Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Also the dynasty of Bintauna back at the top.

Bintauna was a relative little principality of 172,5 km2 between the Bolaang Mongondow area and Gorontalo area in the N. of Sulawesi.It lies in the West of district Bolaang Mongondow(Bolmong).

It was ruled by a dynasty later called the Datunsolang/Datun Solang dynasty.

Also here in 2004 you can see a ruler of the area(here called kecamatan/sub-district),which belongs to the old dynasty. So also the local autonomy laws of 1999 in Indonesia had here an effect.It is Camat(sub-district ruler'Samir S. Datunsolang.


I don't know, how he is descended from a Raja, of the last Regent -Raja Jan A.R. Datun Solang
(killed in 1958 during Permesta disurbances).

Rule Bolang Uki also back to Raja dynasty

Bolang Uki is a relatively little area in the present District (Kabupaten) Bolaang Mongondow(Bolmong) in the North of Sulawesi/Celebes. It was a principality of ca. 794 km2, which was ruled by the Gobol/Gobel dynasty.
It was ruled by 24 Rajas. The grandfather of the last Raja; Arie Banse van Gobol: Willem Abadie van Gobol; asked the Dutch Queen to add the Dutch word "van" before his dynastic name, because this Dutch word would make his name even more important and "van" (of) in Holland is often used before family names to point at the nobility background of the name. The last Raja ruled in 2 periods (before-in the WW II and after WW II until 1956).
In the 1960-ies the mood towards Holland was a bit anti and the dynasty changed it's name to a bit more Indonesian sounding name, so also taking away that word "van".

Since 1999 the local autonomy laws were introduced in Indonesia and much former dynasties were back also politically;espacially after the last elections in april 2004.

The present Camat (sub-district ruler) of Kecamatan (sub-district) Bolang Uki (with ca. 11.500 people) is a member of the Gobel-Raja-dynasty. It is Drs. Ahmad Gobel.

I don't know his exact descent of a former Raja.

Banggai - Sulawesi




















Raja of Banggai,
Raja Tomundo Muhammad Chair Amir,or Raja Hideo (Amir).

Buton - Sulawesi


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Istana Walio, Sulawesi Tenggara
H.H. Sultan Drs. Muhammad La Ode Manarfa Kaimuddin of Buton, S.E. Sulawesi Tenggara. Sultan since 1959 also Bupati from 1967 - 69

Gowa - Sulawesi


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Istana Gowa
H.H. Andi Kumala Karaeng Sila ibnu Sultan Muhammad 'Abdu'l Kadir Aid ud-din
b. 1959, educ. (LL.M.) Succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Royal House of Gowa, 1978. m. ca. 1994, Andi Hikmawati.

Rebuilt Istana of Gowa - Sulawesi

Cultural statement. Istana Gowa, Sulawesi.