Sultan Baabullah continued to trade with the western people including Portuguese and allow them to settle in Tidore, but without the granting of privileges, western merchants were treated the same as traders from other countries and they were kept under surveillance strict.
Sultan Baabullah masih melanjutkan hubungan dagang dengan bangsa barat termasuk Portugis dan mengizinkan mereka menetap di Tidore, akan tetapi tanpa pemberian hak istimewa, para pedagang barat diperlakukan sama dengan pedagang – pedagang dari negeri lain dan mereka tetap diawasi dengan ketat.