page_title: Riau-Lingga Sultanate
section_title: Foreign relations and trade
hierarchical_section_title: Riau-Lingga Sultanate / Foreign relations and trade
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Negatief. Indamming van de groeve Sultan, Singkep Tin Maatschappij, Riouw
context_page_description: Riau-Lingga Sultanate, also known as the Lingga-Riau Sultanate, Riau Sultanate or Lingga Sultanate was a Malay sultanate that existed from 1824 to 1911, before being dissolved following Dutch intervention.
  The sultanate came into existence as a result of the partition of the Johor-Riau Sultanate that separated Peninsular Johor, together with the island of Singapore, from the Riau archipelago. This partition followed the succession dispute following the death of Mahmud III of Johor, when Abdul Rahman was crowned as the first Sultan of Riau-Lingga. The maritime kingdom was recognised by both the British and the Dutch following the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.
context_section_description: There were two main economic and commercial sources of wealth in Riau-Lingga, spices (especially peppers) and tin. The Dutch monopolised the trade system in the Riau archipelago even before the partition of 1824, and were keen to control the region after gaining influence following the Dutch-Johor-Riau agreement.
caption: A tin mine belonging to the Sultan in Singkep.
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