Muhammad Hassan (Brunei)

Muhammad Hassan
Marhum Di Tanjung
9th Sultan of Brunei
Reign 1582-1598
Predecessor Shah Berunai
Heir apparent Abdul Jalilul Akbar
Died 1598
Istana Tanjong Chendana, Brunei
Burial Kampong Bunga, Tanjong Kindana, Brunei
Issue
Detail		 Sultan Abdul Jalilul Akbar
Sultan Tengah of Sarawak
Sultan Muhammad Ali
Muwallil Wasit I of Sulu
Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Noralam
Raja Bonda
House Bolkiah
Father Saiful Rijal
Religion Sunni Islam

Muhammad Hassan was the 9th Sultan of Brunei. He reigned from 1582 to 1598. His predecessor Shah Berunai was his older brother who died without an heir. He was succeeded by his eldest son Abdul Jalilul Akbar. His rule was comparable to that of Sultan Iskandar Muda Mahkota Alam of Acheh.

Background

His Highness was the son of Saiful Rijal, the 7th Sultan of Brunei. His four sons became Sultan. Two of them, Abdul Jalilul Akbar and Muhammad Ali became the Sultan of Brunei. His second son, Pengiran Muda Tengah Ibrahim Ali Omar Shah or Sultan Tengah became the first and last Sultan of Sarawak. His youngest son, Raja Bongsu was proclaimed as the Sultan of Sulu who took the name as Muwallil Wasit I.[1] His daughter, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Noralam married to Sultan Abdul Hakkul Mubin, the 13th Sultan of Brunei. The Sultan's other daughter, Raja Bonda, married to Alauddin Riayat Shah III, the fifth Sultan of Johor.[1]

Reign

  • Sultan Muhammad Hassan was one of the two great Sultans of Brunei who caused the expansion of Bruneian Empire. The other ruler was Sultan Bolkiah. According to Silsilah Raja-Raja Berunai, he was a strong ruler who managed to conquer Bajau territories and Sulu. As part of his conquest, he also ordered Pehin Orang Kaya Di-Gadong Seri Lela to invade Milau in Sarawak.[2]
  • He introduced the Hukum Kanun Brunei, which is similar to Undang-Undang Melaka.
  • He installed another two positions of Viziers, Pengiran Di-Gadong and Pengiran Pemancha.[2]

Descendants

On his coming to Sulu from Brunei around 1609, Raja Bongsu-I also was brought along his royal symbol's called Pulau Janggi (in Sulu) and Sepong Janggi ( in Brunei). Its 1/3 of a Coco de mer seed fruit. This royal symbol was a proof of Pangiran Shahbandar Maharajalela @ Raja Bongsu-I was indeed belongs to Brunei Sultanate royal blood. Since then, this royal symbol was mandated to hold by The Maharajah Adinda family (the Sulu Sultanate 2nd heir-apparent) and NOT by the Kiram or the Shakiraullah families (the Sulu Sultanate 1st Heir-apparent).

In 1978, this royal simbol was sent to Brunei Muzeums for "Safe-Keeping" by the Maharajah Adinda true heir, DATU ALIUDDIN Bin Datu Muhammad Sie ibni Maharajah Adinda Sultan Muhammad Aranan/ Adanan Puyo ibni Raja Muda Datu Bantilan @ Datu Badaruddin ibni Sultan Alimuddin-II ibni Sultan Bantilan Muizuddin ibni Sultan Badaruddin-I ibni Sultan Sultan Salahuddin-Karamat ibni Sultan Mawalil-Wasit-I @ Pangiran Shabandar Maharajalela @ Raja Bongsu-I ibni Sultan Muhammad Hassan. (Refer to: Brunei Muzeums record).

By the death of Datu Aliuddin Bin Datu Muhammad Sie in 2007, his elder son's Datu Zainal Ali Bin Datu Aliuddin then succeeding the Maharajah Adinda families legacy.

Uncertainties

The earliest historical record of the Sultans of Brunei is not clearly known due to the poor early documentation of Brunei's history. Many elder members of the House of Bolkiah claim that their ancestors were the BaHassan and BaAlawi Saadah from Tarim and Hadhramawt in Yemen. In addition there has been an effort to Islamise the history, with the "official history" not matching up with verifiable foreign sources.[3] The Batu Tarsilah, the genealogical record of the kings of Brunei, was not started until 1807 CE.

Death

His Highness died in 1598 at his Tanjong Chendana palace.[1] He was buried at Kampong Bunga, Tanjong Kindana, Brunei. After his demise, he was known as 'Marhum Di Tanjung'.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "brunei5". www.royalark.net.
  2. 1 2 "Sejarah Sultan-Sultan Brunei" (PDF). Hmjubliemas.gov.bn. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Brunei". 4dw.net. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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