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The Sultanate of Brunei (Jawi: كسلطانن بروني) or simply Brunei (/ b r uː ˈ n aɪ / broo-NY), also known as the Bruneian Empire, was a Malay sultanate centered around Brunei on the northern coast of Borneo in Southeast Asia.
The Sultanate of Sarawak (Malay: كسلطانن ملايو سراوق دارالهنا , romanized: Kesultanan Sarawak) was a Malay kingdom, located in present-day Kuching Division, Sarawak. The kingdom was founded in 1599, [ 1 ] after the conquest of the preceding Santubong Kingdom and the later Sultanate of Brunei .
The Sultanate of Sarawak (covering present-day Kuching, known to the Portuguese cartographers as Cerava, and one of the five great seaports on the island of Borneo), though under the influence of Brunei, was self-governed under Sultan Tengah before being fully integrated into the Bruneian Empire upon the Tengah's death in 1641. [38] [39] [40]
The Borneo Company provided military support to the White Rajahs during crises such as the Chinese uprising. One of the company steamships, the Sir James Brooke , helped recapture Kuching. Rajah Charles formed a small paramilitary force, the Sarawak Rangers , to police and defend the expanding state.
Sultanate of Bulungan کسلطانن بولوڠن Kesultanan Bulungan 1731–1959 19th century Coat of arms Map of the Sultanate of Bulungan (colored dark teal) and its vassals (light teal) in 1849. Status Vassal of the Sultanate of Berau (1731-1789) Vassal of Sulu (1789–1855) Protectorate of the Dutch East Indies (1834-1878) Part of the Dutch East Indies (from 1878-1949) Autonomous ...
Sultanate of Banjar (7 P) W. History of West Kalimantan (1 P) Pages in category "History of Borneo" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Brunei, [b] officially Brunei Darussalam, [c] [d] is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo.Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with its territory bifurcated by the Sarawak district of Limbang.
First, Prapanca states in 1365 that Buruneng in Borneo was a vassal of Majapahit; Sung Lien and the Ming Shih affirm this in 1371. [22] According to both of these texts, the ruler of Brunei is named Ma-ho-mo-sha, which Paul Pelliot reinterprets as Mahmud Shah.