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NAKHODA wealthy trader, often of Arab descent
NAPIER, m., 1 d. (m. Hugh
Low), 1 s. d. infant; Lieutenant Governor of Labuan,
1848- ; knighted James Brooke
August 22, 1849, Singapore; suspended 1850
Hahn, James; Hall, Labuan
NEMESIS, HEICS Nemesis, steamer,
involved in various anti-piracy activities in 1849 including Battle
of Batang Marau
St. John, Life
NETHERLANDS INDIA the Dutch-owned part of South-East Asia,
now Indonesia. The English and Dutch declared their spheres of
influence in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty, 1824. The Dutch part of Borneo
is now called Kalimantan
Furnivall, Netherlands; Tarling, Anglo-Dutch
NICHOLLS, WILLIAM WARD, catechist; attended Bishop's
College, Calcutta; arrived in Sarawak 19 Apr 1951; employed by
Francis McDougall as
teacher in the Malay school and Missionary in Skrang;
returned to Calcutta for ordination 1852
Saunders, Bishops; Taylor, Anglican
NICHOLETS,, d. 1857; outstation
officer killed duringChinese
insurrection
SMJ
OMAR ALI SAIFUDDIN II,
Sultan of Brunei 1828-1852
Saunders, Brunei
ORANG KAYA head-man
ORANG LAUT sea gypsies - Malays who make their living at sea. Sometimes used by Iban to indicate any Malay
OWEN, DANIEL, missionary and schoolmaster 1855-1864,
Chinese catechist 1859-1864?, deputised for Francis
McDougall Dec 1859-Mar 1862
SMJ; Taylor, Anglican
PA TUMMO, rebellious member of Singe tribe, executed September 7, 1842, along with Parimban
PADI on Saribas river, attacked by James Brooke in July 1843
PAKU on Saribas river, attacked by James Brooke in July 1843
PALMERSTON, Lord/Viscount, British Foreign Secretary
1830-1834, 1835-1841, 1846-1851; Home Secretary 1852-1855; Prime
Minister 1855-1858, 1859-1865
Hyam, Britain's
PANGIRAN/PENGIRAN Brunei nobility
PANINJOW mountain
PARIMBAN, rebellious member of Singe tribe, executed September 7, 1842, along with Pa Tummo
PARR, HARRINGTON, nephew of Mrs
Wright
Saunders, Bishops
PARKER, WILLIAM, Admiral Sir, led expedition against pirates in Sumatra in 1844. James Brooke was translator
PATAH, Abang, son of Tumanggong Mersal,
warned S. St. John of
plot by Datu Patinggi Gapur
to kill James Brooke 1854;
led failed attack against the Chinese during Chinese
Insurrection
St. John, Life
PATUSAN Sirib Sahib's stronghold, attacked by Dido and Phlegethon in Aug 1844
PEEL, ROBERT, Sir, British Prime Minister 1834-1835,
1841-1846
Tarling, Burthen
PENAN
PERCIVALL, Captain, visited Brunei
in 1845 on US frigate Constitution,
offered United States
protection in exchange for Labuan
St. John, Life
PETER, James Brooke's
servant in early 1840s
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
PHLEGETHON, EIC steamer, under
Commander Scott, involved in attack
on Sirib Sahib's stronghold at
Patusan in Aug 1844; assisted
James Brooke in capture of
Brunei, 1846
St. John, Life; Saunders, Brunei
PIRACY/PIRATES
Tarling, Piracy; Rutter, Pirate
PRATT, JOHN HENRY,Archdeacon of Calcutta;
m.; visited Sarawak with Daniel
Wilson and sent Chinese translations of the Bible (both 1851)
Saunders, Bishops; Taylor, Anglican
PRINSEP, Commissioner at Commission
of Inquiry
Borneo Question
RAINBOW Sarawak's first steamer. purchased for Sarawak by Angela Burdett-Coutts
RAJAH MUDA heir apparent
RAJAH ruler/governor
RANCHAH, Datu Bandar 1841-1842
Lockard, Kuching; Said, Malay
RANEE wife of rajah
RANEE steam-tender of the Maeander
involved in Battle of Batang
Marau
St. John, Life
RATI, m., Christian-educated Malay from Singapore hired by
Francis McDougall in
1849 to run the day school
Saunders, Bishops
REJANG one of the Six Rivers
REMBAS on Saribas river, attacked by James Brooke in July 1843
RENTAP (Libau) b. 1800? d. 1870?, Iban
war chief from Saribas; fought
against James Brooke at the
Battle of Batang Marau;
attacked Skrang fort, killing
Lee; wounded during attack on
