List of sultans of Brunei
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This is a list of sultans of Brunei.
| Sultan of Brunei Darussalam | |
|---|---|
| Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam | |
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| Incumbent | |
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| Hassanal Bolkiah since 5 October 1967 | |
| (Installed on 1 August 1968) | |
| Details | |
| Style | His Majesty |
| Heir apparent | The Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah |
| First monarch | Sultan Muhammad Shah |
| Formation | 1363 |
| Residence | Istana Nurul Iman, Bandar Seri Begawan |
Sultans
change| No. | Name | Reign start | Reign end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muhammad Shah / Awang Alak Betatar | 1363[2] | 1402 | Established the Sultanate.[2] |
| 2 | Ahmad / Awang Pateh Berbai | 1408 | 1425 | |
| 3 | Sharif Ali / Sultan Barkat (Blessed Sultan) | 1425 | 1432 | No direct genealogical relation to predecessor, but was selected as he was the son-in-law of the previous sultan (Ahmad) and was well versed in Islam. |
| 4 | Sulaiman | 1432 | 1485 | Son of the previous sultan, Sharif Ali. Abdicated to allow his son Bolkiah to become sultan. |
| 5 | Bolkiah / Nakhoda Ragam (The Singing Captain) | 1485 | 1524 | Son of the previous sultan, Sulaiman. |
| 6 | Abdul Kahar | 1524 | 1530 | Son of the previous sultan, Bolkiah |
| 7 | Saiful Rijal | 1533 | 1581 | Nephew and adopted-son of the previous sultan, Abdul Kahar. Castile War broke out between Brunei and Spain. |
| 8 | Shah Berunai | 1581 | 1582 | Eldest son of Sultan Saiful Rijal |
| 9 | Muhammad Hassan | 1582 | 1598 | Younger brother of Shah Berunai. |
| 10 | Abdul Jalilul Akbar | 1598 | 1659 | |
| 11 | Abdul Jalilul Jabbar | 1659 | 1660 | |
| 12 | Muhammad Ali | 1660 | 1661 | Strangled by his successor Abdul Hakkul Mubin, sparking the Brunei Civil War. |
| 13 | Abdul Hakkul Mubin | 1660 | 1673 | Started the Brunei Civil War by killing his predecessor Muhammad Ali and was in turn killed by Muhyiddin who succeeded him as Sultan. |
| 14 | Muhyiddin | 1673 | 1690 | Son of Abdul Jalilul Akbar who avenged the death of his father-in-law Muhammad Ali by killing Abdul Hakkul Mubin, thus ending the Brunei Civil War. |
| 15 | Nasruddin | 1690 | 1710 | |
| 16 | Hussin Kamaluddin | 1710 | 1730 | He ruled for the second time between 1737 and 1740. |
| 17 | Muhammad Alauddin | 1730 | 1737 | Instructed Datu Imam Yaakub to write the Silsilah Raja-Raja Berunai or the Genealogy of the Sultans of Brunei. |
| 18 | Omar Ali Saifuddin I | 1740 | 1778 | |
| 19 | Muhammad Tajuddin | 1778 | 1807 | Ordered Khatib Abdul Latif to inscribe Batu Tarsilah or Stone Tablet. |
| 20 | Muhammad Jamalul Alam I | 1804 | 1804 | |
| 21 | Muhammad Kanzul Alam | 1807 | 1826 | |
| 22 | Muhammad Alam | 1826 | 1828 | |
| 23 | Omar Ali Saifuddin II | 1828 | 1852 | Brunei ceded some territories of Sarawak to James Brooke. Brunei ceded Labuan to the British. |
| 24 | Abdul Momin | 1852 | 29 May 1885 | Brunei ceded northwestern part of Borneo to the British. The declaration of Amanat took place in 1884 that vowed not to cede more Brunei territories to foreign powers. |
| 25 | Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin | 29 May 1885 | 10 May 1906 | United Kingdom established protectorate over Brunei in 1888. |
| 26 | Muhammad Jamalul Alam II | 10 May 1906 | 11 September 1924 | The Sultan's reign was a short one. An outbreak of malaria claimed his life as well as three members of his family. |
| 27 | Ahmad Tajuddin | 11 September 1924 | 4 June 1950 | Japanese occupation of Brunei took place. |
| 28 | Omar Ali Saifuddien III | 4 June 1950 | 5 June 1966 | Signed the Brunei Constitution of 1959. Abdicated voluntarily in favor of his eldest son, Hassanal Bolkiah. Became Brunei's first Defence Minister after independence in 1984. |
| 29 | Hassanal Bolkiah | 5 June 1966 | Incumbent | Brunei regained independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. |
References
change- ↑ "Sultan-Sultan Brunei" (in Malay). Government of Brunei. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Elisseeff, Vadime (January 2000). "Chapter 8: A Brunei Sultan of the Early Fourteenth Century – A Study of an Arabic Gravestone". The Silk Roads: Highways of Culture and Commerce. Berghahn Books. pp. 145–157. ISBN 978-1-57181-222-3. Retrieved 26 December 2013.