User:Mhatopzz/Siege of Ternate

The Siege of Ternate was a five-year-long siege against the Portuguese forts and strongholds in Ternate, lasted from 1570 when the hostilities between the Portuguese and the Sultanate of Ternate heightened and ended with the expulsion of the Portuguese from Ternate in 1575. It was the first major setback for the Portuguese Empire in the Moluccas, and by 1575, the Portuguese would retreat to their settlement to Amboina and remained there until the Dutch acquisition in 1605.

Tension between Ternate and the Portuguese
The Portuguese had now strengthened their position and interfered indiscriminately in Ternatan politics since they began building a permanent headquarter on the island, the hostilities against the Portuguese presence began during the captaincy of Jorge de Menezes, he was known for his rude attitude against the Ternatean, Meneses grossly insulted the religious feelings of the Muslim Ternatans and treated even aristocrats with utter contempt. Sultan Boheyat was the first sultan to be taken hostage by the Portuguese, the same thing happened to his brothers such as Dayal and Tabariji, being outcasted to India or Melaka due to constant rebellion or refusal to be subjected.