as Meher or Yotowawa) and the unrelated Oirata language (closely related to Fataluku) are spoken on Kisar. History The island was inhabited long before the colonial period. Cave paintings dating back 2,500 years have been found in Kisar after a wide-scale archaeological work. In 1665 the Dutch VOC built a military base and named the island after the Kisar word for white sand. From the European outpost on Kisar a relatively large Indo Eurasian community developed named the 'Mestizo from Kisar' to this day their descendants live as Rajas and chiefs on Kisar. Surviving family names include: Frans, Parera, Joostenz, Wouthuysen, Caffin, Lerrick, Peelman, Lander, Ruff, Bellmin-Belder, Coenradi, van Delsen, Schilling and Bakker. In 1795 Kisar was under British rule, in 1803 it was under Dutch/French rule and in 1810 again under English rule. In 1817 Kisar was returned to the Dutch until the outpost was abandoned in 1819. After that time Kisar upheld close ties with their Portuguese, Topasses and Timorese neighbours on Timor.After WWII and Indonesia's independence the island was temporarily considered part of the segregated RMS, but ultimately became part of the unitary Indonesian state. The current and 12th Raja (king) of Kisar, Johannes J. Bakker, succeeded his father Raja Hairmere Philipus Zacharias Bakker. The first Raja Cornelis Bakker, who also ruled Wetar, Roma and Leti island via his brothers, was crowned ca. 1665. Nowadays the Raja is respected as a traditional dignitary, but has no political power. The present Raja is well educated and for 5 years worked as a government official in nearby East-Timor, when part of Indonesia. There he met his wife Maria Antonette Ribeiru. Regarding the entry of the Dutch into South Daya Island (PSD), Maluku, community leaders in Kisar, S.D. Mozes, said from the various information he obtained. It is said that the entry of the Dutch into Kisar began with the story of the ancestors of the Kisar people, Perlakuloho. took his sick sister for treatment to Belagar, Pantar, Alor. However, on the way back to Kisar, precisely between Wetar and Kisar islands, Perlakuloho got a boat which turned out to be carrying a Dutch citizen known as Yan de Klein who was having water difficulties to continue his journey. Therefore, Perlakuloho helped the Dutch and took them to Kisar, with the hope that the Dutch on the ship could help them, should there be an attack from the Portuguese. The