Saifuddin of Tidore

Saifuddin
Sultan of Tidore
Reign	1657–1687
Predecessor	Saidi
Successor	Hamza Faharuddin
Died	2 October 1687
Father	Gorontalo of Tidore
Religion	Islam

Sultan Saifuddin (Jawi: سلطان سيف الدين‎), also known as Golofino (died 2 October 1687) was the eleventh Sultan of Tidore in Maluku islands. Reigning from 1657 to 1687, he left Tidore's old alliance with the Spanish Empire and made treaties with the Dutch East India Company (VOC), which now became hegemonic in Maluku for the next century. Tidore was forced to extirpate the clove trees in its territory and thus ceased to be a spice Sultanate. In spite of this, Saifuddin and his successors were able to preserve a degree of independence due to the trade in products from the Papuan Islands and New Guinea.^[1]