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SHORT CHRONICLE
1675. Kaicil Sibori Amsterdam, ninth Sultan of Ternate. 64 [p. 162] Willem Korput,
nineteenth Governor of the Moluccas.
1676. Jacob de Ghein is appointed Commissioner, since the twentieth Governor,
David Harthouwer, dies on the journey from Makassar to Ternate. 65
1677. Robbert Padtbrugge, twenty-first Governor of the Moluccas.
1680. Sultan Amsterdam rebels against the Dutch and flees.
1681. He is apprehended at Sawu [as corrected in Errata ⎯Trans.] and taken to
the fortress of Oranje, and then sent to Batavia. 66 Padtbrugge brings the Sangi Islands,
Menado, Gorontalo, and other areas once again under the rule of the Sultan of Ternate.
1682. Jacob Lobs, twenty-second Governor of the Moluccas. 67
1683. According to the contract with Sultan Amsterdam concluded at Batavia, the
sultanate of Ternate becomes a fief of the Company. 68 Sultan Amsterdam returns to
Ternate.
1686. Johan Henrik Thim, twenty-third Governor of the Moluccas. [p. 163]
63 [p. 161, n. 5] One can find a very vivid representation of this eruption in Valentijn 1724, Ib:332.
The unknown writer of the Notes states that this eruption occurred in 1736 (see Ib:210).
64 [p. 161, n. 6] According to van der Crab, Sultan Amsterdam ruled until 1691, but according
[note continues, p. 162 bottom] to Valentijn he ruled until 1690 (1724, Ib:360). He sent an envoy to
Batavia in 1675, with whom the Supreme Authorities concluded a treaty on January 7, 1676; it was
then ratified by the Sultan on October 12 of that year. In this treaty the Sultan abandoned all rights
and claims ever made to all lands, islands, and places in the provinces of Ambon. This was due to
the shameful rebellions of his proconsuls, especially on Buru, Amblau, Boano, and Kelang (“Rapport
over ‘s Compagnies Recht” [“Report on the Rights of the Company”], p. 10). On that occasion the
Sultan was given a gold medal and chain (Tijdschrift van het Bataviaasch Genootschap XIV:187).
65 [p. 162, n. 1] Keijzer failed to point out that this Governor never reached Ternate.
66 [p. 162, n. 2] Concerning his reception at Batavia, see Valentijn 1724, Ib:350.
67 [p. 162, n. 3] By a deed of sale dated May 9, 1682, the Island of Obi and its dependencies were
handed over to the Dutch East India Company by the Sultan of Bacan, Alwadin, for the sum of 700
rijksdollars.
68 [p. 162, n. 4] The chief contents of this contract can be found on p. 11 of the “Rapport van’s
Compagnies Recht.” To bind the Sultan closer to the Company, the following sums were given in
place of the earlier recognition money: the Sultan received 6,400 rijksdollars, the Ternatese nobles
600, the Makian chiefs 2,000 and the Sangajis of Moti 150 (see Valentijn 1724, Ib:352). The contract
is dated July 7.
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