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His reign inaugurated a period of free trade in the spices and forest products that gave Maluku a significant role in Asian commerce. [17] Genealogy of the rulers of Ternate. The last Sultan who ruled Ternate according to the old institutions was Muhammad Usman Syah. Muhammad Usman succeeded to the throne in February 1902 after the death of his ...
According to later historical traditions, the four kingdoms of North Maluku (Ternate, Tidore, Bacan, and Jailolo) had a common root.A story that arose after the introduction of Islam says that the common ancestor was an Arab, Jafar Sadik, who married a heavenly nymph and sired four sons, of whom Sahjati became the first kolano (ruler) of Tidore. [6]
However, after the death of King Saul, the tribe of Judah seceded from the rule of the House of Saul by proclaiming David as its king (2 Samuel 2:4), and war ensued (2 Samuel 2:12). David's faction eventually prevailed against Ish-bosheth's ( 2 Samuel 3:1 ), but the war continued until Abner joined David ( 2 Samuel 3:6 ).
Belly and thighs of bronze. A third kingdom which shall rule over all the earth (v. 39). Legs of iron with feet of mingled iron and clay. Interpreted as a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, but the feet and toes partly of clay and partly of iron show it shall be a divided kingdom (v. 41).
Ahasuerus (/ ə ˌ h æ z j u ˈ ɪər ə s / ə-HAZ-ew-EER-əs; Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, Modern: ʾĂḥašverōš, Tiberian: ʾĂḥašwērōš, commonly Achashverosh; [a] Koine Greek: Ἀσουήρος, romanized: Asouḗros, in the Septuagint; Latin: Assuerus in the Vulgate) is a name applied in the Hebrew Bible to three rulers ...
Nuku (c. 1738 – 14 November 1805) was the Sultan of Tidore from 1797 to 1805. He is best known for leading the Nuku Rebellion in the Maluku Islands and Papua against the Dutch colonial empire from 1780 until his death.
Nebuchadnezzar I [b] (/ ˌ n ɛ b j ʊ k ə d ˈ n ɛ z ər / NEB-yuu-kəd-NEZ-ər; Babylonian: md Nabû-kudurrī-úṣur (AN-AG-ŠA-DU-ŠIŠ) [i 2] or md Nábû-ku-dúr-uṣur, [i 3] meaning "Nabû, protect my eldest son" or "Nabû, protect the border"; reigned c. 1121–1100 BC) was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon.
The article deals with the biblical and historical kings of the Land of Israel—Abimelech of Sichem, the three kings of the United Kingdom of Israel and those of its successor states, Israel and Judah, followed in the Second Temple period, part of classical antiquity, by the kingdoms ruled by the Hasmonean and Herodian dynasties.