Tidore

Tidore

, just to the north. The island - with other islands to the south - now constitutes a municipality ("kotamadya") within the province of North Maluku. The municipality covers an area of 1,550 square kilometres (598 square miles) and had an estimated population of 78,617 in July 2003.

History

The sultans of Tidore ruled most of southern Halmahera, and, at times, controlled Buru, Ambon and many of the islands off the coast of New Guinea. Tidore established a loose alliance with the Spanish in the sixteenth century, and Spain had several forts on the island. While there was much mutual distrust between the Tidorese and the Spaniards, for Tidore the Spanish presence was helpful in resisting incursions by their Dutch enemy on Ternate, as well as their Dutch ally, that had a fort on that island.

Before the Spanish withdrawal from Tidore and Ternate in 1663, Tidore became one of the most independent kingdoms in the region, resisting direct control by Dutch East India Company (VOC). Particularly under Sultan Saifuddin (r. 1657-1689), the Tidore court was skilled at using Dutch payment for spices for gifts to strengthen traditional ties with Tidore's traditional periphery. As a result he was widely respected by many local populations, and had little need to call on the Dutch for military help in governing the kingdom, as Ternate frequently did.

Tidore remained an independent kingdom, albeit with frequent Dutch interference, until the late eighteenth century. Like Ternate, Tidore allowed the Dutch spice eradication program ("extirpatie") to proceed in its territories. This program, indended to strengthen the Dutch spice monopoly by limiting production to a few places, impoverished Tidore and weakened its control over its periphery.

References

* Andaya, Leonard Y. 1993. "The world of Maluku: eastern Indonesia in the early modern period". Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1490-8.
* [http://www.colonialvoyage.com/molucche/0_index.html The History of the Spanish Presence in the Moluccas (Indonesia): the Spanish Forts in Tidore Island, Maluku, Indonesia by Marco Ramerini]

*

Template group
title = History
list =


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Tidore — Lage von Tidore Gewässer Molukkensee Inselgruppe Mol …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tidore — es el nombre de una isla y una ciudad en las islas Maluku, en Indonesia oriental, poco al oeste de la isla mayor de Halmahera. En la época precolonial, Tidore fue un importante centro político y económico regional, fieramente enfrentado con su… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Tidore — Tidōre, ein der Molukken, südl. bei Ternate, 108 qkm, 8000 E. – Das Reich T., ohne Niederländ. Neuguinea 10.272 qkm, 28.000 E., mit demselben 405.061 qkm, 268.000 E., zur Residentschaft Ternate gehörig …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tidore — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Tidore (homonymie). Tidore Pulau Tidore (id) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tidore — Isla de Tidore Pulau Tidore Vista de la isla (desde la cercana isla de Ternate) Localización País …   Wikipedia Español

  • Tidore (homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Tidore peut désigner : Tidore, une île d Indonésie ; Tidore, un archipel d Indonésie ; Tidore, une kota d Indonésie ; Tidore du Nord,… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tidore language — Infobox Language name=Tidore states=Indonesia region=North Maluku, islands of Tidore, Maitara, Mare, northern half of Moti, and some areas of west coast of Halmahera. latd=0 |latm=1 |latNS=N longd=127 |longm=44 |longEW=E speakers=26,000 (1981… …   Wikipedia

  • Tidore Island — ▪ island, Indonesia also spelled  Tidor , Indonesian  Pulau Tidore        one of the Moluccas (Maluku) islands, east central Indonesia. With an area of 45 square miles (116 square km), Tidore lies off the western coast of central Halmahera and… …   Universalium

  • Tidore (langue) — 0° 01′ 00″ N 127° 44′ 00″ E / 0.01666667, 127.73333333 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tidore — Tidọre,   Insel der Molukken, Indonesien, vor der Westküste von Halmahera, 116 km2, 34 000 Einwohner; Hauptort Soasiu, an der Ostküste. Den Süden der Insel nimmt der Vulkan Kiematabu (1 730 m über dem Meeresspiegel) ein; Anbau von Mais, Bananen …   Universal-Lexikon

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”