Bantaeng

Bantaeng was a small kingdom on the south coast of Sulawesi's southern peninsula. In 1254 seven local rulers, each bearing the title Kare, merged their domains under Mula Tau, titled To Toa; after the palace moved from Onto to Karatuang its rulers took the title Karaeng.

Under the name Bantayan it appears in the Javanese court poem Negarakertagama of 1364 among the lands claimed by Majapahit. Its harbor traded local rice for Chinese ceramics, and the kingdom kept marriage ties with the Bugis kingdom of Bone. It later joined Gowa peacefully and adopted Islam after Gowa did. In 1666 a Dutch fleet under Cornelis Speelman burned the boats gathered in its harbor during the Makassar War.