White Rajahs

E159030

The White Rajahs were a dynasty of British-born rulers from the Brooke family who governed the Kingdom of Sarawak on Borneo from the mid-19th to mid-20th century as personal monarchs.

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White Rajahs of Sarawak 6
White Rajahs canonical 5
White Rajah 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynasty
hereditary rulers
monarchy
capital Kuching
coatOfArms Arms of the Brooke dynasty
colonialContext British Empire
continent Asia
countryRuled Kingdom of Sarawak
currencyUsed Sarawak dollar
economicActivity timber exports
trade in antimony
trade in sago
endedBy cession of Sarawak to the United Kingdom
endTime 1946
ethnicOrigin British
familyName Brooke
firstRuler James Brooke
flagUsed Flag of the Kingdom of Sarawak
followedBy British Crown Colony of Sarawak
foundedBy James Brooke
governmentForm absolute monarchy
hasMonarch Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke
Charles Vyner Brooke
linked to: Rajah of Sarawak

James Brooke
historicalEra Age of Imperialism
knownForPolicy protection of indigenous groups (relative to contemporaries)
suppression of piracy
languageOfRulers English
lastRuler Charles Vyner Brooke
linked to: Rajah of Sarawak
locatedIn Borneo
locatedInPresentDay Malaysia
Sarawak
mainPortCity Kuching
mottoLanguage Latin
notableFor personal fiefdom of the Brooke family
unique European dynasty in Southeast Asia
numberOfRulers 3
originatedAs grant from the Sultan of Brunei
predecessor Bruneian rule in Sarawak
recognizedBy Brunei
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

United Kingdom
region Southeast Asia
regionRuled northwestern Borneo
religionOfRulers Anglicanism
sovereigntyType personal rule
startTime 1841
successor British Military Administration in Borneo
titleOfRuler Rajah of Sarawak
usedHonorific Tuan Besar

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sarawak historicalRuler White Rajahs
Brooke family notableAs White Rajahs
Brooke family alsoKnownAs White Rajahs of Sarawak
linked to: White Rajahs
James Brooke positionHeld White Rajah
linked to: White Rajahs
Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke dynasty White Rajahs of Sarawak
linked to: White Rajahs
Rajah of Sarawak alsoKnownAs White Rajah
linked to: White Rajahs
Rajah of Sarawak associatedWith White Rajahs
Flag of the Kingdom of Sarawak usedBy White Rajahs of Sarawak
linked to: White Rajahs
Arms of the Brooke dynasty usedBy White Rajahs of Sarawak
linked to: White Rajahs
Tuan Besar associatedWith White Rajahs of Sarawak
linked to: White Rajahs
Tuan Besar relatedTitle White Rajah
linked to: White Rajahs
Arms of the White Rajahs of Sarawak usedBy White Rajahs of Sarawak
linked to: White Rajahs
Brooke dynasty nickname White Rajahs
Sultanate of Brunei authority in Sarawak followedBy Kingdom of Sarawak under James Brooke
linked to: White Rajahs
Kingdom of Sarawak nicknameOfRulers White Rajahs
Charles Vyner Brooke title White Rajah
linked to: White Rajahs