A bay on the dry north coast of Sumba, backed by open grassland running up to sandalwood scrub.
Sumba was known to Europeans for centuries as the Sandalwood Island and the name is the point of the place; the plains behind Melolo to the south-east are where the cutting was done. The wetter west round Kodi has more people and food and trades north to Sumbawa. Sumba is a name in the Nagarakretagama's list of 1365 (the campaign board; en.wikipedia).
Who holds it
- Title
- Local headman
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No name for 1 January 1200 appears in any source we could reach.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: A place the campaign board marks likely; no source of 1200 names it or its lord.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.