Gowa Sultanate

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The Gowa Sultanate was a powerful maritime Islamic kingdom centered near present-day Makassar that dominated trade and politics in South Sulawesi from the 16th to 17th centuries.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gowa Sultanate canonical 18
Sultanate of Gowa 7
Kingdom of Gowa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic kingdom ⓘ
historical sultanate ⓘ
maritime kingdom ⓘ
ally Tallo Sultanate ⓘ
capital Somba Opu ⓘ
conflict Bone state ⓘ
Dutch East India Company ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalSphere Malay world ⓘ
currency gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
dominantIn politics in South Sulawesi ⓘ
trade in South Sulawesi ⓘ
economy inter-island maritime trade ⓘ
rice trade ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ
endTime 17th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Makassarese people ⓘ
fortification Fort Somba Opu ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
sultanate ⓘ
influencedRegion eastern Indonesian archipelago ⓘ
knownFor cosmopolitan port of Makassar ⓘ
naval power ⓘ
resistance to Dutch expansion ⓘ
language Makassarese language ⓘ
linked to: Makassarese
legalSystem Islamic law ⓘ
customary law (adat) ⓘ
locatedIn Indonesia ⓘ
South Sulawesi ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to: Celebes
modernLocation near present-day Makassar ⓘ
notableRuler Sultan Alauddin of Gowa ⓘ
Sultan Hasanuddin of Gowa ⓘ
portCity Makassar ⓘ
predecessor Kingdom of Gowa ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitution mosques ⓘ
significantEvent Makassar War ⓘ
Treaty of Bongaya ⓘ
conversion to Islam in early 17th century ⓘ
startTime 16th century ⓘ
successor Dutch colonial administration in Makassar ⓘ
titleOfRuler Sultan of Gowa ⓘ
tradePartner Bugis merchants ⓘ
Javanese merchants ⓘ
Malay merchants ⓘ
Portuguese traders ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Sulawesi → hasHistoricalKingdom → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Kingdom of Bone → neighboringEntity → Kingdom of Gowa ⓘ
linked to: Gowa Sultanate
Kingdom of Bone → partOf → South Sulawesi historical polities ⓘ
linked to: Gowa Sultanate
Mangkasar → mentionedInContext → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Kingdom of Soppeng → interactsWith → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Macassar → historicalPoliticalEntity → Sultanate of Gowa ⓘ
linked to: Gowa Sultanate
Macassar → governedBy → Sultanate of Gowa ⓘ
linked to: Gowa Sultanate
Makassarese people → traditionalKingdom → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Makassarese → associatedHistoricalPolity → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Gowa Regency → hasHistoricalPredecessor → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Sultanates → notableExample → Sultanate of Gowa ⓘ
linked to: Gowa Sultanate
Sultan Hasanuddin of Gowa → countryRuled → Sultanate of Gowa ⓘ
linked to: Gowa Sultanate
Sultan Hasanuddin → country → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Sultan Hasanuddin → monarchOf → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Tallo Sultanate → neighboringState → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Sultan Alauddin of Gowa → country → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Buton Sultanate → neighboringEntity → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Somba Opu → partOf → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Somba Opu → capitalOf → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Makassar War → conflictBetween → Sultanate of Gowa ⓘ
linked to: Gowa Sultanate
Makassar War → country → Sultanate of Gowa ⓘ
linked to: Gowa Sultanate
Makassar War → belligerent → Sultanate of Gowa ⓘ
linked to: Gowa Sultanate
Bone state → neighboringEntity → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Fort Somba Opu → usedBy → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ
Fort Somba Opu → category → Gowa Sultanate ⓘ