sultanate · Maritime Southeast Asia
Bone Sultanate
Origins
Bone arose in the 14th century around Watampone on the Gulf of Bone. Its chronicles tell of a tomanurung, a heavenly figure, who agreed to rule with the consent of the local community leaders. By the 16th century it was a rival of Gowa, and in 1582 it formed the Tellumpoccoe alliance with Wajo and Soppeng.
Rule and society
Bone was ruled by an arumpone, whose power was balanced by a council of seven lords. Gowa conquered it and imposed Islam in 1611. The exiled prince Arung Palakka joined the Dutch East India Company, defeated Gowa in 1666 to 1669, and made Bone the leading state of South Sulawesi.
Decline and legacy
Bone resisted the Dutch in the 19th century, and in 1905 they conquered it, exiling its ruler La Pawawoi Karaeng Sigeri. The kingdom was restored under Dutch supervision in 1931 under La Mappanyukki and merged into Indonesia after independence. It is now Bone Regency.
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- Bone Sultanate was a vassal of Gowa Sultanate1611 CE – 1667 CE
- Bone Sultanate was a vassal of Dutch East India Company territories1667 CE – 1799 CE
- Bone Sultanate was conquered by Dutch East Indies1905 CE
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