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The Raj was founded by James Brooke, an English former soldier and adventurer who arrived at the banks of the Sarawak River and berthed his schooner there in 1839. [6] After having served in the First Anglo-Burmese War , where he was severely wounded in battle, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Brooke returned to England in 1825 to recover from his injury.
Of British origin, the first ruler, James Brooke was granted the province of Kuching – which was known as Sarawak Asal (Original Sarawak) – by the Sultanate of Brunei for helping fight piracy and insurgency among the indigenous peoples in 1841 and received independent kingdom status.
The White Rajahs of Sarawak: Dynastic Intrigue and the Forgotten Canadian Heir. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. ISBN 1-55054-603-1. Ranee Margaret of Sarawak (2001). My Life in Sarawak. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-582663-9. R.H.W. Reece (1982). The Name of Brooke, the End of White Rajah Rule in Sarawak. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford ...
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Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak KCB (29 April 1803 [4] – 11 June 1868), [5] 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.
The origins of Ali are disputed. Sarawak Malays asserted that he had descended from the Minangkabau Kingdom, which once existed in Sumatra, Indonesia. [5] A prince of the Royal House of Minangkabau, Datu Undi (also called Raja Jarom) [6] moved to Borneo with his people and settled near the Sarawak River. [7]
Silsilah Raja-raja Brunei mentioned the state of Samarahan which is sometimes known as Sadong. The place name Samadong recorded in the Java manuscript Nagarakretagama possibly refer to the state of Sadong. In the 1850s, James Brooke and Spenser St. John found a female doll and a stone bull in this area which were used in Hinduism worship.
Flag of the Raj of Sarawak from 1870 to 1946. Map of the Raj of Sarawak, 1920s. This article lists the heads of government of the Raj of Sarawak from 1843 to 1946, when the Raj of Sarawak was ceded to the United Kingdom and became the Crown Colony of Sarawak.