Sultanate of Bulungan

Sultanate of Bulungan کسلطانن بولوڠن‎ Kesultanan Bulungan
1731–1959
19th century flag Coat of arms
Map of the Sultanate of Bulungan (colored dark teal) and its vassals (light teal) in 1849.
Status	Vassal of the Sultanate of Berau (1731-1789) Vassal of Sulu (1789–1855) Protectorate of the Dutch East Indies (1834-1878) Part of the Dutch East Indies (from 1878-1949) Autonomous territory of Indonesia (1949-1950) Special territory of Indonesia (1955-1959 )
Capital	Busang Arau (1555–1695) Limbu (1695–1731) Salim Batu (1731–1777) Tanjung Palas (1777–1928, 1933–1959) Tarakan (1928–1933)
Common languages	Bulungan, Malay, Tidung and Tausug
Religion	Sunni Islam
Government	Monarchy
Sultan
• 1731–1777	Wira Amir
• 1777–1817	Aji Ali
• 1817–1861, 1866–1873	Aji Muhammad
• 1901–1925	Datuk Belembung
• 1931–1958	Datuk Tiras
History
• Sultanate established	1731
• Vassal of the Sultanate of Sulu	1789
• Dutch protectorate	1834
• Independence from Sulu	1855
• Annexation into the Dutch East Indies	1878
• Conversion into a kabupaten	1959
Preceded by Succeeded by Sultanate of Berau Sultanate of Sulu Dutch East Indies North Borneo Bulungan Regency
Today part of	Indonesia Malaysia

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The Sultanate of Bulungan (Jawi: کسلطانن بولوڠن, Indonesian: Kesultanan Bulungan) was a former independent sultanate and later a special territory of Indonesia located in the then existing Bulungan Regency (at that time covering all the territory that now comprises the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia) in the east of the island of Borneo. Its territory spanned the eastern shores of North Kalimantan and Tawau, Malaysia.