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Indonesia - Princely States (G H I)

Former Indigenous States of Indonesia (Dutch Protectorate)

2:3 image by Željko Heimer, 2 January 1996
National Flag of Indonesia

Gebe
Gunung Tabur (Tabur)
Gowa
Haria
Iha
Indragiri

Gebe

by Jaume Ollé, 24 Jan 2001

Ratio 1:1.

Adopted: ?.

Abolished: ?.

Gunung Tabur (Tabur)

by Jaume Ollé

Ratio 2:3.

Adopted: ?.

Abolished: ?.

The flag of the Sultanate of Gunung Tabur (Dutch: Goenoeng Taboer) in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) was triangular.
Jaume Ollé, 24 Jan 2001

image by Jaume Ollé, 24 Jan 2001
2:3, image by Jaume Ollé, 24 Jan 2001

A plate from Armand shows also a different flag, perhaps the sultan's standard.

Gunung Tabur is on the Berau River (East Kalimantan). The autonomous kingdom of Berau, dating back to the 14th century, was divided in 1883, with the Berau river a natural boundary between new capitals established at Sambaliung and Gunung Tabur. In 1960 both kingdoms were abolished by Indonesian parliamentary decree. (cf. Indonesia Handbook 1989, p. 785).
The Muslim sultanates in Dutch Borneo were used as buffer states between inland Dayaks and sea-faring peoples like the Buginese and Sulu-peoples. They were described as ´weak states´, although there were fierce rebellions in the 19th century, which threatened the Dutch presence in the whole archipelago.
Jarig Bakker, 24 Jan 2001

image by Jarig Bakker, 24 Jan 2001
In "The pirate wind" by Owen Rutter, 1930, reprint 1987, is a short description:
"It was headed by a standard-bearer carrying the red and white colors of Gunong Tabor..." (p. 163).
Opposite p. 164 a picture with the flag, from which I made this reconstruction.

Gunung Tabur - Bendera Kesultan

image by Rob Raeside, 1 June 2010, based on sketch by John McMeekin

Gunung Tabur - Bendera Sultan

image by Rob Raeside, 1 June 2010

based on sketch by John McMeekin

The Royal Standard is plain yellow.
John McMeekin, 1 June 2010

Gowa

image by Rob Raeside, 2 June 2010
based on a sketch by John McMeekin Gowa Sultanate looks like a State Flag.
John McMeekin, 2 June 2010

image by Rob Raeside, 2 June 2010
based on a sketch by John McMeekin

Photos of the red and yellow Gowa flags can be seen here.
John Duncan McMeekin, 21 November 2010

The black eagle flags (in yellow & in red) are in fact military flags of Gowa. I cannot find the normal State Flag.
John Duncan McMeekin, 29 September 2014

The State flag of Gowa is yellow; The red one is the Military Flag.
John Duncan McMeekin, 3 April 2021

Haria

1:2, image by Jaume Ollé

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Oct 2026

The left image above matches the information given by Dirk Rühl, yellow flag with red bordure and red Dutch lion shifted to hoist. But there is evidence (see right image above) that the bordure is green and invected. The fly is bendy, the bottom edge is longer than the top edge.
Source: Wereldmuseum (department Leiden), filing card with archive no. RV-370-280
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Oct 2026