Resisting colonial rule: An anecdote of Borneo’s remaining sultanate
Mohd Hazmi Mohd Rusli and Dhiana Puspitawati (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Malang, East Java ● Wed, November 8, 2023
The Malay Archipelago was home to numerous kingdoms that ruled over the region for hundreds of years. Srivijaya was once a rich thalassocracy dominating the seas from Southeast Asia as far away as Madagascar. The Sultanate of Malacca emerged in the 15th century and in less than 100 years, became one of the richest maritime nations in Southeast Asia. This maritime empire was short-lived with the coming of the Portuguese in 1511. Despite colonization, the sultanate left a long-lasting legacy immortalized in the name of one of the busiest strait in the world, the Malacca Strait. Nevertheless, this is not a tale of Malacca. This is a tale of what was once a great Malay thalassocracy on the island of Borneo (Kalimantan), the Sultanate of Brunei. During its early days in the 12th century, Brunei was a vassal state of the powerful Javanese kingdom of Majapahit that ruled over most part… to Read Full Story
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