Indonesia - Princely States (P)

Former Indigenous States of Indonesia (Dutch Protectorate)

Last modified: 2026-11-07 by zachary harden
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2:3 image by Željko Heimer, 2 January 1996
National Flag of Indonesia

• Pagaruyung
• Paku Alaman
• Palawan
• Palembang
• Panei
• Paperu
• Parigi
• Pedu-Laut
• Pelalawan
• Pelemasa
• Pontianak
• Porto
• Pulau Panjang
• Punguran

See also:

• List of princely states
• Indonesia
• Indonesia - Index of all pages

Pagaruyung

State flag

image by Rob Raeside, 10 June 2010
based on sketch by John McMeekin

The State flag of the Empire of Pagaruyung (abolished about 1815, restored some years ago).

Variant flag

image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 10 June 2010

The flag of Pagaruyung as shown on the Indonesian wikipedia with the different arrangement of the colors: http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerajaan_Pagaruyung.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 10 June 2010

Paku Alaman

Pakualaman (this flag serves as State & Royal).
John McMeekin, 4 June 2010

Palawan

Palawan-1

Palawan-2

Flag of a Prince or Princess (Anak Raja)

Flag of Admiral (Laksamana)

Palawan, Governor of maritime Fort (Syahbandar)

Flag of a State Official (Penggawa Negri)

Flag of a Ship Captain (Nahodas)

Palembang

Panei

Flag of the youngest Uncle (Uwan Bungsu)

Flag of Faith (Iman)

Flag of a young Nobleman (Orang Kaja Muda)

Panei - 1

  2:3, image by Jaume Ollé

Panei - 2

  2:3, image by Jaume Ollé

Panei - 3

  2:3, image by Jaume Ollé

Paperu

Parigi

A photo of the flag shows that the centre of the flag is complicated, nearly as complicated as the old Sikkim flag.
The present Ruler is the 19th Magau, Y.M. (for Yang Mulia or His Highness) Andi Cimbu Tagunu, ruling since 2000.
John D McMeekin, 11 Dec 2013

The arms are a green octagon bearing crossed swords and a red-black-yellow-white shield. The coat of arms looks like being modern, the colours above I would take to mean that those are the colours of their flag, in vertical form, red/black/golden-yellow/white.  Parigi State is located on The Celebes or Sulawesi Island, and it was small. Two of the most powerful Sultanates were Gowa and Bone, or Boni, both located on the Southern
arm near Makasser.
John D McMeekin, 11 Dec 2013

Pedu-Laut

Royal Flag

  2:3, image by Jaume Ollé

Pelalawan

Maharaja Flag (Bendera Maharaja Pelalawan)

image by Rob Raeside, 9 June 2010, based on sketch by John McMeekin

Pelemasa

image by Jaume Ollé

image by Jaume Ollé

Penjingat

Prince and Princess

Pontianak

Sultan Flag (Bendera Sultan)

Porto

2:3, image by Jaume Ollé,

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Oct 2026

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Oct 2026

The flag is quartered of blue and yellow, on the central black rectangle is a white elephant. The first flag (see left image above), based on the article of Dirk Rühl is quartered of green and yellow. My photo, shot 2013 in Leiden, shows that it is not green but blue. The colour information is confirmed by the filing card of Wereldmuseum (see central image above). It is also confirmed a painting (3 pages) with flags from the islands of Haruku and Saparua (see right image above). On that painting is a more elaborated elephant.
This settlement Porto is located on Saparua Island, not to be mismatch with a namesake settlement on haruku Island.
Source: Wereldmuseum (department Leiden), archive no. RV-370-2081
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Oct 2026

Pulau Panjang

The name of the state means "Long Island"

Punguran

Royal Flag

  2:3, image by Jaume Ollé

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