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    Raja Tugau, a well-known king figure in Melanau oral literature and also in Bruneian literature of Syair Awang Semaun. The quality of the evil king persisted...
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    contemporary sources poses a challenge in understanding the history of the early Bruneian Sultanate. No local or indigenous sources exist to provide evidence for...
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  • Matussin Omar (category Bruneian Muslims)
    Since then, he has established himself as a well-known scholar of Bruneian literature and culture. Matussin bin Omar was born in Kampong Sumbiling Lama...
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  • Islamisation of Brunei started in the fifteenth century with the formation of the Bruneian Empire, a thalassocracy that covered the northern part of Borneo and Sulu...
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  • Norsiah Abdul Gapar (category Bruneian writers)
    Norsiah binti Haji Abdul Gapar (born 24 April 1952) is a Bruneian writer who is the first Bruneian woman to be awarded the S.E.A. Write Award in 2009. She...
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    Hassanal Bolkiah (category Bruneian Muslims)
    Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Damit, he is the 29th sultan to ascend to the Bruneian throne, following the abdication of his father in 1967. The sultan has...
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    Pengiran Mohammad Abdul Rahman (category Bruneian writers)
    bin Pengiran Haji Abdul Rahman (born 1948), pen name Zairis M.S., is a Bruneian politician and writer in the Government of Brunei whole formerly took office...
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    areas of Malay Peninsula and Borneo. Among notable groups include the Bruneians, Kedahans, Kelantanese, Pahangite, Perakians, Sarawakians and Terengganuans...
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    Pengiran Indera Mahkota (category Bruneian politicians)
    (1790s–1858) or commonly referred to by his title Pengiran Indera Mahkota, was a Bruneian nobleman and politician who was governor of Sarawak in 1827. He founded...
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    Al-Muhtadee Billah (category Bruneian Muslims)
    Prince of Brunei Darussalam, and is first in the line of succession to the Bruneian throne. He will eventually lead the state and government and is regarded...
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    Zain Serudin (category Bruneian Muslims)
    Zain bin Haji Serudin (born 30 August 1936), pen name Shukri Zain, is a Bruneian nobleman, politician and poet who formerly held the position of Minister...
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    Pengiran Asmalee (category Bruneian Muslims)
    Pengiran Asmalee bin Pengiran Ahmad (born 18 May 1941) is a Bruneian artist and retired diplomat who formerly held the position of ambassador of Brunei...
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    Salleh Masri (category Bruneian educators)
    Haji Masri (26 June 1919 – December 1997), pen name H. M. Salleh, was a Bruneian nobleman, nationalist politician, activist and an experience teacher who...
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    Rozan Yunos (category Bruneian civil servants)
    service in July 2017. Rozan was a contributor to the documentation of Bruneian history and customs. He wrote for the "Golden Legacy" section of The Brunei...
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    Jamil Al-Sufri (category Bruneian Muslims)
    Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III, and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah were the three Bruneian sultans that he lived under. He was a highly experienced national historian...
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    Maynila (historical polity) (category Former countries in Bruneian history)
    associated with the Bruneian legends which describe a settlement called "Seludong" or "Saludong" which was said to be a vassal to the Bruneian Sultanate; but...
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    descent from Muhammad.[citation needed] Early in the 16th century, the Bruneian Empire under Sultan Bolkiah attacked the Kingdom of Tondo. The following...
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    Abdul Aziz Hamdan (category Bruneian social workers)
    Abdul Aziz bin Haji Hamdan (born 1985/1986) is a Bruneian youth advocate, community worker and politician who was among the members of Brunei's Legislative...
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    coverings known as the tudong, also spelled as tudung. In recent years, Bruneian women have started to assume "positions of responsibility" in the Government...
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    Roderick Yong (category Bruneian government officials)
    referred to as Roderick Yong, is a retired Bruneian politician, teacher and diplomat who became the first Bruneian to serve and seventh secretary-general...
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  • power and set its sights on the Tutong River region. Pembakal Bangis, a Bruneian nobleman, was chosen by Awang Alak Betatar to make the request that Mawangga...
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    Fernão Nunes, and Niccolò de' Conti. These travelogues, contemporary literature and epigraphy in the local languages, and modern archeological excavations...
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    influence on the development of language, religion, art, architecture, literature, philosophy, law, and forms of government across its territories. Latin...
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  • Maria (section Literature)
    African singer), 1945–1980 Maria (Bulgarian singer), born 1982 Maria (Bruneian singer), born 1989 Albums Maria (Jane Siberry album), 1995 Maria (Carminho...
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    Across the South China Sea in the 14th century, another Malay realm, the Bruneian Empire was on the rise to become the most powerful polity in Borneo. By...
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    Sultanate of Sulu (category Former countries in Bruneian history)
    settled in Buansa, Sulu. The sultanate gained its independence from the Bruneian Empire in 1578. At its peak, it stretched over the islands that bordered...
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  • Parviz Davoodi (born 1952), Iranian politician Roselan Daud (born 1961), Bruneian politician Siraj Mehfuz Daud (1931–2010), Indian judge Sulaiman Daud (1933–2010)...
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    historically close ties with France, French literature constituted the major Western influence on Ottoman literature in the latter half of the 19th century...
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    a part of the local Malay populace (and they are often considered as Bruneians owing to assimilation as well as mixed marriage factors). Whilst in Sarawak...
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    Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei) The Language and Literature Bureau (Malay: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, DBP) is the Bruneian language authority of the country's official...
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