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By J. H. Walker
A reinterpretation of Sarawak background, "Power and Prowess" explores the community of energy, financial and formality relationships that constructed at the northwest coast of Borneo within the mid-19th century, from which a coalition led through James Brooke validated the country of Sarawak. the place many authors positioned Brooke within the context of 19th-century British imperialism, this research perceives him within the context of Bornean cultures and political economies. Brooke emerges from the historic checklist as a "man of prowess", with the writer deciding on very important ritual assets of Brooke's energy between Malays, Bidayuh and Ibans, assets which derived from and expressed indigenous cultural traditions approximately fertility, overall healthiness and standing. Drawing on conceptual frameworks from political technology, in addition to fresh southeast Asian historiography, the e-book bargains a close political heritage of the interval and new interpretations of Brooke's profession. This examine additionally retrieves from the old assets formerly hid narratives which mirror the pursuits, priorities and actions of Sarawak humans themselves.
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One of Sultan Omar Ali’s uncles, Pengiran Usop, went to Sarawak about 1835 and agreed ‘for a sum of money’ to transfer the province to the Sultan of Sambas’s brother. 24 The Sarawak Malays and the Brunei government both expected that Sambas and the Dutch would support the Sarawak insurgency. Sultan Omar Ali responded by sending Raja Muda Hassim with his brothers to live at Kuching. 25 In Sarawak, however, Hassim exhibited none of the qualities expected by Europeans in trying to secure control of a rebellious province.
It was a delicate balance and the costs of failure were high. Elite Malays who wished to overcome opposition or extract higher levels of goods and services would encourage Saribas and Skrang Iban to attack the Bidayuh. Although, therefore, Malays were probably the primary threats to Bidayan prosperity, the techniques of coercion they used developed among many Bidayuh a deep terror of Iban. 106 The magnitude of this threat from Iban encouraged Bidayuh to see the Malays as protectors rather than as predatory consumers of Bidayan economic surpluses.
22 Sambas was a Dutch protectorate. ). 23 Although we have no details about the mission and its reception at the Brunei court, at least part of the Brunei government appears to have favoured the proposal. One of Sultan Omar Ali’s uncles, Pengiran Usop, went to Sarawak about 1835 and agreed ‘for a sum of money’ to transfer the province to the Sultan of Sambas’s brother. 24 The Sarawak Malays and the Brunei government both expected that Sambas and the Dutch would support the Sarawak insurgency. Sultan Omar Ali responded by sending Raja Muda Hassim with his brothers to live at Kuching.