Sultanate of Sambas
Sambas Sultanate كسلطانن سمبس Kesultanan Melayu Sambas | |||||||||||
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| 1600–1854 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Sambas | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Classical Sambas Malay | ||||||||||
| Other languages | Sanskrit (until 1675) Arabic | ||||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism (until 1675) Sunni Islam | ||||||||||
| Demonym | Sambas | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Sultans | |||||||||||
• 1675–1685 | Muhammad Shafi ud-din I (First Sultan) | ||||||||||
• 1846–1854 | Abu Bakr Tajuddin II (Last Sultan) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1600 | ||||||||||
• Arrival of Sultan Tengah | 1639 | ||||||||||
| 1812-1813 | |||||||||||
| 1836 – December 1840 | |||||||||||
• Exile of Abu Bakar Tajuddin II | 1854 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Indonesia | ||||||||||
The Sultanate of Sambas (Malay: كسلطانن سمبس, romanized: Kesultanan Sambas) was a traditional Malay state on the Western coast of the island of Borneo, in modern-day Indonesia.