Portuguese rulers called the town Macáçar. Makassar was really ably led in the main 50 % of the seventeenth century when it efficiently resisted Dutch tension to shut down its trade to Maluku and manufactured allies as an alternative to enemies with the neighboring Bugis states. Karaeng Matoaya (c.1573–1636) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHrkfhgzM24