Banjarmasin War

Banjarmasin War
Part of military campaigns of the Dutch Empire

The steamship Celebes fighting with armed Dayak vessel (kotta mara) using its aftside 30-pounder.
Date1859 – 1863
Sporadic fighting until 1905
Location
Kalimantan, Borneo
Result
  • Dutch victory
Belligerents
Dutch Empire
Commanders and leaders
Tamjidillah II of Banjar
A.J. Andresen
Gustave Verspyck
Casualties and losses
  • At least 5,000 killed (204 European)
  • 2 Steamship sunk
  • Hundreds of Indo people and European civilians killed
more than 6,000 killed

The Banjarmasin War (also known as Bandjermasin War; Banjar: ڤراڠ بنجر, romanized: Perang Banjar, Dutch: Bandjermasinse Oorlog, or formally Expeditie naar de Zuider- en Oosterafdeling van Borneo) (1859–1863) was a war of succession in the Sultanate of Banjarmasin, as well as a colonial war for the restoration of Dutch authority in the eastern and southern section of Borneo.