Sultanate of Jailolo

Sultanate of Jailolo كسلطانن جيلول‎ Kesultanan Jailolo, Jika ma-kolano
13th century?–1832
Jailolo and Halmahera
Capital	Jailolo
Common languages	Ternate
Religion	Sunni Islam (after late 1400s)
Government	Sultanate
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 of	Indonesia

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]