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Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien (Jawi: عمر علي سيف الدين سعد الخير والدين ; 23 September 1914 – 7 September 1986) was the 28th Sultan of Brunei, reigning from 1950 until his abdication in 1967 to his oldest son, Hassanal Bolkiah.
The Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque (Malay: Masjid Omar Ali Saifuddien) or unofficially Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque (SOAS Mosque), [5] is a mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. Omar Ali Saifuddien III, the 28th Sultan of Brunei, is credited with building the mosque, thus its name. [6]
Jefri Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III [1] (born 6 December 1954) [2] is a member of the Bruneian royal family as the son of the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III. [3] He held several key ministerial positions, most notably serving as the finance minister from 1986 to 1997. [ 1 ]
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III desired that an edict that would take effect on the same day as the new Constitution would clearly and unambiguously demonstrate the customs and unwritten law controlling the succession. The Colonial Office showed little interest in substituting a Constitution for the Treaty. [5]
The eldest son of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III and 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 been ranked among the wealthiest individuals in the world.
After the Sultan's death on 4 June 1950, the succession to the Bruneian throne was seamlessly managed with British support for his brother Omar Ali Saifuddien III, but MacBryan, claiming to have been appointed political adviser by the late Sultan, attempted to assert himself in Brunei's affairs, only to be thwarted by British intervention. [1]
Mohamed Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III (born 27 August 1947) is a member of the royal family of Brunei. He is the second son of Omar Ali Saifuddien III , the 28th Sultan of Brunei , and Raja Isteri (Queen) Pengiran Anak Damit .
Omar Ali Saifuddien III: 1950 1967 Brunei saw substantial changes under his 17-year rule. He developed the Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB) philosophy, which serves as the nation's guiding ideology. He also initiated educational, religious, social and economic reform to ready his people for the restoration of the state's sovereign powers.