Bone state

Bone (also Boni, or Bone Saoraja) was a sultanate in the south-west peninsula of Sulawesi (formerly Celebes), now part of modern-day Indonesia. Covering an area of 2,600 square kilometres (1,000 sq mi), Bone's chief town Boni, lay 130 kilometres (81 mi) northeast of the city of Makassar, home to the Bugis people.

Once the most powerful state of Sulawesi, Boni came under Dutch influence in 1666 as they sought to protect themselves from neighbouring belligerent states. Boni remained under Dutch control until 1814 when the British temporarily gained power of the region, but returned to Dutch rule in 1816 by the European treaties concluded on the downfall of Napoleon. Dutch influence was increasingly resisted by the Boni however, and numerous Dutch expeditions to Boni were repelled during the 19th century. Boni became part of Indonesia upon the country's independence.

As in other native states in Sulawesi, succession to the throne through the female line held precedence over the male line.

See also

• Taka Bonerate Islands

References

• For the wars in Boni, see Perelaer, De Bonische Expedition, 1859 (Leiden, 1872) (Dutch); and Meyers, in the Militaire Spectator (1880).
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External links

• Bone History