The Portuguese power in Indonesia

After the ship landed in India, the Portuguese managed to seize several important ports on the coast of India and made the city of Goa is located on the coast of India as a center of power. To be able to dominate and monopolize the trade in South Asia of the Portuguese take steps as follows:

1. Extending the power to the west to destroy the Turkish fleet, so the Portuguese can supervise trade and shipping in the sea between Asia and Europe. Even the Portuguese could force traders to sail from port trade Goa (India) to South Africa and then to the port of Lisbon, the European center of trade and the Portuguese capital.

2. Extending the power to the east with the control of Malacca, which can stop and control of direct trading activities conducted by Chinese merchants, India and Indonesia.

In 1511, Malacca been won by the Portuguese under the leadership of Alfonso d `Albuquerque. Since the incident, the power of the kingdom of Malacca fell into the hands of the Portuguese. Thus, the Portuguese can be a direct trade with the regions in Indonesia, such as Ternate, Ambon, Banda, and Timor. In Ternate the Portuguese tried to capture the trade of cloves and nutmeg. But in the attempt, the Portuguese had done something that hurts the feelings of Muslims, where the Portuguese have violated the covenant of the Sultan of Ternate.

The Portuguese tried to instill power in the Moluccas. This is done in order to monopolize the spice trade. However, the actions of the Portuguese increasingly arbitrary and cruel act against the people can cause the occurrence of conflict between the people of Maluku to the Portuguese. This conflict culminated after the murder of the Portuguese Empire Sultan Hairun of Ternate. People Ternate up arms under the leadership of his son, who called Baab Ullah and finally in 1575 the Portuguese were expelled from the Moluccas.