A History of Sarawak under Its Two White Rajahs 1839-1908

As we have already mentioned, the second, and by far the most difficult, task that Rajah Brooke had set before him, and was determined to accomplish, was the suppression of pira...

A good deal has already been said about that blot on the map of Borneo, Bruni, and of its Rulers, and in this chapter shall be given the history of the relations between the Sul...

When the Rajah assumed the Government of Sarawak, he had to look out for suitable officials among the Malays to carry on the Government, and suitable officials were not easily t...

With this chapter commences the history of the life of the present Rajah, in itself an epitome of the history of the raj, who in 1852, at the age of twenty-three, obtained two y...

Next to Australia and New Guinea, Borneo[7] is the largest island in the world; it is larger than the whole of France. It sits astride on the equator, that divides it nearly, bu...

Many changes of opinion must take place upon the subject of the education of natives before it is exhausted and the best way of teaching found, and such changes of opinion and t...

James Brooke was born at Benares on April 29, 1803, and was the son of Thomas Brooke of the East India Company's Civil Service. He entered the Company's army in 1819, and took p...

When the Ranee arrived in the country which was to be her home for many years, and where by the exercise of a kindly and tactful influence she was soon to gain the enduring affe...

Borneo was known to the Arabs many centuries ago, and Sinbad the Sailor was fabled to have visited the island. It was then imagined that a ship might be freighted there with pea...

We must take a retrospective glance before proceeding with the subject of this chapter, in order to note briefly some important incidents, which have not been recorded in their...

In 1856, the Honourable G. W. Edwardes had been appointed Governor of Labuan; Mr. Spenser St. John being Consul-General at Bruni. The Governor was known to have imbibed all the...

Charles Brooke was proclaimed Rajah on August 3, 1868, throughout the territory. The ceremony in the capital and at the out-stations was simple. The people were assembled, the p...

In an address to the Council Negri in 1891, the Rajah said that he might divide his term of service of thirty-nine years into three periods of thirteen years each. The first per...

Into this matter it is not our intention to enter at length. It has already been dealt with fully in both Miss Jacob's and Sir Spencer St. John's biographies of the Rajah, and i...

As we have already noticed, the action of the _Nemesis_ with a fleet of Balanini pirates off Bruni in May, 1847, following on the destruction by Admiral Cochrane of the pirate s...

A general review of the financial, commercial, and industrial progress of Sarawak will probably convey to our readers a better conception than the foregoing history may have ena...

We are drawing near to the close of the first stage in the History of Sarawak. It had opened with great hopes. To his mother the Rajah had written in 1841: "I trust there may be...

SULTAN.—Supreme head of the once large Bruni Sultanate, which is now only a corner or enclave within the raj of Sarawak. Iang di Pertuan, the Lord who Rules, is the correct supr...

A general account of the pirates—Cruise of the _Dido_— 92-152 Brushes with the pirates—Expedition against the Saribas— The Rajah visits Bruni—Sir Edward Belcher's mission—The Ra...

Its story—Inconsistency of British policy—Sultan Mumin— 326-372 Feudal rights—Oppression and misgovernment—Trade interfered with—Apathy of the British Government—Labuan a failur...

Their arrival in Sarawak in 1870, and their welcome— 393-424 Description of Kuching—1839, a contrast—The Rajah and Ranee visit Pontianak and Batavia—Their return to England— Dea...

The Datus—The Datu Patinggi Gapur—Sherip Masahor—Gapur's 207-245 misconduct and treachery—His punishment—Muka in a state of anarchy—Pangiran Matusin kills Pangiran Ersat—S. Masa...

Early life of James Brooke—First visit to Sarawak—Condition 61-91 of the country—Dutch trading regulations—Brooke offered the Raj-ship—He suppresses the insurrection—The intrigu...

The Chinese in Sarawak—The Secret Society, or Hueh— 185-206 Circumstances that led to the rebellion—Kuching captured by the rebels—They form a provisional government, and retire...

The Honourable G. W. Edwardes Governor of Labuan—Supports 246-266 Sherip Masahor, and condemns the Tuan Muda—Muka closed to Sarawak traders—The Tuan Besar attempts to open frien...

Early Chinese and Hindu-Javanese influence, and settlements— 36-60 Rise of the Malays—Their sultanates in Borneo—European intercourse with Northern Borneo from 1521-1803—Decline...

Commencement of the present Rajah's career in Sarawak in 153-184 1852—Entitled the Tuan Muda—At Lundu—The situation in the Batang Lupar—Rentap—Death of Lee—The Tuan Muda at Ling...

The opening and closing of the first stage—The Rajah's 295-306 retirement—His general policy—Frowned upon—What England owes to him—Paralleled with Sir Stamford Raffles—The Rajah...

Charles Brooke proclaimed Rajah—Improvements needed—The 307-325 Datu's testimony—System of governing—The two councils— Administration in out-stations—Malay courts—Native chiefs—...

Return of the Rajah to Sarawak—The Rajah Muda retires—The 279-294 recognition of Sarawak as an independent state granted—The Kayan expedition—Submission of the Kayans—The murder...