Kaimana

Kaimana, also called Sran, was a West Papuan kingdom founded, according to tradition, by Imaga in 1309. From Weri on the Fakfak coast, he united coastal communities through marriage and custom.

His son Basir Onin moved the court to Borombouw on Adi Island, closer to the spice and bird-of-paradise trade. Around 1498 Tidore fleets subdued Sran and demanded slaves, spices and birds as tribute. The royal family adopted Islam in the sixteenth century; in 1808 Rat Sran IV Nduvin moved the capital to E'man, the site of Kaimana.