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She married Rajah Charles, at 20 years old, at Highworth on 28 October 1869. After the marriage, Rajah Charles automatically appointed her the title of Ranee of Sarawak with the style of Her Highness. She was the first to hold the position, the previous White Rajah, James Brooke being unmarried.
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The two men were formerly involved in some regional intrigues. The white man finds that Arsat’s wife, Diamelen, is dying from a mysterious illness. Arsat begins to tell a story, starting with the time when he and his brother kidnapped Diamelen (who was previously a servant of the rajah's wife). They all fled in a boat at night and traveled ...
He entered the service of his uncle James, the first Rajah of Sarawak, in 1852, took his name, and began as Resident at the Lundu station in the Raj of Sarawak. In the 1857 rebellion against the White Rajah, Charles Brooke helped his uncle put down the rebellion led by Liu Shan Bang with his force composed of Ibans and local Bidayuh tribes.
Rajah James retained many of the customs and symbols of Malay monarchy, and combined them with his own style of absolute rule. The Rajah had the power to introduce laws and acted as chief judge in Kuching. The White Rajahs were determined to prevent the indigenous peoples of Sarawak from being exploited by Western business interests.
Nepenthes rajah, a pitcher plant species; Rajah Brooke's birdwing, the swallowtail butterfly species Trogonoptera brookiana; Rajah (dog), famed New Zealand German Shepherd police dog; Rajah scops owl, the owl species Otus brookii; Rajah spiny rat, the rodent species Maxomys rajah; Toxorhynchites rajah, a toxorhynchitine mosquito species
Raja (Arabic: رجاء) is an Arabic given name. The meaning of name Raja is "Hope" or Hopeful. Raja ibn Haywa, was a prominent early Muslim theological and political adviser of the Umayyad caliphs Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705), al-Walid I (r. 705–715), Sulayman (r. 715–717) and Umayyad caliph Umar (r. 717–720).
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