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Babullah

r. 1570–1583 · 16th century · Also known as Sultan Babullah of Ternate

Babullah was sultan of Ternate in the Maluku Islands from 1570 to 1583. After the Portuguese murdered his father, Sultan Hairun, he besieged their fort on Ternate until they surrendered it in 1575, and extended the sultanate's influence over many islands of eastern Indonesia. In 1579 he received the English navigator Francis Drake.

Babullah
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Ternate Sultanate

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