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The Sultanate of Brunei traces her origins back into the 14th century. At its climax in the 16th century it controlled the northern
coast of Borneo as well as nearby islands such as Palawan and the Sulu Archipelago. When
the Spanish established their control of the Philippines in 1565 and following, Brunei successfully
resisted the Spanish. In the early 19th century, Brunei lost much of its territory to the Rajadom of Sarawak,
other territory to the British North Borneo Company, Labuan to Britain.
From 1888 to 1984 Brunei was a British protectorate; in 1984 Brunei Darussalam regained independence. Until into the 19th century, the name "Borneo" was used for both the island and for the Sultanate respectively city of Brunei. Timeline : Brunei Historical Atlas, Brunei Page |
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DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
Country Profiles |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from World Desk Reference ;
from Nations Encyclopedia;
from Wikipedia;
from CIA World Factbook, Countries : Brunei from World Wide Gazetteer; from Index Mundi |
Links | General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World;
from BUBL,
from dmoz;
from Virtual Library;
from East and Southeast Asia.
An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources List of Brunei-related Topics, from Wikipedia |
on History |
Category : History of Brunei, from Wikipedia |
Timelines |
from timelines.ws, a website exploiting
US newspaper articles, very detailed on the 20th century;
from BBC News,
from Government of Brunei |
Accounts of History |
Brunei History, from Brunet,
from Brunei Direct One of the World's oldest Dynasties, from Brunet History of Brunei, from Wikipedia; from Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World (Robert Winslow) |
Politics |
Political Resources on the Net : Brunei;
Governments on the WWW : Brunei;
For the Record 2000 : Brunei Darussalaam, from UN Human Rights System;
Article Politics of Brunei, from Wikipedia Official Philosophy, from Government of Brunei Darussalam Official Website Article Politics of Brunei, from Wikipedia Dijk, Ludovicus Carolus Desiderius, Neerland's vroegste betrekkingen met Borneo, den Solo-Archipel, Cambodja, Siam en Cochin-China een nagelaten werk, 1862, in Dutch, SBB |
Military |
Wars of Brunei, from ACED The War against Sukarno. Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak 1962-1966, from Britain's Small Wars 1945-2001 James Brooke, Henry Keppel, The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy (1846), posted online by Gutenberg Library Online |
Economy & Finances |
A Global History of Currencies : Brunei;
Article Economy of Brunei, from Wikipedia Article Brunei Dollar, from Wikipedia History of Oil & Gas, from Brunei Shell Petroleum; Brunei History of Oil and Gas, from Brunei National Petroleum Company Search Company History, Funding Universe : Company Histories for Brunei |
Ethnography |
Languages of Brunei (17), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Brunei Darussalam |
Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Brunei, from Kirken i Norge Category Religion in Brunei, from Wikipedia Bornean Religions, from Overview of World Religions Catholic Church in Negara Brunei Darussalam, from GCatholic |
History of Regions |
Districts of Brunei Darussalam, from www.statoids.com |
Local History |
Bandar Seri Begawan, from Wikipedia |
Institutions |
Article Radio Television Brunei,
Brunei International Airport,
Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Science College, from Wikipedia Borneo, Brunei, from Airline History Structurae : Brunei |
Biographies |
List of Brunei People, from Wikipedia |
Others |
