Indonesia - princely states

Former Indigenous States of Indonesia (Dutch Protectorate)

Last modified: 2004-06-19 by rob raeside
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Demama

  by Jaume Ollé

Ratio 2:3.

Adopted: ?.

Abolished: ?.

Djambi

DJAMBI-1

  by Jaume Ollé

Ratio 4:5 ?.

Adopted: ?.

Abolished: ? .

In his book "Les drapeaux de l'Islam", P.Lux-Wurm (2001) shows the "Sultan's flag and ensign, XIXth century" of the Sultanate of Djambi. The flag is rectangular, in proportions 2:3, plain white.

The Sultanate of Djambi was located on the eastern coast of the island of Sumatra, now part of Indonesia. Djambi and the region of Palembang were from the IVth to the XIVth century the center of Sri Vidjaya's Mahayana Buddhist Empire. Around 1455, Arya Damar, ruler of Palembang, was converted to Islam and took the name of Arya Dilah Abd-Allah.

The plain white flag was used as the Sultan's personal standard. The white colour symbolized the political and religious powers of the Sultan. The ve