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TERNATE 107
SHORT CHRONICLE
1521. First arrival of the Spaniards at Tidore. They enter into a contract for the
monopoly of the sale of spices.
1522. Sultan Kaicil Liliatu dies, most probably as the result of poisoning by his own
people because of his close friendship with Serrao. The Sultana Nyai Cili comes into power
with Tarruwese as viceroy and guardian of her two sons, Deiyalo and Boheyat. 7 Antonio de
Brito, first Portuguese Governor-General. He builds a stronghold at Gamlamo.
1525. Garcia Henriquez, second Portuguese Governor-General. 8
1526. Death of Sultan Mansur. Continual discord between the Spaniards and the
Portuguese.
1527. Jorge de Menezes, third Portuguese Governor-General.
1529. Death of Deiyalo and Tarruwese. 9 Amirudin Iskandar Dalkarnin, third
Sultan of Tidore. 10
1530. Gonçalo Pereira, fourth Portuguese Governor-General. He is [p. 152]
murdered the next year by his own compatriots with the help of the Ternatese. Boheyat is
taken prisoner by the Portuguese.
1532. Vicente da Fonceca, fifth Portuguese Governor-General. He releases Boheyat
and makes him ruler. Since Boheyat is extremely severe, he is ousted by the people and
replaced by his brother Tabariji, who is later sent to Malacca where he dies. 11
6 [p. 151, n. 2] For purely Portuguese names, Tiele’s spelling has been used. The Aardrijkskundig
en Statistisch Woordenboek (1869, III:935 and 937) erroneously gives 1522 as the date of Serrao’s
arrival.
7 [p. 151, n. 3] These details have been taken from Valentijn 1724, Ib:152 ff. Legends existing
among the people concerning the period up to the time of the third Sultan are too confused to be
credible.
8 [p. 151, n. 4] Valentijn gives other dates (1724, Ib:161 and 162).
9 [p. 151, n. 5] Valentijn describes their murders: see Ib:178 and 180. He dates the murder of
Tarruwese to 1530.
10 [p. 151, n. 6] Also known as Amir Iskandar Dulkarnan. All data about him and his four
successors are missing. The last of these successors, Sultan Mole [as corrected in Errata ⎯Trans.]
Majimu, seems to have died in 1626 or 1627 [as corrected in Errata ⎯Trans.]. Each of them may
thus have ruled for about twenty years.
11 [p. 152, n. 1] This is taken from Valentijn (1724, Ib:278 ff.), but it is not known in the Sultanate
of Ternate.
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