Pontianak Sultanate or Kesultanan Pontianak is a monarchy

Monarchy

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 in the province of Pontianak

Pontianak

The pontianak is a vampiric ghost in Malay and Indonesian mythology. It is also known as a matianak or kuntilanak, sometimes shortened to kunti. As with tiyanak of the Philippines, pontianak are said to be the spirits of children who died while being born...

, Indonesia

Indonesia

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History

Pontianak Sultanate was founded in 1771 by explorers from Hadhramaut

Hadhramaut

Hadhramaut, Hadhramout, Hadramawt or Ḥaḍramūt is the formerly independent Qu'aiti state and sultanate encompassing a historical region of the south Arabian Peninsula along the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea, extending eastwards from Yemen to the borders of the Dhofar region of Oman...

 led by al-Sayyid Syarif Abdurrahman al-Kadrie, descendants of Imam Ali ar-Ridha. He did two political marriage in Kalimantan

Kalimantan

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, first with the daughter of Panembahan Mempawah and the second with the daughter of the Sultan of Banjar

Banjar

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Once they arrived in Pontianak

Pontianak

The pontianak is a vampiric ghost in Malay and Indonesian mythology. It is also known as a matianak or kuntilanak, sometimes shortened to kunti. As with tiyanak of the Philippines, pontianak are said to be the spirits of children who died while being born...

, they established the Kadariah Palace and get the endorsement as the Sultan of Pontianak by the Dutch East India Company

Dutch East India Company

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 in 1779.

List of Sultans of Pontianak

Sultan		Reign
1	Syarif Abdurrahman Alkadrie	1771-1808
2	Syarif Kasim Alkadrie	1808-1819
3	Syarif Osman Alkadrie	1819-1855
4	Syarif Hamid Alkadrie	1855-1872
5	Syarif Yusuf Alkadrie	1872-1895
6	Syarif Muhammad Alkadrie	1895-1944
7	Syarif Thaha Alkadrie	1944-1945
8	Syarif Hamid Alkadrie	1945-1950