1906 - 1924 H.H. Sri Paduka Bawah Duli Yang di-Pertuan Sultan Muhammad Jamal ul-Alam II Khair wa ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sri Paduka Bawah Duli Yang di-Pertuan Sultan Hashim Jalil ul-Alam Aqam ud-din, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei Dar us-Salam, KCMG (5.6.1920, CMG 22.6.1914). b. at Istana Kampong Ayer, Brunei Town, 1889, as Paduka Sri Pangiran Muda Bongsu Muhammad Jamal ul-Alam, third son of H.H. Bawah Duli Sri Paduka Sultan Hashim Jalil ul-Alam Akam ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sri Paduka Maulana Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saif ud-din II, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei Dar us-Salam, by his first wife, H.H. Paduka Sri Raja Istri Pangiran Anak Siti Fatima, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 10th May 1906. Reigned under a Council of Regency (Majlis Pemangku Raja) until he came of age and was crowned as Yang di-Pertuan at the Courthouse, Brunei Town, 15th May 1918. He established Islamic Law to replace the traditional Brunei Canons, codified laws on marriage and divorce, encouraged modern agriculture and medicine, introduced the first Malay schools, established the Police Force, and oversaw the first explorations for oil. m. (first) H.H. Paduka Sri Raja Istri Pangiran Anak Siti Fatima (d. at Istana Majlis, Brunei Town, 8th March 1947, bur. at the Royal Mausoleum, Jalan Khutbah Makam di-Raja), daughter of Y.M. Pangiran Tua Omar ‘Ali bin Pangiran Pemancha Pangiran Anak Muhammad Salleh, by his wife, Y.A.M. Pangiran Babu Raja Pangiran Anak Tengah, daughter of Y.A.M. Pangiran Maharaja Laila Sahib ul-Kahar Pangiran Anak ‘Abdu’l Kahar bin Pangiran Kerma Indira Pangiran Anak Bahar. m. (second) Y.M. Pangiran Istri Tengah (d. at Istana Majlis, Brunei Town, September 1924, bur. at the Royal Mausoleum, Jalan Khutbah Makam Di-Raja). He d. from malarial fever, at Istana Majlis, Brunei Town, 11th September 1924 (bur. there at the Royal Mausoleum, Jalan Khutbah Makam di-Raja), having had issue, six sons and four daughters:
1) Y.A.M. Duli Paduka Sri Pangiran Muda Bongsu. b. at Istana Majlis, Brunei Town, 18th November 1908. He d. there, 1910 (bur. at the Royal Mausoleum, Jalan Khutbah Makam di-Raja).
2) Y.A.M. Paduka Sri Pangiran Muda Besar Ahmad Taj ud-din, who succeeded as H.H. Sri Paduka Bawah Duli Sultan Sir Ahmad Taj ud-din Akhaz ul-Khair wa ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sri Paduka Bawah Duli Yang di-Pertuan Sultan Muhammad Jamal ul-Alam, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei Dar us-Salam (s/o Fatima) – see below.
3) Y.A.M. Paduka Sri Pangiran Muda Anum (s/o Tengah). He d. at Istana Majlis, Brunei Town, September 1924 (bur. at the Royal Mausoleum, Jalan Khutbah Makam di-Raja).
5) Y.A.M. Paduka Sri Pangiran Muda Tengah Omar ‘Ali Saif ud-din, who succeeded as H.R.H. Paduka Sri Begawan Sultan Haji Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saif ud-din III Sa’ad ul-Khair wa ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Jamal ul-Alam Khair wa ud-din, Sultan of Brunei Dar us-Salam – see below.
6) Y.A.M. Pangiran Anak Besar Bagol ibnu Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam, Pangiran Sanggamara di-Raja. Hon ADC to Sultan Ahmad Taj ud-din 1935. He d. during the Japanese occupation, before 10th June 1945, having had issue, a son:
a) Y.M. Pangiran Anak Haji Ibrahim bin Pangiran Anak Besar Bagol. m. Y.M. Pangiran Anak Hajjah Nur Akmar binti Tengku Khalid Shah, youngest daughter of Y.A.M. Tengku Muhammad Khalid Shah al-Haj ibni al-Marhum Sultan ‘Ala ud-din Sulaiman Shah, Tengku Indira Bijaya di-Raja, of Kuala Langat and Sepang, in Selangor, by his fifth wife, Y.A.M. Pangiran Anak Datin Sri Setia Hajjah Siti Saerah [Belabab Besar], eldest daughter of H.H. Sri Paduka Bawah Duli Sultan Sir Ahmad Taj ud-din Akhaz ul-Khair wa ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sri Paduka Bawah Duli Yang di-Pertuan Sultan Muhammad Jamal ul-Alam, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei Dar us-Salam, KBE, CMG. He had issue, four sons and seven daughters:
i) Y.M. Pangiran Anak Sofian. Assist Head of Youth and Sports Officer at the Youth & Sports Dept. chef de mission Brunei delegation to the First Asian Youth Games in Singapore 2009. Gen-Sec Brunei Cttee for the Malaysia Games (Sukma). m. Puan Rostina. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
(1) Y.M. Awangku Haziq.
