 After the time of Sultan Babullah, no other leaders in Ternate and Maluku matched his caliber.In the face of new Spanish and Dutch advances in the early 17th century, the fabric of the Ternate polity proved too fragile to withstand colonial subordination.Sultan Babullah was succeeded by his only historically ascertained son Sultan Saidi Berkat (r. 1583-1606), although his brother Mandar Syah was considered to have more legitimate claims.