CO 943 — Brunei Original Correspondence

35 volumes

Colonial Office correspondence relating to the Sultanate of Brunei under British protection. Brunei’s relationship with British North Borneo and Sarawak is deeply intertwined — the territorial grants by the Sultan of Brunei that constituted British North Borneo (documented in CO 874) are foundational to this region’s history.

Key themes: British Residency in Brunei; oil concessions (Seria oilfields); Brunei’s constitutional development; its relationship with the proposed Malaysian federation; and the 1962 Brunei Revolt.

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