Pontianak Sultanate

Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate
کسلطانن قدريه ڤنتيانق
Kesultanan Kadriyah Pontianak
1771–1950
Flag of Pontianak Sultanate
Flag
Coat of arms of Pontianak Sultanate
Coat of arms
StatusPart of the Dutch East Indies (from 1779)
CapitalPontianak
Common languagesMalay
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentIslamic Absolute Monarchy
Sultan 
• 2017–present
Syarif Machmud Alkadrie
History 
• Established
23 October 1771
• Coronation
1 September 1778
• Integration with Indonesia
17 August 1950
• Disestablished
1950
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tanjungpura Kingdom
Mempawah Kingdom
Indonesia

The Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate (Jawi: کسلطانن قدرية ڤنتيانق‎ ) was a Malay state that existed on the western coast of the island of Borneo from the late 18th century until its disestablishment in 1950. It was founded in 1771 by Sultan Syarif Abdurrahman Ibni Alhabib Husein bin Ahmad Alkadrie, allegedly a descendant of Sayidina Husain, in the area of the mouth of the triple junction of the small Kapuas River and the porcupine river which included a small area area ceded by the Sultan of Banten to the Dutch VOC. He had two political marriages in Kalimantan, the first to the princess of the Mempawah Kingdom, Utin Chandramidi, and the second in 1768 to Ratu Syahranum (Ratoe Sarib Anom) of the Banjar Sultanate (daughter or brother of Sultan Saat/Sulaiman Saidullah I), earning him the title Pangeran Nur Alam.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The sultanate was located at the mouth of the Kapuas River in what is today the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, and the sultan's residential palace was situated in what later grew to become the modern-day Indonesian city of Pontianak.

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