Banjarmasin War

Banjarmasin War
	Part of military campaigns of the Dutch Empire
	; The steamship Celebes fighting with armed Dayak vessel (kotta mara) using its aftside 30-pounder.
Date	1859 – 1863; Sporadic fighting until 1905
Location	Kalimantan, Borneo
Result	Dutch victory
Belligerents
Sultanate of Banjar (pro-Tamjid, 1859–60); Dutch Empire	Sultanate of Banjar (pro-Hidayat) Antasari's rebels
Commanders and leaders
Tamjid II of Banjar; Colonel A.J. Andresen; Lieutenant-Colonel Gustave Verspyck	Hidayat II of Banjar ; Demang Lehman; Amin Ullah Prince Antasari †

The Banjarmasin War (in old spelling Bandjermasin War, Dutch: Bandjermasinse Oorlog, or formally Expeditie naar de Zuider- en Oosterafdeling van Borneo) (1859–1863) was a war of succession in the Sultanate of Banjarmasin, as well as a colonial war for the restoration of Dutch authority in the eastern and southern section of Borneo.

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