Foramadiahi is a village on

Ternate Ternate (), also known as the City of Ternate (; ), is the List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city with the largest population in the province of North Maluku and an island in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. It was the ''de facto'' provi ...

island in

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. It has a prominent role in stories about the formation of the Ternate Kingdom and has a number of historical graves. Makam_Sultan_Babullah

Foramadiahi is situated in the southern part of Ternate, 350 meters above sea level, overlooking the old sultan's seat Gam-ma-lamo. According to the historical traditions of Ternate, the oldest center on the island was Tobona further uphill. In the mid-13th century, the Ternatans under a chief called Molé-ma-titi established a second settlement midway between mountain and sea. This was Foramadiahi which offered a good vantage point over the southern coastal section and the islands nearby. Later still, a third settlement was founded at the coast, namely Sampalu (close to the site of Gam-ma-lamo). The third king (''kolano'') of Ternate, Siale (traditionally dated 1284-1298) abandoned his old capital Tobona for Foramadiahi. Later on the seat of the ''kolanos'' (from the late 15th century sultans) was moved to the coast, apparently as a consequence of the increasing inter-regional

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. In colonial times Foramadiahi was settled by people from

Tidore Tidore (, lit. "City of Tidore Islands") is a city, island, and archipelago in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, west of the larger island of Halmahera. Part of North Maluku Province, the city includes the island of Tidore (with three sm ...

. However, the site was completely abandoned by the 1970s. It has presently a small population and the status of a '' keluruhan''. Among the graves preserved at the site is one where Sultan

Babullah of Ternate Sultan Babullah (Jawi script, Jawi: ; 10 February 1528 (?) – July 1583), also known as Sultan Baabullah (or Babu aabin European sources) was the 7th Sultan and 24th ruler of the Sultanate of Ternate in Maluku islands, Maluku who ruled betwee ...

was supposedly buried.C.F. van Fraassen (1987), Vol. I, p. 135.

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