Appendix I - The List of Bima Sultans

Summary

1. Abdul Kahir (the first Sultan of Bima from 1620 to 1640) (Mantau Wata Wadu, whose stone grave). He married Daeng Sikontu, the daughter of Karaeng Kasuarang. This marriage gave birth Abi’l Khair Sirajuddin.

2. I Ambela Abil Khair Siradjuddin (the second Sultan of Bima from 1640 to 1682) (Mantau Uma Jati, whose jati house). He married on 13 April 1646 with Karaeng Bonto Je’ne, who is the younger sister of Sultan Hasanuddin of Gowa. This marriage gave birth Nuruddin in 1651.

3. Nuruddin Abu Bakar Ali Syah (the third Sultan of Bima from 1682 to 1687) (Mawa’a Paju, who brought umbrella), who married Daeng Ta Memang, the daughter of Raja Tallo (king of Tallo, Makassar). Of the marriage Jamaluddin was born.

4. Jamaluddin Ali Syah (the fourth Sultan of Bima from 1687 to 1696) (Mawa’a Romo, who brought weapons), was married to Fatimah, the daughter Karaeng Tanatana Karaeng Bessei. Of the marriage Hasanuddin was born.

5. Hasanuddin Muhammad Ali Syah (the fifth Sultan of Bima) (Mabata Bo’u, whose new grave), serving from 1696 to 1731. He married Karaeng Bisangpole or Bissa Mpole, the daughter of Karaeng Parang Bone and Karaeng Bonto Mate’ne of Gowa Sultanate, on 12 September 1704. From this marriage Alauddin Muhammad Shah was born in 1707.

6. Alauddin Muhammad Syah (the sixth Sultan of Bima from 1731 to 1747) (Manuru Daha, who lived in Daha) married Karaeng Tana Karaeng Tana Sanga Mamonca Raji, the daughter of Sultan Sirajuddin of Gowa Sultanate in 1727. From this marriage, Kumala Bumi Partiga and Abdul Kadim were born. Gordon (1975: 50) said that the Bima Sultan received Manggarai of today's sub-district in East Nusa Tenggara as a marriage gift. This is the best marriage gift ever given to other Sultanate as Manggarai had been a vassal state of Bima and source of cargoes of cinnamon, wax, rice and slaves (Gordon 1975: 48).

7. Kumala Syah or Kumalat Syah (or Kumala Bumi Partiga became the first female Sultan or Sultanah from 1747 to 1751). Kumala Bumi Partiga married Karaeng Kanjilo (or Abdul Kudus), the son of Gowa Sultan in 1750, and from this marriage Amas Madina Batara Gowa II was Born. Kumala Bumi Partiga became the Sultanah of Bima Sultanate because Abdul Kadim, Kumala's little brother, was only 13 years old at that time.