Sultanate of Ternate

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The Sultanate of Ternate was a powerful Islamic maritime kingdom in the Maluku Islands that dominated the regional spice trade, especially cloves, from the late Middle Ages into the early modern period.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ternate Sultanate 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic state
historical polity
maritime kingdom
sultanate
alliedWith Dutch East India Company NERFINISHED
capital Ternate NERFINISHED
conflictedWith Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED
Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
Sultanate of Tidore NERFINISHED
continent Asia
culturalSphere Malay-Islamic world NERFINISHED
dominantLanguage Malay
Ternate language
economyBasedOn spice trade
engagedWith Dutch East India Company NERFINISHED
Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED
Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
floruit early modern period
late Middle Ages
governmentType monarchy
hasEthnicGroup Maluku peoples NERFINISHED
Ternate people NERFINISHED
hasMaritimeOrientation Indian Ocean trade network NERFINISHED
Pacific trade routes
hasPortCity Ternate NERFINISHED
hasReligionSchool Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
hasRulerTitle Sultan
historicalEra precolonial Indonesia
influencedRegion Maluku Islands NERFINISHED
eastern Indonesia
knownFor domination of clove trade
long-distance maritime trade
naval power
locatedIn Eastern Indonesia
Maluku Islands NERFINISHED
majorExport cloves
partOf Spice Islands NERFINISHED
politicalSystemFeature hereditary monarchy
region North Maluku NERFINISHED
religion Islam
religionAdopted Islam NERFINISHED
religionAdoptedCentury 15th century
sharesRegionWith Sultanate of Bacan NERFINISHED
Sultanate of Jailolo NERFINISHED
Sultanate of Tidore NERFINISHED
strategicFor control of clove-producing islands
successorState Ternate City NERFINISHED

Referenced by (6)

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Ternate language associatedWith Sultanate of Ternate
this entity surface form: Ternate Sultanate
North Maluku Province historicalRegion Sultanate of Ternate
Ternate namedAfter Sultanate of Ternate
Sultanates notableExample Sultanate of Ternate
Tidore rival Sultanate of Ternate
subject surface form: Sultanate of Tidore
Ternate wasCapitalOf Sultanate of Ternate