Brunei British protectorate

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British protectorate former protectorate political entity

The Brunei British protectorate was a Southeast Asian sultanate on the island of Borneo that came under British protection and control from the late 19th century until it gained full independence in the 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Anglo-Brunei Treaty of 1888	1
Brunei Protectorate	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British protectorate ⓘ former protectorate ⓘ political entity ⓘ
areaCharacteristic	small remnant of former Bruneian Empire ⓘ
capital	Bandar Seri Begawan ⓘ
colonialLanguage	English ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalInstrument	1959 Constitution of Brunei ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei
currency	Brunei dollar ⓘ Malayan dollar ⓘ Straits dollar ⓘ
defenceControlledBy	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
demiseOfStatus	accession to full sovereignty in 1984 ⓘ
economicBasis	natural gas production ⓘ oil production ⓘ
endOfBritishResidentialSystem	1959 ⓘ
endOfProtection	1984 ⓘ
flagBearerState	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei
foreignAffairsControlledBy	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerNameOfCapital	Bandar Seri Begawan ⓘ surface form: Brunei Town
gainedFullIndependence	1 January 1984 ⓘ
gainedInternalSelfGovernment	1959 ⓘ
governmentType	Islamic absolute monarchy under British protection ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	Hassanal Bolkiah ⓘ surface form: Sultan of Brunei
introducedOffice	British Resident ⓘ
legalBasisOfProtection	Brunei British protectorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Brunei Treaty of 1888
locatedIn	Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedOn	island of Borneo ⓘ
monarchDuring1959Constitution	Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III ⓘ
monarchDuringEstablishmentOfResidency	Sultan Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin ⓘ
neighbour	British North Borneo ⓘ Kalimantan ⓘ surface form: Dutch Borneo Sarawak ⓘ
notPartOf	Malaysia ⓘ surface form: Federation of Malaysia
officialLanguage	Malay ⓘ
partOf	Borneo territories of the British Empire ⓘ surface form: British sphere of influence in Borneo
protector	British Empire ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForContinuedBritishProtection	strategic location on Borneo and oil resources ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
residencySystemEstablishedBy	Supplementary Agreement of 1905–1906 ⓘ
startOfBritishResidentialSystem	1906 ⓘ
startOfProtection	1888 ⓘ
successorState	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace independent Brunei ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → Brunei British protectorate ⓘ

Brunei British protectorate → legalBasisOfProtection → Brunei British protectorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Brunei Treaty of 1888

Malaya and British Borneo dollar → usedIn → Brunei British protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brunei Protectorate