Tidore was one of four kingdoms that arose in North Maluku some time before the coming of Islam in the 15th century, the others being Ternate, Bacan and Jailolo. Ternate was usually the strongest power, though Tidore held a ritual precedence since Tidorese princesses were regularly married to Ternatan rulers and princes.Leonard Andaya (1993), p. 55. Two daughters of al-Mansur were consorts of Sultan Bayan Sirrullah of Ternate. When Bayan Sirrullah died in 1521, his successors Boheyat, Dayal and Tabariji were grandsons of al-Mansur, and their mothers had a political role at the Ternate court.C.F. van Fraassen (1987), Ternate, de Molukken en de Indonesische Archipel. Leiden: Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, Vol. II, p. 14.
