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Rentap. Rentap (born Libau anak Ningkan; c. 1800–1870), also known as Libau Rentap, was a warrior and a recognized Iban hero in Sarawak (now a state of Malaysia) during the reign of the first White Rajah, James Brooke. His praisename, [definition needed] Rentap Tanah, Runtuh Menua translates from the Iban language as 'Earth-tremor, World-shaker'.
The History of Sarawak can be traced as far as 40,000 years ago to the paleolithic period where the earliest evidence of human settlement is found in the Niah caves. A series of Chinese ceramics dated from the 8th to 13th century AD was uncovered at the archeological site of Santubong. The coastal regions of Sarawak came under the influence of ...
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. [2]
James Brooke. Sir James Brooke, Rajah [note] of Sarawak KCB (29 April 1803 [3] – 11 June 1868), was a British soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo. He ruled as the first White Rajah of Sarawak from 1841 until his death in 1868. Brooke was born and raised in India during the rule of the British East India Company.
Datu Patinggi Abang Ali bin Abang Amir[1] (or commonly known as Datu Patinggi Ali [2]) was a key figure in the Sarawak Malays' resistance to the Brunei Empire, which they waged throughout Pengiran Indera Mahkota and Raja Muda Hashim 's reign in the 1830s. He became one of the first supporters of the Brooke Raj and was hailed as Sarawak 's first ...
Malaysia. The Crown Colony of Sarawak was a British Crown colony on the island of Borneo, established in 1946, shortly after the dissolution of the British Military Administration. It was succeeded as the state of Sarawak through the formation of the Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.
Before the arrival of James Brooke, Syarif Masahor was the chief of Sarikei that governed the Rajang basin. Syarif also had links with the Iban people from Saribas and Skrang. Syarif also claimed that he is the descendent from the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Syarif was annoyed by James Brooke who intruded Syarif's territory.
v. t. e. The Mat Salleh Rebellion was a series of major armed disturbances against the British North Borneo Chartered Company administration in North Borneo, now the Malaysian state of Sabah. It was instigated by Datu Muhammad Salleh (also known as Mat Salleh), a local chief from the Lingkabo district and Sugut River.