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Kingdom of Bola'ang-Mongondow | |||||||||
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| 1670–1950 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Bola'ang (1670) Kotobangon (1893) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Mongondow (official),Manado Malay,Lolak,Ponosakan,Bantik,Tonsawang,Tontemboan, andBentenan | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Datu | |||||||||
• 1670-1694 | Datu Loloda Mokoagow | ||||||||
• 1694-1730 | Datu Yakobus Manoppo | ||||||||
• 1735-1764 | Datu Salomon Manoppo | ||||||||
• 1893-1901 | Datu Riedel Manuel Manoppo | ||||||||
• 1901-1928 | Datu Kornelius Manoppo II | ||||||||
• 1928-1938 | Datu Laurens Kornelius Manoppo | ||||||||
• 1938–1950 | Datu Henny Yusuf Kornelius Manoppo | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Ascension of Datu Loloda Mokoagow | 1670 | ||||||||
• Dissolution of kingdom | 1950 | ||||||||
| Currency | Doit used in the shore settlements, in the inlands thebarter system was used | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Indonesia | ||||||||
TheKingdom of Bolaang Mongondow, previously known asKingdom of Bola'ang, was a state that ruled over the majority of the area of the present-day Bolaang-Mongondow regencies in theNorth Sulawesi province ofIndonesia, excluding the presentNorth Bolaang Mongondow Regency, which was a territory that was ruled by smaller kingdoms ofBintauna andKaidipang.
The kingdom was founded in 1670 AD by a Mongondow prince Datu Loloda Mokoagow (died 1695). He was the son of the paramount chief of Mongondow,Tadohe (1600–1670), seated inKotobangon in the heartland of theMongondow plateau, while the prince established himself at the port settlement ofBola'ang and went to conquer many of the northern shores and inland settlements of the present-day Minahasa regencies of northern Celebes peninsula. When he succeeded his father in 1670, he titled himselfdatu (king) instead of the traditional Mongondow title ofpunu (paramount chief). This marked the beginning of the Kingdom of Bola'ang.
At its peak, the kingdom covered Bola'ang (present-day Bola'ang village), theMongondow plateau (the present-day Kotamobagu city and its vicinity),Kotabunan (the present-day Kotabunan of Bola'ang Mongondow Timur regency), Mandolang port (the present-day Belang in theSoutheast Minahasa Regency), the banks ofRanoyapo river including Tumpa'an, Tareran, Tanawangko, and Tateli (the present-daySouth Minahasa Regency),[1] Umuda (the present-day town of Amurang), Manarow (the present-dayManado-Tua island), and Wenang (the present-dayManado city).
However, on September 21, 1694, a contractual agreement to establish new territorial borders was signed between the Kingdom of Bola'ang and the newly unified federation ofMinahasan tribes, backed by theDutch.[2] The borders were established along thePoigar river as the northern border and along theBuyat river as its southerly counterpart. The border thus divided the west side territory for Bola'ang and the east side territory for theMinahasan people, which made the kingdom of Bola'ang lose all of its territories and subjects on the east side of the border. Thus it left only the Mongondow plateau and the adjacent Kotabunan as the territory of the Bola'ang, hence the nameKingdom of Bola'ang-Mongondow was used thereafter.
The name "Bola'ang" came from the name of the settlement where the Datus ruled the realm from.Bola'ang alternatively spelledGola'ang is anOld-Mongondow word meaning "enlightened due to a glimpse of sunlight pierce through the canopy of dense forest". "Mongondow" came from the name used to refer to the various groups of people living in the plateau of the same name. The people of the plateau got their name from their custom ofmomondow, which is "shouting signal words to communicate to peers in the jungle, or shouting a victorious battlecry".[3]
The most basic class system of Mongondow society formed at the time of chief Damopoli'i (1480). It consist of two classes, bounded by the most sacred vows (odi-odi):[4]
Rulers (Kinalang)
Class of chiefs and their relatives. They had the right of absolute obedience from the commoners, while they are required to improve all aspects of the commoners' welfare.
Commoners (Paloko)
The commoners were required to give absolute obedience to the ruling class (even required to mourn for their death for days), while they had the right that their welfare be improved.
The social class system was reformulated by chief Tadohe at the beginning of his reign.
Elites
First Class:Mododatu (king's closest relatives, the males might be chosen as heir to the throne)
Second Class:Kohongian (king's relatives, but the males might not be chosen as heir to the throne)
Commoners
Third Class:Simpal (bureaucrats, administrators)
Fourth Class:Nonow (common people, workers and farmers)
Slaves
Fifth Class:Tahig (guards, errands)
Sixth Class:Yobuat (lowest slaves)
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