User:Mhatopzz/Military campaigns under Baabullah (1570–1580)

Between the death of Sultan Hairun in 1570 and the fall of the Portuguese Empire in the Moluccas in 1605, Sultan Baabullah launched a number of seaborne expeditions and conquests around the Eastern portion of modern-day Indonesia, expanding his empire throughout the Moluccas, Celebes, and New Guinea, while controlling the spice trade in the region, making his reign a Golden age of Ternate. A Dutch historian and geographer François Valentyn credited Baabullah as the Ruler of 72 Islands, Ternate during his reign was by far the largest Islamic Empire in the East Indies.