Tabariji or Tabarija was the Sultan of the Sultanate of Ternate, which also included Amboina and other islands beginning in 1532.

Tabariji was the son of Sultan Abulais and his first and primary wife, Nycili Boki Raja. Nycili was the daughter of the king of Tidore

Tidore

Tidore is a city, island, and archipelago in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, west of the larger island of Halmahera. In the pre-colonial era, the kingdom of Tidore was a major regional political and economic power, and a fierce rival of nearby Ternate, just to the north.-Geography:Tidor...

 and inherited that realm from her father on his death in 1526. Tabariji was placed on the throne by his stepfather, Pati Serang, who then acted as regent. He was deposed in favor of another brother in 1534 and exiled to Goa

Goa

Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

. In Goa he converted to Christianity and took as his baptismal name Dom Manuel.

He was forbidden to return to Ternate for many years, but shortly before his death was allowed to come back. In his will he gave his domain to the King of Portugal.

Sources

• A History of Christianity in Asia, Vol. 2
• Taylor, Jean Gelman. Indonesia: peoples and histories. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004) p. 137.