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APPENDICES
It flies from the top of the mainmast on the Sultan’s proa above the Dutch tri-color.
The princes are allowed to fly this flag, but the sangajis are not.
V. Dayalu or koi ma-rau.
These are half as big as the Sultan’s flags, and are meant for the sangajis, who are
allowed to have four at the stern and bow.
B. Tidore
I. Bandera khalifa or Bandera batalyon (battalion flag).
This flag is made of yellow cloth with red cotton letters. The length is 1.75 m., and
the width is 1.25 m. Along the upper edge is the well-known motto:
which means, “There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is his prophet.” In the center is
written,
which reads Sultan Todore, the Sultan of Tidore.
II. Paji-paji.
These are triangular flags, 2 m. high and 1.25 m. wide, with pennants above, fixed to
the bowsprit of the Sultan’s proa. They are also called dofo ma-uli [p. 353] ma-oma because
they are placed fore and aft with the pole in a bamboo.
III. Koi ma-rau. A flag on the Sultan’s proa, six fore and aft.
IV. Paji-paji. A flag for lower headmen.
V. Koi ma-rau. A flag for the headmen of marieku loah isa.
Flying the pennant is the same as for Ternate, and a few headmen of New Guinea
have special flags which sometimes change.
N.B. In the Carte des pavillons en usage chez les différents peuples des Indes
Orientales Néerlandaises (published by the Ministry of War, 1866), the battalion flag for
Ternate has been shown correctly and the ones that princes and other native headmen are
allowed to fly at bow and stern have been shown correctly; the other seven illustrations are
not recognized here. For Tidore, only the double tri-color flag for the Sultan’s proa and the
flags of the lower headmen have been shown correctly; the other five illustrations, including
that of the battalion flag, are incorrect.
Texts in Ternatese Script
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