Sultanate of Gowa

c. 1320 – 1957 CE · about 637 years approximate dates

Gowa was a kingdom of the Makassar people in south Sulawesi that adopted Islam in the early 17th century. It became a major trading power until the Dutch and their Bugis allies defeated it in the Makassar War of 1666–1669. It survived as a reduced state into the Indonesian era.