Disaster History by Country : Brunei, from Relief Web Article Brunei at the Olympics, Category Sport in Brunei, from Wikipedia Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Brunei Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World : Brunei Indo-Malayan Ecoregion, from WWF |
WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel);
from Regnal Chronologies;
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) |
Lists of Ambassadors |
List of High Commissioners
from the United Kingdom to Brunei, from Wikipedia;
Liste der Botschafter der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei Darussalam), from
Wikipedia German edition; List of Ambassadors
of Russia to Brunei, from Wikipedia U.S. Ambassadors to Brunei, from NNDB; List of Canadian Heads of Post, click Brunei Chinese Ambassadors to Brunei, from PRC MOFA |
Statistical Data | Responsible Institution |
Department of Economic Planning and Development, Brunei |
Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Brunei, from Population Statistics, Univ. Utrecht Population of Cities : Brunei, from City Population |
Election Results |
from Psephos (no election held since independence in 1984) |
Exchange Rates |
Historical Exchange Rates, from Oanda, since 1990 |
Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Kranten - historisch, from startpagina.nl Dutch language site Search Papers Past (New Zealand Newspapers 1839-1920) Search Newspapers SG (Singapore Newspapers 1831-2006) Historic Australian Newspapers 1803-1954 |
Modern Newspapers |
links from World Newspapers,
from Online Newspapers,
from ABYZ News Links |
Image Databanks |
Systematic Collections General |
Systematic Collections Specialist |
Accidental Collections |
Oriental Collections Items on Brunei |
Universal Collections Items on Brunei |
License Plate, from World License Plate Passport, from World Passports Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site Airline Timetable Images : Brunei Darussalam |
Archival Deposits |
Constitutions, Laws |
Internet Law Library : Brunei |
Treaties |
Brunei : Peace, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, 1850, oo,1080-1982 in
Treaties and Other International Agreements of the
United States of America, 1976, GB Declaration of the Admission of Brunei Darussalam into ASEAN, Jakarta, 7 January 1984, from ASEAN Page Brunei, pp.1080-1082 in vol.5 of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949, 1976, GB |
Document Surveys | British Library, Guide to Current South Asian Official Publications; scroll down for Brunei |
Historical Maps | responsible institutions |
Brunei, Ministry of Development, Survey Department |
collections |
WHKMLA Historical Atlas, Brunei Page Atlas of Brunei, from Wikimedia Commons Maps of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, posted by Mapas Imperiales, scans, scroll down for Indonesia, Malasia y Brunei David Rumsey Historical Map Collection : Images of Brunei PRINT : J.M. Pluvier, Historical Atlas of South-East Asia, Leiden : Brill 1995 [G] |
Brunei, Modern |
Brunei, Contemporary |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Article : Borneo, pp.337-339 in vol.4 of The London
Encyclopaedia 1829, GB from EB 1911 from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
Religious | from Catholic Encyclopedia (of 1907-1914, art.: Borneo); |
Economic |
Of Borneo, pp.678-679 in W. Beawes, Lex mercatoria rediviva : or,
The merchant's directory, 1773, GB Of Borneo, pp.246-247 in vol.2 of W. Beawes, Lex mercatoria: or, A complete code of commercial law, 1813, GB Borneo Town, pp.419-421 in vol.2 of W. Milburn, Oriental Commerce, 1813, GB J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Borneo, posted by DTBSWS E.G. Balfour, The cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, commercial, industrial, and scientific; products of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, useful arts and manufactures (1885), vol.1, vol.2, vol.3, posted on Internet Archive; search for Brunei |
