Bolkiah

Bolkiah
بلقية
A Bruneian Sultan illustrated in the 1879 Magellan Adventure Book. It is assumed that the person on the right riding an elephant is Sultan Bolkiah, as Magellan's men are looking at the person on the right and not the left.
Sultan of Brunei
Reign1485–1524
Coronation1485
PredecessorSulaiman
SuccessorAbdul Kahar
Died1524
Kota Batu, Brunei
Burial
Mausoleum of Sultan Bolkiah, Kota Batu, Brunei
SpousePuteri Laila Menchanai[1]
Issue
Detail
Abdul Kahar
Names
Bolkiah ibni Sulaiman
Regnal name
Sultan Bolkiah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Sulaiman
HouseBolkiah
FatherSultan Sulaiman
ReligionSunni Islam

Bolkiah ibni Sulaiman (Jawi: بلقية ابن سليمان‎; died 1524), also known for his title as Nakhoda Ragam (Jawi: ناخودا راڬم‎), was the sixth Sultan of Brunei; reigning from 1485 until his death in 1524, he ascended the throne upon the abdication of his father, Sultan Sulaiman. His reign is known by Bruneians as "the Golden Age of Brunei".[2]

The Spaniards refer to him as Sultan Salan in the Boxer Codex, a 16th-century Spanish manuscript.[3] Bolkiah was mentioned in the Batu Tarsilah, a 19th-century Bruneian stone tablet which describes the genealogy of the Sultans of Brunei.[4][5] He was also mentioned in the Silsilah Raja-Raja Berunai, a 19th-century manuscript which also describes the same genealogy.[6][7]

He is considered the first sultan to ever used cannons, as the Sultan paid 40 Javanese blacksmiths to teach metal casting in Brunei, possibly introducing cannon casting. Those 40 Javanese introduced cannon technology to Brunei[8] that were later used in his army.

  1. ^ Awang.), Mohd Jamil Al-Sufri (Pehin Orang Kaya Amar Diraja Dato Seri Utama Haji (1997). Tarsilah Brunei: Zaman kegemilangan dan kemasyhuran (in Malay). Jabatan Pusat Sejarah, Kementerian Kebudayaan Belia dan Sukan. p. 27.
  2. ^ Sidhu, Jatswan S. (2009). "Bolkiah, Sultan (r. 1485–1524)". Historical Dictionary of Brunei Darussalam (second ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-8108-7078-9.
  3. ^ Carroll 1982, p. 17.
  4. ^ Low 1880, p. 34.
  5. ^ Shariffuddin & Ibrahim 1974, p. 90.
  6. ^ Sweeney 1968, pp. 2–3.
  7. ^ Shariffuddin & Ibrahim 1974, p. 87.
  8. ^ Jalil, Ahmad Safwan (2012). Southeast Asian Cannon Making in Negara Brunei Darussalam (MA thesis). Flinders University. pp. 10–11.

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