kingdom of sarawak

  1. Simon

    The Kingdom of Sarawak and Malaysia?

    The Kingdom of Sarawak was an independent state that was a British protected state–Britain handled defence and foreign affairs–until 1946 when the ruling monarch ceded the country to the UK as a crown colony due to his belief that it didn't have the resources to rebuild after the Second World...
  2. Al-numbers

    Of Rajahs and Hornbills: A timeline of Brooke Sarawak
    Threadmarks: Prologue

    Kuching, Brooke Sarawak. 1848 Pak Khalid made another row on the sampan. It was always been thus for the Malay fisherman and trader, rowing his old wooden sampan to and fro across the rivers and swamps, netting fish and critters from the murky waters and selling them fresh at the market. Every...
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