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طرد البرتغاليين من ترناتي

Ternate drives out the Portuguese

983 AH · 1575 CE

Ternate ترناتي

After the Portuguese murdered Sultan Khairun of Ternate in 1570, his son Sultan Baabullah besieged their fort for five years until they surrendered in 1575. Ternate became the strongest power in eastern Indonesia, and Islam spread further across the Maluku islands.

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Sources

  • M. C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1200 (4th ed., 2008)
  • Anthony Reid, Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450–1680 (1988–1993)
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.