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Brooke vs Brunei

Brunei, Sarawak and the Kota Batu Lands 1903-1917 In 1903, Sir Charles Brooke acquired an estate of 3,500 acres of Kota Batu “stretching from the old consulate site in Brunei town for a distance of perhaps five kilometres down the left bank of the Brunei river. The area was uninhabited except for one small hut.

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Islam in China

Islam in China  The first mention of the Arabs in China is found in the Annals of the T’ang Dynasty (618-907). The Arabs were called Tazi and Tashi in Chinese. In 713, a Tazi ambassador arrived in China. In 924, another Tazi visited A-Po-Ki, chief of the K’tan and camped on the banks of the

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Brooke Dockyard, Brooke Malay Child, Camphor and Japanese Chinese relations during the Occupation

Dockyard, Brooke’s Malay Child, Camphor and Chinese life during Occupation Case Study of the Brooke Dockyard Kuching A. Ghafar Ahmed The Sarawak Museum Journal December 2021 ag*********@ya***.com Built in 1912, the Brooke Dockyard consists of a dry dock, a side launching ramp, a workshop, a slipway, a wharf and a training school. The facility served

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