stronghold at Tabbat, Sadok, led by Captain
Brooke and Charles
Johnson, Aug 1854; built stronghold at Sadok which Charles
Johnson attacked in 1857, 1858, and 1861; surrendered in 1862 and
retired to Entabai
Cooper, Men; Pringle, Rajahs
RESIDENT British official
ROYALIST schooner James
Brooke used to make first journey to Borneo, bought 1835;
involved in Battle of Batang
Marau under Lieut-Commander Everest;
other crew listed individually
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
RUPPELL, G., merchant; James
Brooke's agent in Sarawak; assisted with administration and
accounts
St. John, Life; Tarling, Burthen
RUSSELL, JOHN, Lord/Earl, British Secretary for War and
Colonies 1839-1841; Prime Minister 1846-1852; Foreign Secretary
1852-1853; Secretary for the Colonies 1855; Foreign Secretary 1859;
Prime Minister 1865-1866
Tarling, Burthen
SADONG one of the Six Rivers
SAGO RIVERS Muka area. Trouble in 1858; acquired from Brunei 1861
SAHIB, Seriff, based at Patusen and allied with Sakarrans, attacked Sarawak in 1842 and 1844
SAKARRANG/SKRANG 2nd division river/area. River feeds into Batang Lupar. Charles Johnson's home for many years. 1854 (May)
SAMARAHAN one of the Six Rivers
SAMARANG HMS Samarang, commanded by
Sir Edward Belcher, visited Sarawak, Brunei,
and Labuan in August 1843; saw
action in Batang Lupar 1844;
moved Hassim and followers to
Brunei 1844
Belcher, Samarang
SANDIN, BENEDICT, first Iban curator, Sarawak Museum
Sandin, Living
SANPRO attacked by Sadong 1842
SARAWAK CROSS boat belonging to the Church in Sarawak;
given to Francis McDougall
in July 1858 by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
Cooper, Men
SARAWAK MUSEUM, Kuching,
founded 1891 by Rajah Charles Brooke, who designed the
building. Now holds ethnographic and natural history material,
archaeology, and ceramics
Scanlon, Sarawak
SARIBAS/SEREBAS 2nd? division
river/area; one of the Six Rivers.
Led by the Laksimana 4-5,000 Malays and Dyaks from this area attacked
Sadong (twice), Sussang, Serikei,
Palo, mato, Brut, Igan, and Kaluka,
before being defeated at the Battle of Batang
Marau, 1849
St. John, Life
SARONG
SCOTT, Commander of EIC steamer Phlegethon
SCOTT, JOHN, later Sir; Surveyor
of Labuan, 1848- ; assisted Brooke
Johnson in running Sarawak 1851-1853
Hall, Labuan; St.John, Life
SCURR, WILLIAM, b. 1812/13?, cook, Ariel
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
SERAMBO MOUNTAIN/GUNUNG SERAMBU mountain retreat of James
Brooke; cottage built by Brooke
Johnson 1851-53?
St. John, Life
SHARIF/SERIFF/SIRIB important person of Arab descent/descended from the Prophet Muhammad
SINIAWAN upriver from Kuching. The SiniawanMalays were the main insurgents in the civil war 1840-41
SIR JAMES BROOKE Borneo
Company steamer from 1856. active in recapture of Kuching
following Chinese Insurrection in 1857
SIX RIVERS/SIX DISTRICTS area of
Sarawak including Samarahan,
Sadong, Batang
Lupar, Seribas, Kaluka,
Rejang, acquired from Brunei
in 1853 through treaty and payment. Later became 2nd Division?
St. John, Life
SMALLPOX big killer in Sarawak although a vaccine was available. James Brooke contracted the disease in 1853 and never fully recovered
SMITH, THOMAS, b. 1802/3? d. Aug 1844, merchant with Messrs
Steward, Smith & Co of Sarawak
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS
(SPG) British missionary society
Pascoe, 200 years; Thompson, Into all lands
SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ABORIGINES founded by Henry
Wise, 1849
Hahn, James
SOUTH CHINA SEA the sea bordering Sarawak and Brunei
SPHINX HMS Sphinx, Captain Shadwell, transported James
Brooke to Siam in 1850 on a diplomatic mission for Britain
St. John, Life
ST. JOHN, JAMES AUGUSTUS, b. 1829, brother of
Spenser St. John; held several posts in Sarawak and Labuan, including Surveyor General and Superintendant of Convicts.
