Cibal

Cibal was a local realm in the mountainous Manggarai country of western Flores. Early accounts remember it as an inland kingdom, distinct from the ports along the northern coast. Manggarai communities were organised under local rulers called dalu and smaller village and lineage leaders. From the seventeenth century the sultanate of Bima on Sumbawa exercised influence over the northwestern coast, with representatives at ports such as Reo mediating between its court and Manggarai chiefs.