Brunei and the British in the Nineteenth Century: Of a Seer-Poet, an Adventurer, and the Near Extinction of an Ancient Malay Sultanate

Brunei and the British in the Nineteenth Century relates the remarkable tale of the encounter between the Sultanate of Brunei, which in 1800 possessed nominal hegemony over most of northern Borneo, and Western colonialists, particularly the British.

Ooi Keat Gin is Professor of the Modern History of Brunei/Borneo at the Academy of Brunei Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei and visiting Professor of the Korean Institute of ASEAN Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies, Busan, South Korea.