Omar Ali Saifuddin II

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Omar Ali Saifuddin II († 1852 ) was from 1829 to 1852 (according to today's counting) the 23rd Sultan of Brunei on the north coast of Borneo .

He was the sultan who, after pacifying disputes with the indigenous peoples, first made the English adventurer James Brooke his fiefdom on the coasts of Brunei-ruled Sarawak and then gave him more and more power and independence. Most recently, the Brookes, as White Rajas , ruled Sarawak for three generations as an independent state that encompasses the two remaining areas of today's Sultanate of Brunei. Under Omar Ali Saifuddin's rule, the previously large and powerful sultanate had lost more than 90% of its area.

Omar Ali Saifuddin had two thumbs on his left hand ( polydactyly ), which his contemporaries saw as a flaw.

predecessor Office successor
Muhammad Alam Sultan of Brunei
1829-1852 		Abdul Momin
personal data
SURNAME Omar Ali Saifuddin II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sultan of Brunei (1829-1852)
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century or 19th century
DATE OF DEATH 1852