page_title: Ngarolamo
section_title: Contested throne
hierarchical_section_title: Ngarolamo / Contested throne
caption_attribution_description: English: Seal of Prince Ngaro showing an arm holding a klewang, from a letter in Spanish from 1617.
context_page_description: Sultan Ngarolamo was the eighth Sultan of Tidore in Maluku Islands. He was also known as Sultan Alauddin or Kaicili Ngaro, ruling from 1627 to 1634. Due to a combination of factors he was deposed after a short reign and was eventually killed at the instigation of the Sultan of Ternate.
context_section_description: Kaicili (prince) Ngaro or Ngarolamo was the only son of Sultan Mole Majimu, being born around 1590. He was consequently groomed as Mole's successor and was co-ruling Tidore in the 1610s since his father was already quite old. Mole complained about the headstrong character of his son, who made unauthorized efforts to marry the widowed Queen of Jailolo, a princess from the rival Sultanate of Ternate. He was also a warrior of some note; in 1614 he raided Morotai, ostensibly to prevent it from moving over to Ternate and the VOC. This irritated the Spanish allies since he killed two baptized rulers and enslaved numbers of Christian people. Nor was he entirely popular among the Tidorese elite due to his habit of taking advantage of the wives of married men. His cousin and rival Kaicili Gorontalo, on the other hand, commanded much respect, though he stayed in Ternate. When the old Mole Majimu passed away in 1627, Ngarolamo nevertheless succeeded to the throne. Like his predecessors he was dependent on the Spanish who were established in a number of fortresses on Tidore Island and were the  arch-rivals of the Dutch East India Company who dominated most of Maluku. There was a state of low-intensive warfare between Tidore and Ternate and their respective European allies.
caption: Seal of Prince Ngaro with an arm holding a klewang (cutlass); letter written to the Spanish authorities in 1617.
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