Sonbai (also spelt Sonnebay, Sonba'i, or Sonbait) was an Indonesian princely dynasty that reigned over various parts of West Timor from at least the 17th...

henchmen ride into a village, scaring a group of women fetching water. Sonbai (Smita Patil) alone stands her ground and politely asks them not to let...

Islamic kingdoms in East Nusa Tenggara. Sonbai: A dynasty in West Timor which was divided in Sonbai Besar and Sonbai Kecil. Soya: A small kingdom in Ambon...

Sonbai Kecil or Lesser Sonbai was an Atoni princedom in West Timor, now included in Indonesia. It existed from 1658 to 1917, when it merged into a colonial...

Sonbai Besar or Greater Sonbai was an extensive princedom of West Timor, in present-day Indonesia, which existed from 1658 to 1906 and played an important...

(c.1797–pre-1824) Sonbai Besar (complete list) – Dom Pedro Sonbai/ Tomenu, Emperor (c.1704–1726) Dom Alfonso Salema/ Nai Bau Sonbai, Emperor (pre-1748–1752)...

fiefdoms: Amabi, Foenay, Sonbai Kecil, Taebenu, and the Helong. Leopold Nisnoni, known within his community as "Isu", is the chief of Sonbai Kecil, and has also...

1657, large groups of refugees from the neighbouring VOC allies of the Sonbai and Amabi principalities settled into the vicinity of Kupang and formed...

Beboki (1756–c. 1949) Belu (1756–c.1949) Insana (1756–c.1949) Sonbai Besar (1756–1906) Sonbai Kecil (1659–1917) Roti (Korbafo before 1928) (c. 1750–c.1949)...

treaties with the five small rulers in this area, the "five loyal allies" (Sonbai Kecil, Helong, Amabi in 1665, Amfo'an in 1683 and Taebenu in 1688). In the...