Kingdom of Middag

Kingdom of Middag
?–17th century
Kingdom of Middag at its greatest extent
Capital		Middag
Languages		Various Formosan languages
Government		Monarchy
King
•	?–1648	Kamachat Aslamie
•	1648–?	Kamachat Maloe
Historical era		Age of Discovery
•	Established	?
•	Suppressed by Dutch	17th century
Succeeded by Dutch Formosa

The Kingdom of Middag (Chinese: 大肚王國; pinyin: Dàdù Wángguó) was a kingdom or supra-tribal alliance located in the central western plains of Taiwan in the 17th century. This polity was established by the Taiwanese aboriginal tribes of Papora, Babuza, Pazeh, and Hoanya; it had ruled as many as 27 villages, occupying the western part of present-day Taichung county and the northern part of modern Changhua county. Having survived the rule of European colonists and the Kingdom of Tungning, the aboriginal tribes that previously comprised Middag were eventually subjugated to the rule of the Qing Empire in the 18th century.

The Kingdom of Middag is the western name for the kingdom. In Taiwan, it is known as the Kingdom of Dadu (Chinese: 大肚王國; pinyin: Dàdù Wángguó; Wade–Giles: Ta-tu Wang-kuo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-tō͘ Ông-kok), Dadu being the modern-day name of the historical capital Middag.

The 17th century leader Kamachat Aslamie was known in Hoklo as Quata Ong (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khoa-ta Ông), and sometimes in Dutch as Keizer van Middag. The most common aboriginal name was Lelian ("Sun King").