Abba Thulle

{{Short description|18th century paramount chief of Koror}}

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Abba Thulle{{efn|name=Abba|Abba Thulle is the English transcription of the title "Ibedul". Some sources spell it Abba Thule.}} was the ibedul, {{Gloss|paramount chief}}{{efn|name=Title|Erroneously referred to as king.}} of Koror whom the sailor Henry Wilson and his crew met on their voyage to Palau in 1783.{{Cite web|date=|title= Ibedul|url= https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/AUTH227266 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230094242/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/AUTH227266|archive-date=30 December 2023|access-date=12 July 2021|website=The British Museum}}{{Cite web|date=|title=Capt Henry Wilson|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG129711|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230094736/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG129711|archive-date=30 December 2023|access-date=30 December 2023|website=The British Museum}} His second son Prince Lee Boo became one of the first people from the Pacific Islands to visit Great Britain, but died just six months after arriving in London at the age of 20.{{cite web|title=Prince Lee Boo, second son of Abba Thule [picture]|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135972940/view|publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 July 2021}}{{Cite web|date=|title=Prince Lee Boo |url= https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/prince-lee-boo?memorial_id=3919 |access-date=3 June 2025|website=London Remembers}} He learned of his son's death when Captain John McCluer later visited the islands.{{Cite book|title= Micronesian Histories: An Analytical Bibliography and Guide to Interpretations |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=oqqdbU0tBvAC&dq=Andrew+Cheyne+abba+thule+prince+lee+boo&pg=PA290 |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 July 2021|isbn= 9780313291036 |last1= Goetzfridt |first1= Nicholas J. |last2= Peacock |first2= Karen M. |year= 2002 | publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }} Andrew Cheyne wrote about his encounter with Abba Thulle in the book A Description of Islands In The Western Pacific Ocean, North and South of the Equator.{{Cite web|title= A description of islands in the western Pacific ocean, north and south of the equator|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OTUBAAAAQAAJ&dq=Abba%20Thule&pg=PA149 |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 July 2021|website=Google Books|last1= Cheyne|first1= Andrew|year= 1852}} William Lisle Bowles wrote a poem about him entitled Abba Thule's Lament For His Son Prince Le Boo.{{Cite web|date=|title= ABBA THULE'S LAMENT FOR HIS SON PRINCE LE BOO. |url= https://www.gutenberg.org/files/18915/18915-h/18915-h.htm#Page_49 |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 July 2021|website=Project Gutenberg}} A horse was named after him that later won the Doncaster Cup in 1790.{{Cite web|date=|title=Doncaster Cup Winners|url= https://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/racecharts/UK/DoncastCup.html |url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 July 2021|website=tbheritage}}