Sultanate of Jailolo كسلطانن جيلول Kesultanan Jailolo, Jika ma-kolano | |||||||
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13th century?–1832 | |||||||
![]() Jailolo and Halmahera | |||||||
Capital | Jailolo | ||||||
Common languages | Ternate | ||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam (after late 1400s) | ||||||
Government | Sultanate | ||||||
Sultan, Jika ma-kolano | |||||||
• before 1514 – 1530 | Raja Yusuf | ||||||
• 1536 – 1551 | Katarabumi | ||||||
• 1825 - 1832 | Muhammad Asgar | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Founded | 13th century? | ||||||
• Conversion to Islam | late 15th century | ||||||
• Vassalisation by Ternate | 1551 | ||||||
• Final ruler dethroned by Dutch | 1832 | ||||||
• Honorary sultan crowned | 2002 | ||||||
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Today part of | Indonesia |
The Sultanate of Jailolo (Jawi: كسلطانن جيلول; romanized: Kesultanan Jailolo) was a premodern state in Maluku, modern Indonesia that emerged with the increasing trade in cloves in the Middle Ages. Also spelt Gilolo, it was one of the four kingdoms of Maluku together with Ternate, Tidore, and Bacan, having its center at a bay on the west side of Halmahera. Jailolo existed as an independent kingdom until 1551 and had separate rulers for periods after that date. A revivalist Raja Jailolo movement made for much social and political unrest in Maluku in the 19th century. In modern times the sultanate has been revived as a symbolic entity.[1]