Gunsanad Kina

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Malay name : The part of the name "Kina" is a patronymic and not a family name ; so the person's name is Gunsanad .
Grave of OKK Gunsanad Kina in Kg.Bandukan

Datuk Seri Panglima OKK Gunsanad Kina SPDK , (also Gunsanad bin Kina , also Botut ) (* 1840 in Bandukan, Keningau , Sabah ; † January 1, 1930 , ibid) was the chief chief of the Dusun and Murut in the interior of Sabah. As the official representative, he represented the interests of the indigenous population towards the North Borneo Chartered Company .

Life

Gunsanad was born in 1840 as one of the numerous children of his father Kina, a local Dusun chief in the Keningau and Sabah region. Within his family he was called "Botut".

During the Mat Salleh Rebellion , Gunsanad sided with the North Borneo Chartered Company because he saw the continued existence of the indigenous people of Sabah in a common future with the Chinese and the British. Gunsanad therefore acted as a mediator between the parties both during the Mat Salleh rebellion and the all-round rebellion . Because of his integrative skills, he was appointed Orang Kaya-Kaya (OKK) by the government of North Borneo in 1915 .

The cultivation of natural rubber in Bingkor was also introduced by OKK Gunsanad Kina.

Gunsanad also enjoyed great respect outside of the Dusun and Murut. His longstanding association with the Chinese groups of Sabah earned him the name San Tai Wong (King of the Mountain).

After his death, Gunsanad Kina was buried in the cemetery of Kg. Bandukan in the Keningau district.

progeny

From the extensive Gunsanad family - he had 16 sons, 18 daughters, 52 grandchildren, 44 granddaughters and 188 great-grandchildren and great-grandchildren - come a large number of descendants who shaped the politics of Sabah and Malaysia:

  • OKK Sedomon bin Gunsanad, OBE ; highest chief of Keningau ,
  • Yang Amat Berhomat Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman ; Prime Minister of Sabah,
  • Datuk Anifah Aman; Malaysian Foreign Minister,
  • Datuk Nurchaya Arshad; Supreme Court Justice
  • Tan Sri Stephen (Suffian) Koroh; first President of Persatuan Kebudayaan Sabah (PKS),
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah Tun Thomas (Ahmad) Koroh ; fifth head of state of Sabah.

Awards

At the instigation of his grandson Musa Aman , he was posthumously awarded the title Datuk Seri by the Prime Minister of Sabah in 2004. Also posthumously, he was awarded the highest award of the Illustrious Order of Kinabalu in 2005 .

In Keningau two secondary schools, SMK Gunsanad and SMK Gunsanad II, were named after him.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Verballhorn form of (pinyin) shan da wong , (Chin.) 山大王
  2. ↑ SMK = Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (German: National Secondary School)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kina, The Lord of Keninggau, April 28, 2008; Retrieved April 30, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c Inscription on the tombstone of OKK Gunsanad Kina in Bandukan, Keningau; cited in OKK Gunsanad ( memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ); Accessed May 5, 2012
  3. ↑ a b OKK GUNSANAD KINA on Keningaukini; Retrieved May 5, 2012
  4. ↑ Hari-hari terakhir seorang Ketua Menteri .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Malaysia Today , January 18, 2008; Retrieved May 5, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.malaysia-today.net  
  5. ↑ London Gazette, June 10, 1961  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 132 kB) p. 4168@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.thegazette.co.uk  
  6. ^ Sabah State Gazette (PDF; 87 kB) Volume 60, No. 37, September 16, 2005


personal data
SURNAME Gunsanad, Kina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Botut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Supreme chief of the Kadazan-Dusun
DATE OF BIRTH 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Bandukan, Keningau , Sabah
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1930
Place of death Bandukan, Keningau , Sabah