Indonesia - Princely States (U)

Former Indigenous States of Indonesia (Dutch Protectorate)

Last modified: 2026-10-31 by zachary harden
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2:3 image by Željko Heimer, 2 January 1996
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Ujir

Ujir Pennants

1:1, image by Jaume Ollé

br> 1:1, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Oct 2026

It was a white triangular pennant cotised blue-red. The blue border was parted by white chevronels of different height (see left image above). A variant was a red triangular pennant cotised white red with a white cross pomelly on centre (see right image above).

Umalio

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Oct 2026

2:3, image by

Umalio is located near Ouw on the southeastern arm of Saparua Island. It had been under suzerainty of the Sultans of Tidore for a long time but gained more independence after the arriival of the Dutch. The flag (see left image above) is red charged with 12 golden balls ordered 4:3. The local name of that flag is according to Dirk Rühl Bintang-Bintang, which means stars. The balls are a rare representation of stars, usually displayed as saltires. The flag is made of cotton and silk.
Dirk Rühl painted and described it as yellow with red balls connected by red lines (see left image above).
Another painting shows that pattern in counterchanged colours.
Source: photo shot in Leiden in August 2013 by Klaus-Michael Schneider
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Oct 2026

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