Tahakay

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Tahakay (Lesser Sunda Islands)
Tahakay
Tahakay
Tahakay in East Nusa Tenggara

Map series for the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration from June 25, 1914 on the borders on Timor

Tahakay (Tahakai, Tafakay, Takay) was a traditional Bunak empire in central Timor .

history

After the Treaty of Lisbon (1859) Tahakay fell under the suzerainty of Portugal . Later, however, it came to the Bunak Empire of Lamaknen , which was under Dutch suzerainty. Portugal resisted this loss and in 1902 negotiations with the Netherlands therefore demanded the entire Dutch territory in central Timor. With the The Hague Convention of October 1, 1904, a compromise was reached in which Portugal renounced Tahakay in exchange for other areas. Nonetheless, clashes between the colonial powers around this border region continued. It was only after an arbitration ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in 1914 and with the treaty of 1916 that the border that separates the Indonesian West Timor from the state of East Timor was established .

Today the area of ​​Tahakay is part of the Indonesian District ( Kecamatan ) of South Lamaknen ( Belu Governorate ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Antoinette Schapper: Crossing the border: Historical and linguistic divides among the Bunaq in central Timor , pp. 7-8.
  2. ↑ Geoffrey C. Gunn: History of Timor , p. 77 (PDF file; 805 kB).
  3. ↑ Hague Justice Portal: Island of Timor: Award - Boundaries in the Island of Timor  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / haguejusticeportal.net
  4. ↑ "Part 3: The History of the Conflict" (PDF; 1.4 MB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
  5. ↑ Map of the Belu administrative district

Coordinates: 9 ° 9 ′ 39.9 ″  S , 125 ° 4 ′ 48.1 ″  E