Sultanate of Bulungan
Sultanate of Bulungan کسلطانن بولوڠن Kesultanan Bulungan | |||||||||||||||
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| 1731–1959 | |||||||||||||||
Map of the Sultanate of Bulungan (colored dark teal) and its vassals (light teal) in 1849. | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Vassal of the Sultanate of Berau (1731-1789) Vassal of Sulu (1789–1855) Protectorate of the Dutch East Indies (1834-1878) Part of the Dutch East Indies (from 1878-1949) Autonomous territory of Indonesia (1949-1950) Special territory of Indonesia (1955-1959 ) | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Busang Arau (1555–1695) Limbu (1695–1731) Salim Batu (1731–1777) Tanjung Palas (1777–1928, 1933–1959) Tarakan (1928–1933) | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Bulungan, Malay, Tidung and Tausug | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||||||
• 1731–1777 | Wira Amir | ||||||||||||||
• 1777–1817 | Aji Ali | ||||||||||||||
• 1817–1861, 1866–1873 | Aji Muhammad | ||||||||||||||
• 1901–1925 | Datuk Belembung | ||||||||||||||
• 1931–1958 | Datuk Tiras | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Sultanate established | 1731 | ||||||||||||||
• Vassal of the Sultanate of Sulu | 1789 | ||||||||||||||
• Dutch protectorate | 1834 | ||||||||||||||
• Independence from Sulu | 1855 | ||||||||||||||
• Annexation into the Dutch East Indies | 1878 | ||||||||||||||
• Conversion into a kabupaten | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Indonesia Malaysia | ||||||||||||||
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The Sultanate of Bulungan (Jawi: کسلطانن بولوڠن, Indonesian: Kesultanan Bulungan) was a former independent sultanate and later a special territory of Indonesia located in the then existing Bulungan Regency (at that time covering all the territory that now comprises the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia) in the east of the island of Borneo. Its territory spanned the eastern shores of North Kalimantan and Tawau, Malaysia.