arab umi ▁who ▁attacked ▁newly ▁converted ▁Christian ▁villages ▁with ▁great ▁fur or . ▁In ▁ 1 5 5 0 - 1 5 5 1 ▁Portuguese - T ern atan ▁forces ▁bes ie ged ▁the ▁almost ▁im pen et rable ▁royal ▁seat , ▁well ▁def ended ▁with ▁art illery , ▁and ▁took ▁it ▁after ▁thee ▁months . ▁J ail olo ' s ▁power ▁was ▁broken , ▁Kat arab umi ▁was ▁dep riv ed ▁of ▁his ▁rank ▁as ▁Sultan , ▁and ▁his ▁son ▁became ▁a ▁Sang aj i ▁( sub - r uler ) ▁under ▁T ern ate . ▁ ▁The ▁main ▁long - standing ▁rival ▁of ▁T ern ate ▁was , ▁however , ▁T id ore . ▁The ▁two ▁kingdom s ▁co ex isted ▁in ▁an ▁amb ivalent ▁way , ▁as ▁T ern ate ▁r ul ers ▁regularly ▁married ▁S ult ans ' ▁daughters ▁from ▁T id ore ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁numerous ▁pet ty ▁wars ▁between ▁the ▁two . ▁A ▁r ift ▁appeared ▁between ▁H air un ▁and ▁the ▁Portuguese ▁in ▁ 1 5 5 7 ▁since ▁the ▁latter ▁conf isc ated ▁the ▁clo ve ▁har vest ▁from ▁Mak ian ▁and ▁imprison ed ▁the ▁Sultan ▁for ▁security ▁reasons . ▁The ▁en rag ed ▁T ern atan ▁chief s ▁now ▁al lied ▁with ▁the ▁Sultan ▁of ▁T id ore ▁and ▁attacked ▁the ▁positions ▁of ▁the ▁Portuguese , ▁who ▁could ▁bare ly ▁hold ▁their ▁own . ▁Event ually ▁they ▁found ▁reason ▁to ▁release ▁H air un ▁and ▁arrived ▁to ▁an ▁agreement . ▁The ▁T idor ese