby gained access to valuable forest products of the Raja Ampat Islands and New Guinea.

January 1576: Following the 1575 Ternatean invasion, Bacan, an island in Indonesia, became subservient to the Sultanate of Ternate. This relationship was solidified through marriages between the ruling families of Bacan and Ternate.

January 1579: Tidore was under Dutch colonial rule from 1578.

January 1607: The Spaniards launched a major attack on Ternate from their Philippines base in 1606. This was successful, the power of Ternate was curbed, and Tidore was allowed to take over certain Ternatan dependencies.

January 1620: Expansion of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia by 1619.

January 1642: Expansion of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia by 1641.

January 1781: Tidore was turned from an ally to a vassal and thus lost its independence.

January 1798: After several shifts Nuku allied with the British, who were at war with the Dutch after 1795 and were in the process of conquering Dutch colonial possessions. In 1797 he captured Bacan and then Tidore itself, expelling the VOC-backed Sultan Kamaluddin.

January 1802: In 1801 Ternate was captured by the British and Tidorese after a long siege.

Disestablishment

January 1807: After the death of Nuku in 1805, his brother, Sultan Zainal Abidin, proved unable to resist the Dutch-Ternatan attacks. Tidore was lost in 1806 and the sultan fled, finally dying in exile in 1810.