the Sultan Baabullah of Ternate
Sultan of Ternate · Lived 1528 to 1583 · aged 55
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Something wrong?Sultan Babullah, also known as Sultan Baabullah was the 7th Sultan and 24th ruler of the Sultanate of Ternate in Maluku who ruled between 1570 and 1583.
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A clove tree as depicted in Cristóbal Acosta, Tractado de las drogas y medicinas de las Indias orientales, 1578.
Native soldier from Maluku, the Boxer Codex, late 16th century.
The grave of Sultan Babullah in Foramadiahi, Ternate
Francis Drake's visit to Sultan Babullah in 1579. Illustration by Theodor de Bry.
Babullah's fortified residence Gammalamo as it looked like in 1607. The original fort is down to the left.
Approximate extent of the Sultanate of Ternate at the end of Babullah's reign.
The royal settlement Gammalamo with the fortress (A) and mosque (Q) as they appeared some years after Babullah's death. Panoramic image from 1601.Awards
About this person
Sultan Babullah, also known as Sultan Baabullah was the 7th Sultan and 24th ruler of the Sultanate of Ternate in Maluku who ruled between 1570 and 1583. He is known as the greatest Sultan in Ternatan and Moluccan history, who defeated the Portuguese occupants in Ternate and led the Sultanate to a golden peak at the end of the 16th century. Sultan Babullah was commonly known as the Ruler of 72 (Inhabited) Islands in eastern Indonesia, including most of the Maluku Islands, Sangihe and parts of Sulawesi, with influences as far as Solor, East Sumbawa, Mindanao, and the Papuan Islands. His reign inaugurated a period of free trade in the spices and forest products that gave Maluku a significant role in Asian commerce.
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