Gava of Tidore
Gava | |
---|---|
Sultan of Tidore | |
Reign | 1550s-1560 |
Predecessor | Mir |
Successor | Gapi Baguna |
Died | c. 1560 |
Religion | Islam |
Gava (c. 1525/30 - c. 1560) was a Sultan of
Reign
The former Sultan of Tidore,
Death
In return, the Portuguese forces helped Hairun to win back territories from Tidore. Especially the fortified place Tolo in northern Halmahera was tenaciously defended by the Tidorese, headed by a cousin of the Sultan. After a siege lasting four months, costing large mutual losses it was finally taken by the Portuguese and Ternatans. Now the Sultan of Tidore was forced to sue for peace. Since he felt too ashamed to make peace in own name, he abdicated, less than 35 years old, to a younger brother (hum irmão mais moço), though he remained governor (regidor) of the kingdom. In that way he yielded to Hairun.[4] However, according to Jesuit sources, he was invited to Ternate Island in order to ratify the agreement.[5] Hairun received him in the vicinity of the Portuguese fort, but then treacherously seized and beheaded him without the Portuguese officers daring to intervene, or even with their complicity.[6]
Portuguese sailors who met their Spanish rivals in
Identity
The Spanish chronicler Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola, in his chronologically unreliable Conquista de las Islas Molucas (1609), says that the name of the ruler who was assassinated at the state visit was Cachil Gava (Kaicili Gawa or similar). Argensola evidently misdates the event to c. 1583 and is unsure under what Ternatan Sultan the deed took place. His brother and successor was, according to Argensola, Gapi Baguna, who had a long reign up to 1599. However, Gava left two children: Kaicili Kota, who was born from his principal wife or Putri, and Kaicili Mole who much later succeeded to the throne.[8]
Later king lists mention Kië Mansur alias Ghissi, and Iskandar Sani Amiril Madlemi alias Tadu, as successors of Mir and predecessors of Gapi Baguna.[9] These names are not found in contemporary or near-contemporary sources, who seldom provide names for the Tidore rulers.
See also
- List of rulers of Maluku
- Spice trade
- Tidore Sultanate
- Sultanate of Ternate
References
- ^ Hubert Jacobs (1971) A treatise on the Moluccas (c. 1544). Rome: Jesuit Historical Institute, p. 354.
- ^ Diogo Barbosa Machado (1736) Memorias para a historia de Portugal, Vol. I. Lisboa: J.A. da Sylva, p. 576.[1]
- ^ P.A. Tiele (1879-1887) "De Europëers in den Maleischen Archipel", Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 25-36, Part IV:1, p. 397-9.
- ^ Artur Basilio de Sá (1955) Documentação para a história das missões Padroado portugues do Oriente, Vol. III. Lisboa: Agencia Geral do Ultramar, p. 495-6.
- ^ Daniello Bartoli (1879) L'Asia, Vol. VI. Milano: Pressa Serafino Majocchi Librajo, p. 94.[2]
- ^ P.A. Tiele (1877-1887), Part IV:1, p. 400; cf. PARES Website, Carta de Lavezaris sobre portugueses del Maluco, 25 July 1567, http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/description/422240. Event also referred in Francisco de Sousa (1710) Oriente conquistado a Jesu Christo pelos Padres da Companhia de Jesus, Vol. 2. Lisboa: Valentim da Costa Deslandes, p. 310.[3]
- ^ Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson (1906) The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Vol. 34. Cleveland: A.H. Clark Company, p. 201-1.[4]
- ^ Bartholomew Leonardo de Argensola (1708), The discovery and conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands. London, p. 97-8, 103.[5]
- ^ F.S.A. de Clercq, (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate. Leiden: Brill, p. 152-3 [6], erroneously giving the dates of these two rulers as 1547-1569 and 1569-1586, respectively; Adolf Bastian (1894) Indonesien, oder die Inseln des Malayischen Archipel. Berlin: Dümmler, p. 65 [7]