This book Brunei Darussalam: the Road to Independence attempts to show the situation of Brunei in the past, and to depict the historical events that occured during that past era. This includes the affairs of the countries that have established relationship with Brunei Darussalam. In this way it is hoped that it will shed light and give better understanding of the details of these past events as…
Islam has officially been in Brunei' since about the fourteenth century AD. The first Brunei ruler to embrace Islam was Awang Alak Betatar, after his marriage to a princess of Johor (Old Singapore), in circa 1368 AD by assuming the title of Sultan Muhammad Shah. In the 'Salasilah Raja-Raja Brunei' (The Genealogy of the Kings of Brunei) by Datu Imam Yaakub it is mentioned that.