ST. JOHN, SPENSER, brother
of James St. John, met
James Brooke via his father,
James Augustus; Brooke's secretary (1848-1854), Commissioner to the
Independent Princes (1854- ), Consul General of Brunei (1855- ),
various other British overseas posts
St. John, Life; Life; Rajah; Hunter, Adventures
ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE church,
later cathedral, in Kuching; built by Francis
McDougall; foundation ceremony 28 Aug 1849, consecrated 22 Jan
1851; cathedral from 1870
Taylor, Anglican
STAHL, ELIZABETH, nee
Richardson, m. T.E. Stahl;
servant of Francis
McDougall and Harriette McDougall; helped Harriette in the
Mission
McDougall, Sketches; Saunders, Bishops
STAHL, T.E., m. Elizabeth
Richardson; German, housebuilder in Berlin; carpenter of the Mary
Louisa; from 1850 worked for Francis
McDougall
SPG Archives; Tarling, Burthen
STEELE, HENRY, d. June 1859;
worked for G. Ruppell, Francis
McDougall Feb-June 1849, Court Interpreter from June 1849,
Commandant of the Kanowit Fort;
escaped injury during Chinese
Insurrection despite sharing bungalow with Nicholetts
but was killed along with Charles
Fox at Kanowit
SMJ
STEWARD, GEORGE, b. 1810/11? d. Aug 1844, formerly with
East India Company,
then merchant with Messrs Steward, Smith & Co of Sarawak;
killed during James Brooke's
attack on Batang Lupar
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
STRAITS TIMES Singapore newspaper
Hahn, James
SULTANA shipwrecked in 1842
SULU, James
Brooke negotiated a treaty between the Sultan of Sulu and Britain
in 1849
St. John, Life
SUNGEI river
SWIFT schooner puchased by James Brooke in 1840
TALBOT, Captain, led
attack at Battle of Maladu Bay,
1845
St. John, Life
TEMENGGONG/TUMANGGONG Malay minister in charge of defence and justice
TEMPLAR/TEMPLER, JAMES/JACK, befriended James
Brooke in 1830 on the Castle Huntley, where JT was mate;
both their families lived near Bath. they corresponded frequently
Brooke, Letters; Hahn, James
TREACHER, JOHN GAVARON, b. 1812/13? ship's doctor, former
surgeon, later naturalist; worked for James Brooke in early
1840s
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
TUAN BESAR old ruler
TUAN MUDA brother of heir apparent
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA the US
Consul visited Sarawak in 1864 but James
Brooke was in England
URSAT, d. 1855; killed by Matusin
in Muka.
USMAN, Pangeran, fought with Hassim
and Makota against insurgents in
civil war 1840-41
St. John, Life
USMAN/OSMAN, Sirib, d. 1845, related to Sultan of Sulu;
led pirates in Maladu Bay, wounded in Battle of Maladu
Bay, 1845,
St. John, Life
USUP/YUSOF, Pangeran, d. 1845, Sultan Omar Ali's chief adviser/prime minister until replaced by Hassim in 1844; attacked by Sir Thomas Cochrane in 1845
VICTORIA, Queen, met James
Brooke 1847 and 1858
St. John, Life
VIXEN HMS Vixen, steamer; visited
Brunei 1843; involved in Battle of
Maladu Bay, 1845
St. John, Life
WADE, 1st lieut., HMS Dido, killed Undup, Aug 1844
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL, biologist, visited Sarawak 1854
Wallace, Letters, Malay
WANDERER HMS Wanderer, gig?, visited Brunei 1843
WARNER, GEORGE, b. 1810/11?, steward, Ariel
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
WERAFF brig, transported James
Brooke Singapore to Sarawak to Labuan
1853
St. John, Life
WILD, JONATHAN, b. 1796/7?, formerly able seaman, then
armourer, of Royalist
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
WILLIAMSON, THOMAS, b. 1818/19? d. 1846; James
Brooke's Eurasian interpreter, hired in Singapore in 1839,
formerly mate of merchant ship; survived poisoning attempt in 1841;
Prime Minister of Sarawak from 1843; governed in Brooke's absence,
1845; drowned 1846
Hahn, James; St. John, Life
WILSON, DANIEL, Bishop of
Calcutta; b. 1778; visited Sarawak for consecration of St.
Thomas's Church 22 Jan 1851; his jurisdiction covered Sarawak
until Francis McDougall
was named Bishop of Labuan in 1856
Saunders, Bishops; Taylor, Anglican
WISE, HENRY, James
Brooke's agent 1843-
Wise, Selection
WOODS Editor of Straits Times in Singapore;
organised petition against James
Brooke's conduct in Battle of Batang
Marau; prominent in Commission
of Inquiry
Borneo Question; Hahn, James
WRIGHT, WILLIAM BODHAM, m.,
children: ? (b. 1848); assistant to Francis
McDougall; ran the mission school Aug 1848-Feb 1849; moved to
Singapore; ordained priest by McDougall 9 Aug 1857; later Chaplain of
Malacca
Saunders, Bishops, Taylor, Anglican
WRIGHT, (Mrs) m. William
Wright; taught in the mission school Sep-Oct 1848
McDougall, Sketches; Saunders, Bishops
WYNDHAM, officer under Sir Admiral Cochrane, later
resident at Sough, Sulu
St. John, Life
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