(2) Y.M. Dayangku Haziqa.
ii) Y.M. Pangiran Anak Kamil. m. Y.M. Pangiran Asiah.
iv) Y.M. Pangiran Anak Haji Yaumil Asri. Dir Muchdieni Enterprise. Dir Arts & Culture Bureau of SSEAYP International Brunei.
i) Y.M. Pangiran Anak Hajjah Shaharazat. m. Haji Azrin Latif, son of Haji ‘Abdu’l Aziz bin ‘Abdu’l Latif, by his wife, Hajjah Siti Nor Aziah binti Borja. She has issue, two sons.
ii) Y.M. Pangiran Anak Hajjah Nor Akmawati. m. Y.M. Pangiran ‘Abdu’l Rahman. She has issue, one son and two daughters.
iii) Y.M. Pangiran Anak Hajjah Masnah. m. Y.M. Pangiran Muhammad Zaki, eldest son of Y.M. Pangiran Haji Ibrahim bin Pangiran Haji Abu Bakar, by his wife, Hajjah Noriah binti Haji Ibrahim. She has issue, three sons – see above.
iv) Y.M. Pangiran Anak Adinaria, educ. Univ of Brunei Dar us-Salam (UBD), Bandar Seri Begawan (BA Acc & Finance).
v) Y.M. Pangiran Anak Sari Maya. Clerk at Univ Coll Seri Begawan. m. at Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, 11th January 2009, Y.M. Awang Haji Marhamdiny bin Haji Hamzah [Haji Mardy].
vi) Y.M. Pangiran Anak Suriyawati. m. Haji Mustafa Kamal. She has issue, one son and two daughters.
1) Y.A.M. Pangiran Istri Paduka Sri Pangiran Anak Putri Hajjah Besar. b. 1902 (d/o Siti Fatima). Rcvd: DK (1972). m. at Brunei Town, 1928, Y.A.M. Pangiran Muda Haji Muhammad Hashim (b. 15th August 1907; d. 27th December 1998), eldest son of Pangiran Anak ‘Abdu’l Rahman ibni al-Marhum Pangiran Omar ‘Ali Saif ud-din. She d. at Bandar Seri Begawan, 16th September 1993 (bur. at the Royal Mausoleum, Jalan Khutbah Makam di-Raja), having had issue – see above.
2) Y.A.M. Paduka Sri Pangiran Anak Putri Tengah. b. 1910. She d. 24th August 1969 (bur. at the Royal Mausoleum, Jalan Khutbah Makam di-Raja).
3) Y.A.M. Paduka Sri Pangiran Anak Putri Damit. b. at Istana Majlis, Brunei Town, 6th April 1911.
4) Y.A.M. Paduka Sri Pangiran Anak Putri Hajjah Tinggal. m. Y.A.M. Pangiran Anak Besar, eldest son of her paternal uncle, Y.A.M. Sri Paduka Duli Pangiran di-Gadong Sahib ul-Mal ul-Mulk ul-Adli Pangiran Anak Haji Kamis ibni al-Marhum Sri Paduka Bawah Duli Yang di-Pertuan Sultan Hashim Jalil ul-Alam Aqam ud-din. She had issue, one son and two daughters – see above.
