Gowa

Gowa was a Makassarese kingdom at the southern tip of Sulawesi. It later formed a twin polity with neighbouring Tallo, known as Makassar.

In 1605 its king embraced Islam as Sultan Alauddin; his campaigns in 1611 brought Bone and other southwestern kingdoms under Gowa’s sway. During the war of 1666–1669, the Dutch East India Company allied with the Bugis prince Arung Palakka. Sultan Hasanuddin accepted the Treaty of Bungaya in 1667, and the Dutch stormed Somba Opu in 1669.