Nuku Rebellion

Nuku Rebellion
Part of the Dutch colonial campaigns
Nuku, Sultan Muhammad Amiruddin Syah
Date 1780–1810 Location Maluku Islands and Western New Guinea Result Phase 1: Tidore victory Phase 2: Dutch victory
Belligerents
Dutch Empire Sultanate of Ternate Sultanate of Bacan	Sultanate of Tidore Tidore rebels Ceram rebels Papuan rebels Bacan rebels Sultanate of Maguindanao East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Governor J. G. Budach Governor W. J. Cranssen Governor Van Pleuren Kamaluddin of Tidore	Nuku of Tidore Zainal Abidin of Tidore Muhammad Arif Bila of Jailolo Kapiten Baukan

The Nuku Rebellion was an anti-colonial movement that engulfed large parts of Maluku Islands and Western New Guinea between 1780 and 1810. It was initiated by the prince and later sultan of Tidore, Nuku Muhammad Amiruddin (c. 1738 – 1805), also known as Prince Nuku or Sultan Nuku.^[1] The movement united several ethnic groups of eastern Indonesia in the struggle against the Dutch and was temporarily successful, helped by an alliance with the British East India Company. However, the movement was defeated after the demise of Nuku, and Maluku was restored under European rule. In 1995, Nuku was officially appointed a National Hero of Indonesia.