Pontianak Sultanate

Pontianak Sultanate
Kesultanan Pontianak
Part of the Dutch East Indies (from 1779)
1771–1950
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Capital		Pontianak
Languages		Malay language
Religion		Sunni Islam
Government		Islamic Absolute Monarchy
History
•	Established	23 October 1771
•	Coronation	1 September 1778
•	Disestablished	17 August 1950
Preceded by Succeeded by Mempawah Kingdom Indonesia

Pontianak Sultanate or Kesultanan Pontianak was a state ruled by a monarchy in the province of Pontianak, Indonesia.

History

The Pontianak Sultanate was founded in 1771 by explorers from Hadhramaut led by al-Sayyid Syarif Abdurrahman al-Kadrie, descendant of Imam Ali ar-Ridha. He had two political marriages in Kalimantan, first with the daughter of Panembahan Mempawah and then with the daughter of the Sultan of Banjar.

After the explorers arrived in Pontianak, they established the Kadariah Palace and received endorsement as the Sultan of Pontianak by the Dutch East India Company in 1779.

The Pontianak Sultanate had friendly relations with the Lanfang Republic.

Pontianak Sultan Syarif Muhammad Alkadrie was executed by the Japanese in the Pontianak incident along with all the other Malay Sultans of Kalimantan. Two of his sons were also beheaded by the Japanese.

The last Sultan was Syarif Hamid Alkadrie, who was deposed by the Indonesians; he had earlier been interned by the occupying Japanese forces.

List of Sultans of Pontianak

Sultan of Pontianak
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Details
First monarch	Syarif Abdurrahman Alkadrie
Last monarch	Syarif Hamid Alkadrie
Formation	23 October 1771
Abolition	17 August 1950
Residence	Kadriyah Palace
Appointer	Hereditary

Sultan		Reign
1	Syarif Abdurrahman Alkadrie	1771–1808
2	Syarif Kasim Alkadrie	1808–1819
3	Syarif Osman Alkadrie	1819–1855
4	Syarif Hamid Alkadrie	1855–1872
5	Syarif Yusuf Alkadrie	1872–1895
6	Syarif Muhammad Alkadrie	1895–1944
7	Syarif Hamid Alkadrie	1945–1950