Sultanate of Jailolo

Sultanate of Jailolo
كسلطانن جيلول
Kesultanan Jailolo, Jika ma-kolano
13th century?–1832
Jailolo and Halmahera
Jailolo and Halmahera
CapitalJailolo
Common languagesTernate
Religion
Sunni Islam (after late 1400s)
GovernmentSultanate
Sultan,
Jika ma-kolano
 
• before 1514 – 1530
Raja Yusuf
• 1536 – 1551
Katarabumi
• 1825 - 1832
Muhammad Asgar
History 
• Founded
13th century?
• Conversion to Islam
late 15th century
• Vassalisation by Ternate
1551
• Final ruler dethroned by Dutch
1832
• Honorary sultan crowned
2002
Succeeded by
Dutch East Indies
Today part ofIndonesia

The Sultanate of Jailolo (Jawi: كسلطانن جيلول‎; romanized: Kesultanan Jailolo) was a premodern state in Maluku, modern Indonesia that emerged with the increasing trade in cloves in the Middle Ages. Also spelt Gilolo, it was one of the four kingdoms of Maluku together with Ternate, Tidore, and Bacan, having its center at a bay on the west side of Halmahera. Jailolo existed as an independent kingdom until 1551 and had separate rulers for periods after that date. A revivalist Raja Jailolo movement made for much social and political unrest in Maluku in the 19th century. In modern times the sultanate has been revived as a symbolic entity.[1]

  1. ^ Kirsten Jäger (2018) Das Sultanat Jailolo: Die Revitalisierung von "traditionellen" politischen Gemeinwesen in Indonesien. Berlin: Lit Verlag.