Usif Pah Don Antonio da Costa of Noimutti.
Timor (since 19??)
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There was in ca. 1915 an argument,if Noimutti was a part of OEcussi Ambeno;attached to it by a corrdor;or an enclave in W.-Timor.The solution was made it was the last explanation.So it became a part of Dutch-Timor officially in 1916.Made part of Miomaffo principality,with which it had no ties.Noimutti was a sort of churchstate;founded by the Roman Catholic Portugese church.The rule of the Rajas were replaced by the church.Ca. 1800 there was a short rule of a Sonbai prince.When the Portugese removed their central rule from OEcusse Embeno area to Dili,the government influence of the church also became lesser.A brother of the Liurai of OEcusse Ambeno;greatgrandfather of the presaent Raja;became the first Raja of Noimutti of the da Costa dynasty.In the Dutch time the Dutch choss to let Noimutti be ruled by the Fettor(vice-Raja)dynasty of N.:the Salems,because the da Costa's were considered as being to much pro-Portugese..Later the Raja dynasty came back shortly before the WW II.Later on (after WW II)the Salems began again the actual rulers ofthe area,but the da Costa's remained as the Raja-dynasty.The present Raja is not installed officially,but you could name him Raja anyway.
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