User:Mhatopzz/Sultanate of Ternate (1683–1950)

This article covers the history of the Sultanate of Ternate from its subordination to the Dutch East India Company in 1683, beginning the Dutch colonial period in the country until the de jure abolishment of the sultanate following the dissolution of the State of East Indonesia in 1950.

Sultanate of Ternate became a vassal of the Dutch East India Company on 17 July 1683 during the reign of Sibori Amsterdam after his capture, the Dutch forced him to sign a treaty that made Ternate a vassal (Leen). Ternate was briefly occupied and ruled by the British Empire during the Napoleonic Wars from 1810 until 1814 when they returned all of their possessions in the Moluccas back to the Dutch. From 19th to 20th century, Sultanate of Ternate was one of the Dutch protectorates in Southeast Asia, existing alongside Vorstenlanden in Java, and Riau Sultanate in Sumatra where most of them were puppet monarchy backed by the Dutch East Indies government.

From 1915 to 1929, the Sultanate of Ternate experienced an interregnum between the reign of Sultan Usman Syah and Sultan Jabir Syah, the period of power vacuum was caused by the dethronement of Usman Syah by the Dutch government due to his "utterly reprehensible position" towards the Dutch East Indies government after a minor uprising in Jailolo in 1914. A few years later, Jabir Syah was coronated as the Sultan of Ternate to lead a semi-traditional rule in Ternate, which he stayed in position until his death in 1975, however, the newly independent Republic of Indonesia did not recognize the legitimacy of his kingdom, which makes Ternate existence as a kingdom vanished alongside the dissolution of the State of Indonesia in 1950.