Gava of Tidore

Gava
Sultan of Tidore
Reign1550s-1560
PredecessorMir
SuccessorGapi Baguna
Diedc. 1560
ReligionIslam

Gava (c. 1525/30 - c. 1560) was a Sultan of Tidore in Maluku Islands who ruled briefly in the years up to 1560. His fairly obscure reign was characterized by an attempt to expand Tidore's territory in Halmahera which ended with his violent demise at the hands of his rival, the Sultan of Ternate.

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