Geographical |
Borneo (Kingdom), p.780 in vol.5 of J. Playfair,
A System of Geography, ancient and modern, 1813, GB Borneo, a town p.479 in C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, or, a Description of All the Parts of the World , 1822, GB Borneo, pp.196-201 in vol.5 of J. Bell, A system of geography, popular and scientific, 1831, GB Articles Borneo, Borneo eller Brunei, from Geografisk-Statistisk Haandbog 1858-1863, in Danish |
Historical |
Borneo, pp.87-99 in J. Burney, A Chronological History of the
Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean, 1803, GB |
Parliamentary Debates |
Staten Generaal Digitaal (Dutch Parliament, 1900-1994) Hansard (British Parliament) |
Historical Travelogues |
An Account of Borneo, pp.143-149 in A. Hamilton, A new account
of the East Indies, 1744, GB R.W.C. Shelford, E.B. Poulton, A Naturalist in Borneo 1912, posyed on Internet Archive Tivadar Posewitz, Borneo: Entdeckungsreisen und Untersuchungen : gegenwärtiger Stand der geologischen Kenntniss. Verbreitung von Mineralien 1889, in German, posted on Internet Archive G.W. Earl, The Eastern seas; or, Voyages and adventures in the Indian Archipelago in 1832, 1833 and 1834, comprising a tour of the island of Java, visits to Borneo, the Malay Peninsula &c., and an account of the present state of Singapore, 1837, GB |
Institutions | Archives, Musea, Libraries |
Libraries, Archives in Brunei, from
Portals to the World Libraries in Brunei, from LibDex |
Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW;
Crest, from Wikipedia;
National Anthem, from National Anthems Net |
Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of Brunei from World Currency Museum;
from Ron Wise's World Paper Money Article Coins of Brunei, from Wikipedia |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Bibliographies | general |
Search ISBN Database RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library |
on Brunei | survey of bibliographies |
bibliographic database |
general bibliographies |
Borneo Bibliography 1999,
2001,
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005,
2006,
2007,
2008,
from Borneo Research Bulletin |
annual bibliographies |
specialist bibliographies |
serial publications |
Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS) |
general bibliographies Brunei entries |
Search Asian Development Bank (ADB) Publications for Brunei ASEAN Environmental Education Inventory Database, resources, scroll down for Brunei South East Asia Dissertations, click Brunei |
booksellers |
Online Libraries | general |
Gutenberg Library Online,
Internet Archive Persee (French search engine) CIFOR Publications (on Forest Management) |
On Southeast Asia |
Malaysian Theses Online ISEAS Working Papers, Back Issues 2000-2003 Philippines ELibrary Sejarah Melayu Library KITLV Aceh Books Perpustakaan Nasional (Indonesian National Library), click Koleksi Digital NUS Asia Research Institute ARI Working Papers Series |
On the Malay Archipelago |
Archipel 1971-2004 (French search engine) BTLV 1853-1908, 1950-2009 Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Sari 1999-2009, partly in English, partly in Bahasa Malaysia |
On Borneo |
Borneo Research Bulletin Index of Borneo Research Bulletin, -2006 |
General Accounts | On Southeast Asia |
Nicholas Tarling, The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, 4 vol.s, Cambridge : UP (1992) 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 959 T188c |
On Brunei |
