Sultanate of Sintang
Sultanate of Sintang كسلطانن سينتڠ Kesultanan Sintang | |||||||
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| 1365–1950 | |||||||
Flag | |||||||
| Capital | Sintang | ||||||
| Common languages | Malay | ||||||
| Religion | Animism; then Hinduism; then Islam | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
| Panembahan | |||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1365 | ||||||
• Joined Indonesia, under the administration of West Kalimantan | 1950 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Indonesia | ||||||
Sultanate of Sintang was a sultanate that once ruled the Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan present, in island of Kalimantan, Indonesia. It began as an animist Malay-Dayak kingdom then transitioned into Hinduism for some time, until it converted to Islam in 1672 under the leadership of Sultan Nata.