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Sultanate of Bacan كسلطانن باچن Kesultanan Bacan | |||||||
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| 1322?–1965 | |||||||
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_Afbeeldingen_van_de_Eylanden_Macjan,_ende_Bacjan,_RP-P-OB-75.474.jpg) Bacan Island (right), including its settlement. c. 1616 | |||||||
| Capital | Amassing | ||||||
| Common languages | Bacanese Malay | ||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam (after late 1400s) | ||||||
| Government | Sultanate | ||||||
| Sultan, Dehe ma-kolano | |||||||
• c. 1515 | Raja Yusuf | ||||||
• 1557 – 1577 | Dom João Hairun | ||||||
• 1935 – 1983 | Muhammad Muhsin | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Founded | 1322? | ||||||
• Conversion to Islam | late 1400s | ||||||
• Vassalisation by Dutch | 1609 | ||||||
• Functions of sultan replaced by Indonesia | 1965 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Indonesia | ||||||
The Sultanate of Bacan (كسلطانن باچن) 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 (Bacan, Kasiruta, Mandioli, etc.) but had periodical influence in Ceram and the Raja Ampat Islands. It fell under the colonial influence of Portugal in the 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.[1] After the independence of Indonesia in 1949, the governing functions of the sultan were gradually replaced by a modern administrative structure. However, the sultanate has been revived as a cultural entity in present times.
- ^ A.B. Lapian (1994) "Bacan and the early history of North. Maluku", in L. Visser (ed.), Halmahera and beyond: Social science research in the Moluccas. Leiden: KITLV Press.