Nicholas Tarling, The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, 4 vol.s, Cambridge : UP (1992) 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 959 T188c Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.27, pp.729-733 Article Southeast Asia : Brunei, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.27 |
Historical Dictionaries |
D.R. Singh, J.S. Sidhu, Historical Dictionary of Brunei Darussalam, Lanham Md. : Scarecrow 1997 |
Historical Atlasses |
Jan M. Pluvier, Historical Atlas of Southeast Asia, Leiden : Brill 1995 [G] |
Statistical Data |
IHS : B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics. Africa, Asia & Oceania 1750-2000, London : Palgrave 2003 [G] Article : Brunei, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.163-164, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.163-164, 4th ed. 1984 pp.163-164 [G] |
Yearbook Entries | Britannica Book of the Year | Brunei, 1913 p. 628, Borneo, 1946 p.133, 1947 pp.135-136, North Borneo, 1948 p.534, 1949 p.472, British Borneo, 1950 p.126, 1951 p.123, 1952 p.131, 1953 pp.121-122, 1954 pp.119-120, 1955 p.180, 1956 p.119, 1957 pp.178-179, 1958 p.119, 1959 p.120, 1960 pp.120-121, 1961 pp.119-120, 1962 pp.107-108, 1963 p.223, Protected States, Condominiums and Trust Territories, 1964 pp.695-696, 1965 pp.669-671, 1966 pp.635-639, 1967 p.651, 1968 pp.648-650, Dependent States, Brunei, 1969 p.278, 1970 p.278, 1971 pp.268-269, 1972 p.243, 1973 p.235, 1974 p.251, 1976 p.252, 1977 p.252, 1978 p.305, 1979 p.306, 1980 p.304, 1981 p.304, 1982 p.297, 1983 p.297, Brunei, 1984 p.218, 1985 pp.514-515, 645, 1986 pp.509, 641, 1987 pp.479, 610, 1988 pp.437, 562, 1989 pp.436, 562, 1990 pp.453, 578, 1991 pp.435, 562, 1992 pp.408, 562, 1993 pp.411-412, 572, 1994 pp.412, 572, 1995 pp.384, 572, 1996 pp.381-382, 572, 1997 pp.401, 570, 2002 pp.399, 567 |
Statesman's Year-Book | Borneo (British), 1898 pp.101-102, 1901 pp.110-112, 1902 pp.113-116, 1904 pp.113-116, 1905 pp.113-116, 1906 pp.115-118, 1907 pp.117-120, 1910 pp.101-103, 1912 pp.106-109, 1918 pp.96-99, 1919 pp.101-104, 1924 pp.104-107, 1925 pp.107-108, 1926 pp.95-98, 1928 pp.98-99, 1929 pp.96-99, 1932 pp.98-100, 1933 pp.100-102, 1937 pp.103-106, 1942 pp.89-93, 1943 pp.90-93, 1961-1962 pp.244-250, Brunei, 1970-1971 pp.139-140, 1975-1976 pp.234-236, 1976-1977 pp.235-237, 1978-1979 pp.236-238, 1979-1980 pp.235-237, 1980-1981 pp.236-238, 1981-1982 pp.241-243, 1983-1984 pp.239-241, 1984-1985 pp.238-240, 1985-1986 pp.237-239, 1986-1987 pp.238-241, 1987-1988 pp.238-241, 1988-1989 pp.237-240, 1989-1990 pp.239-242, 1990-1991 pp.239-242, 1991-1992 pp.239-242, 1992-1993 pp.239-242, 1993-1994 pp.239-242, 1994-1995 pp.233-237, 1995-1996 pp.225-228, 1996-1997 pp.241-244, 1997-1998 pp.246-249, 1998-1999 pp.274-277, 2000 pp.328-332, 2001 pp.318-321, 2002 pp.333-336, 2003 pp.331-334, 2004 pp.332-335, 2005 pp.327-330 |
(New) Int'l Yearbook | Borneo, 1898 p.112, 1899 pp.123-124, 1900 pp.131-132, Brunei, 1907 p.119, 1908 p.110, 1923 pp.109-110, 1925 p.110, 1928 p.118, 1930 p.117, 1932 p.118, 1933 p.112, 1934 p.104, 1935 p.104, 1938 pp.108-109, 1939 p.97, British Malaya Events of 1940 pp.90-91, 1941 pp.82-83, 1942 pp.94-95, 1943 pp.81-82, 1944 pp.83-84 |
Americana Annual | Borneo, British - Brunei, 1927 pp.109-110, 1928 pp.100-101, 1930 pp.115-116, 1931 p.113, 1932 p.110, 1933 pp.100-101, 1934 p.112, 1935 p.104, 1936 p.92, 1937 p.81, 1938 pp.83-84, 1939 p.90, 1940 p.79, 1943 pp.104-105, 1944 pp.97-98, Borneo - Brunei, 1945 pp.99-100, 1946 pp.105-107, 1947 pp.88-89, 1957 pp.93-94, 1961 p.85, 1962 pp.82-83, 1963 p.95, Brunei, 1964 pp.104-105 |
Other |
Article : Brunei, in : Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia Year Book 1932 p.96, 1933 p.128, 1934 p.112, 1935 p.104, 1936 p.90,
1937 p.89, 1938 p.90 [G] Entry : Brunei, in : The Commonwealth Yearbook 1989 pp.151-153 [G] |