Dayal of Ternate

[2] The Portuguese captain Jorge de Meneses was known to be a rude and arrogant figure who quickly antagonized the Ternatan elite.

[4] This and similar events led to a conspiracy with the aim to expel the white foreigners, where the Sultan of Jailolo on Halmahera was involved.

[5] However, the Queen Mother reacted by withdrawing to a fortified place on the island, and forbade the people to deliver foodstuff to the fortress.

Thus peace was restored, but the current captain Vicente de Fonseca began to plot with the Ternatan grandee Pati Sarangi to get rid of the young sultan.

The plans were discovered, however, and Dayal and his mother escaped to Tidore in 1533, where his uncle Sultan Mir ruled.

Meanwhile, Dayal was active in fomenting a new alliance with the rulers Mir of Tidore, Alauddin of Bacan and Katarabumi of Jailolo, in order to regain his throne.

The allies were well equipped with 5-600 firearms, cuirasses, coats of mail, helmets and swords which had been taken from the Portuguese or received from the Spaniards.

Dayal fought valiantly in shining armour and a headdress with bird-of-paradise feathers, but was severely wounded and died soon after.