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Syarif Masahor bin Syarif Hassan,1800(date unknown)(bruneian empire)- february 1890 [1] also written as Sharif Masahor was a famous Malay rebel of Hadhrami descent [2] in Sarikei, Sarawak state, Malaysia during the Brooke White Rajahs era in that state.
Ahmad Zaidi was born on 29 March 1924 to Muhammad Noor (father) and Siti Saadiah (mother) on a small boat on the Rajang River near Kampung Semop, Daro, Sarawak. His father was a farmer while his mother was a housewife. [4] [5] He was adopted by descendents of Syarif Masahor (a Rajang basin chief that opposed Brooke rule from 1860 to 1862 ...
The Governor of Sarawak (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak) is the ceremonial head of state of Sarawak. [1] The Yang di-Pertua Negeri is styled Tuan Yang Terutama (lit. ' His Excellency '). The official residence of the governor is The Astana, located on the north bank of the Sarawak River in Kuching. [2] Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has been ...
Tun Abdul Razak Hussein (1922-1976), second Prime Minister of Malaysia and is known as Malaysia's "Father of Development" Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925), fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia and is known as Malaysia's "Father of Modernisation" Tan Sri Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931-2015), former Chief Minister of Kelantan
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 .
This is a list of notable Malay people or notable people of Malay descent. Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves either full or partial Malay descent, whose ethnic origin lie in the Malay world.
Sarawak was officially granted self-government on 22 July 1963, [68] [69] and formed the federation of Malaysia with Malaya, North Borneo, and Singapore on 16 September 1963. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] Sarawak Rangers leap from a Royal Australian Air Force Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter to guard the Malay–Thai border from potential guerrilla attacks in 1965.
Stephen Kalong Ningkan – 1st Chief Minister of Sarawak, born in Betong; Stephen Yong Kuet Tze – former Cabinet minister; Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib – former Deputy Tourism minister; Sulaiman Daud – former member of parliament for Petra Jaya; Syarif Masahor – Sarawak Malay historical warrior