1924 - 1950 H.H. Sri Paduka Bawah Duli Sultan Sir Ahmad Taj ud-din Akhaz ul-Khair wa ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sri Paduka Bawah Duli Yang di-Pertuan Sultan Muhammad Jamal ul-Alam, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei Dar us-Salam, KBE (c 20.9.1949), CMG (1.3.1940). b. at Istana Pekan, Brunei Town, 2nd September 1913, eldest surviving son of H.H. Sri Paduka Bawah Duli Yang di-Pertuan Sultan Muhammad Jamal ul-Alam II Khair wa ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sri Paduka Bawah Duli Yang di-Pertuan Sultan Hashim Jalil ul-Alam Aqam ud-din, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei Dar us-Salam, KCMG, by his first wife, H.H. Paduka Sri Raja Istri Pangiran Anak Siti Fatima, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 11th September 1924. Reigned under a Council of Regency until its termination. Installed at the Lapau di-Raja, Brunei Town, 19th September 1931. Crowned as Yang di-Pertuan, at the Lapau di-Raja, Brunei Town, 17th March 1940. He visited England in 1932, becoming the first ruler in Brunei history to venture outside Asia. Brunei was occupied by the Japanese on 16th December 1941, and although the administration was nominally recognised to be under the Sultan, the sultanate was amalgamated with adjacent districts of Sarawak and North Borneo in to the new prefecture of Miri-shu and administered by a Japanese military provincial governor based in Miri. Australian occupied the country on 10th June 1945, before transferring control to the British Military Administration a few months later. The Sultan and his ministers resumed civilian control over the government from the BMA 6th July 1946. During his reign, the first road highway was opened, schools constructed and the first exports of oil begun, leading to a rapid increase in state revenues unseen in the sultanate for over two centures. The Silver Jubilee of the sultan's reign was celebrated throughout Brunei on 22nd September 1949. Removed himself to Kuching, in Sarawak, to be in closer contact with the British High Commissioner. Author of “Pandnan Keselamatan”. Patron Kuala Belat Recreation Club, Brunei Sports Club, etc. Rcvd: George V Silver Jubilee (1935) and George VI Coron (1937) medals. m. (first) at the Istana Mahkota, Klang, Selangor, 30th April 1934, H.H. Tengku Rajhani binti al-Marhum Sultan Sir Ala’ud-din Sulaiman Shah (b. at the Istana Bandar Temasha, Kampong Bandar, Jugra, Kuala Langat, Selangor, 11th October 1911; m. third, 18th August 1956, Y.M. Raja Kamil ud-din al-Haj bin Raja Haji Harun al-Rashid, of Perak, and d. from renal cancer, 22nd September 1993, bur. Sultan Sulaiman Royal Mausoleum, Klang), styled Tengku Ampuan from 30th April 1934 to 18th August 1956, rcvd: DK (1st class 1954), former wife of Y.M. Raja Dato’ Badri Shah bin Raja Haji Harun al-Rashid of Perak, and daughter of Colonel H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Sir ‘Ala ud-din Sulaiman Shah ibni al-Marhum Yang di-Pertuan Muda Musa, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Selangor Dar ul-Ihsan, GCMG, KCVO, by his wife, Che’ Mon binti ‘Abdu’llah, Che’ Anjung Negara. m. (second) Y.M. Kadayang Dayang Amas, a commoner from Brunei. He d. suddenly from kidney failure, after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage, at Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, 4th June 1950 (bur. at the Royal Mausoleum, Jalan Khutbah Makam di-Raja, Brunei), having had issue, four daughters:
1) Y.A.M. Pangiran Anak Datin Sri Setia Hajjah Siti Saerah [Belabab Besar]. b. at Brunei Town, 1928 (d/o Amas), educ. George Ah Foot Sch, Jalan Tutong, Brunei Town. m. (first) (div.) Y.A.M. Tengku Muhammad Khalid Shah al-Haj ibni al-Marhum Sultan ‘Ala ud-din Sulaiman Shah, Tengku Indira Bijaya di-Raja, of Kuala Langat and Sepang, son of Colonel H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Sir ‘Ala ud-din Sulaiman Shah ibni al-Marhum Raja Muda Musa, Sultan of Selangor, GCMG, KCVO, by his tenth wife, Cik Rogayah binti Muhammad Amin. m. (second) Haji Muhammad ‘Ali bin Tamin, only son of Encik Tamin bin Ahmad, by his wife, Siti Rauyah binti Muhammmad, daughter of Encik Muhammad bin Ahmad. She had issue, two daughters by her first husband (see Malaysia (Selangor) and a further three sons and two daughters by her second husband.
4) H.R.H. Paduka Sri Pangiran Anak Putri Besar Hajjah Nur Ihsani. b. at Klang, Selangor, 15th October 1935, educ. privately. Raised to the title of Paduka Sri Pangiran Anak Putri Besar, in anticipation of her appointment as Heiress Apparent by her father, 1st June 1950. Cmsnr Selangor State Girl Guides Assoc 1966. Rcvd: DK 2nd class (12.10.1963). m. Y.M. Tengku Pangiran bin Tengku ‘Abdu’l Aziz Shah, eldest son of her maternal uncle, Y.A.M. Tengku ‘Abdu’l Aziz Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan ‘Ala ud-din Sulaiman Shah, Tengku Indira Setia di-Raja, sometime Assist Sec. to the Sultan of Selangor, by his first wife, Y.M. Tunku Badi ul-Jamil Marudziya binti Tunku Muhammad, daughter of H.H. Tunku Muhammad ibni al-Marhum Sultan ‘Abdu’l Hamid Halim Shah, Raja Muda, CMG, sometime Regent of Kedah. She had issue, three sons – see Malaysia (Selangor).
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