The British Adventurer who Founded a Kingdom in Asia

[@kingsandthings]

So, this took a bit longer to make than I expected. 😅 I was aiming to make it around 13 minutes long, but there are a lot of interesting things to be said about Brooke and it spiraled out of control. Anyway, I plan to be back again with shorter videos soon!

[@CarthagoMike]

A long video is always appreciated! I haven't watched it yet, but looking forward to what interesting things you will enlighten us with today.

[@bombfog1]

I second Mike the Carthaginian.

[@marksavoia3687]

[@DJL78]

Welcome back. Well worth the wait.

[@Arcaryon]

Excellent work, thank you so much!

[@johannkassim9330]

Thanks for doing a documentary of my homeland. I am descended from the rebel leader Patinggi Ali who was my paternal grandmother's grandfather's grandfather. He died in 1846 during an expedition against the Skrang Dayaks.

[@johannkassim9330]

The man seated in the turban was my direct ancestor. He was Datu Bandar Buassan.

[@HomemadeSubmarine]

It would’ve been a crime to cut this video to only 13 minutes. Incredible job bringing such an intensely fascinating story to life.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

For anyone wondering, the Brooke dynasty still lives. Charles Vyner’s brother, Bertram, had one son, Anthony, who died in 2011 at the age of 98, and the family survives through his two grandson by his eldest child and only son James, namely Laurence Nicholas and Jason Desmond Brooke, with Jason being the primary representative of the dynasty in both Britain and Sarawak.

[@ie999]

Sadly he would be the reigning king of sarawak today or at least the crown prince being the heir from the dynastic family if the cession didnt took place despite objection from the local dignitaries.

[@CarthagoMike]

You know you are in for a good time when K&T uploads a +30min video on a subject you have never heard of before.

[@Solmatino]

Great video on the life of the founder of my home state. It's always nice to see the story of this silent corner of the world get some recognition.

[@Sedgewise47]

Umm-*apology* for getting off-topic, but: 🤔Could you please explain your profile logo? 🤔Is it original to you, or there a source for it?

[@FrostyFoxGamingIGM]

@@Sedgewise47 looks like the historical Raj of Sarawak with an erroneous Philippines 8-rayed star overlaid on top of it

[@Sedgewise47]

@@FrostyFoxGamingIGM !!! (??)… Oh, wait… He’s not some sorta “irredentist”, is he?…

[@FrostyFoxGamingIGM]

@@Sedgewise47 hope not lol

[@Sedgewise47]

@@FrostyFoxGamingIGM Yeah, there’s been more than enough of them around, already… Anyhow-it is a cool vexillogical design, ain’t it? (🤔…Might there be an inspiration here for some sorta “alternate-history” sci-if story?…)

[@fid.firdhaus]

Okay so this is my conclusion of the family : James = Make sarawak independence but wanted to sell the country in the end as he sees the country is too poor John = Didnt want James to sell Sarawak so James wanted him dead, but then James said oop, I never said I wanted to sell sarawak. Charles = G.O.A.T the best of The White Rajahs Charles Vyner = Also like James, the country had no money after Japanese acquisition and wanted to sell it to the british.... But he at least wanted to give power back to the sarawakian before the Japanese came.

[@RUHappyATM]

Apparently there's lot's of drama in the court of CV. Look into the lives of the daughters.

[@Lucius1958]

I have a brother who moved to Sarawak many years ago, and married into a Sebuyau (a subgroup of Iban) family: I visited them with my folks about 30 years ago. A good summary of James Brooke's life.

[@micahistory]

what a fascinating story. I had wondered how this peculiar state came into exitsence and its even more interesting than i would have imagined. As usual great storytelling and smooth music. This is one of my favourite videos on one of my favourite channels

[@MarcusAgrippa390]

Long videos are a great way to explore the details of the subject in question. Glad to see you upload again.

[@obamabiden]

somewhat ironic that, were the native people on the supreme council to have had their way, this family may still be monarchs in South East Asia today. Given the structure of government in Malaysia and the fact they'd likely have joined eventually, perhaps they'd have ended up a tenth monarch within their system.

[@jaytee283]

This is very good and a great overview. I lived in Singapore for 10 years and also travelled in Malaysia, to the Malay peninsular but also to Sabah (Mt Kinabalu and Kota Kinabalu a couple of times). I never knew this history although had friends from Sarawak who boasted about their headhunter heritage. Loved this history so thanks for all the detail.

[@charlesnanggaumamat7062]

Im iban,the largest tribe in sarawak..thank you for this history.. 1.james brooke 2.charles brooke 3.charles vyner brooke

[@134343]

You deserve so much more views and subscribers. One of the most underrated channels regarding history on KZbin.

[@melzer1377]

I believe the rajah's great grandson jason brooke has been coming back to visit sarawak every few years and helping the local museums to hold exhibitions and stuff like that related to his family.

[@bungaialoevera]

Yes, he does. He has managed to set up the Brooke Trust and exhibit historical items of his family at the Fort Margherita and Ranee Museum. Come and visit, you'll see much of that history in Kuching (Sarawak's capital). You could also watch Edge of The World which is a movie adaption of how Brooke became Sarawak's Raj.

[@AlexSDU]

Yeah! Sarawak. My state, the land of the Hornbill. Thank you for the video. - Dum Spiro Spero, Kingdom of Sarawak motto

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

Oh! you'd mean "my country" yes!, that's our country babyyy!, we should spread our history to the world!

[@bikta-x9q]

Dum • Spiro • Spero : As Long as I Breathe I Lived

[@DanielTompkinsGuitar]

Thanks for this interesting and informative video. Charles Brooke was my great-grandfather, but I don’t know a lot about that history.

[@Ryuko-T72]

I had been interested in this state for some time but somewhat dreaded doing the research myself. So thank you for making this

[@ethanol1586]

Always a good day when a new kings and things video is uploaded. And as an added bonus this is a whopping 30 minutes long!

[@welshpoliticalexplainers1664]

This video was completely mesmerizing!! Sadly, I have only found this channel today, but it has the uncanny ability to get me completely hooked! To be able to cover moderately unknown historical topics in such a fascinating way really is a skill!!! :)

[@Prometheus7272]

James Brooke is one of my heroes and role models 🤌

[@Arcaryon]

This kind of video will someday blow up and the legacy views will be enormous.

[@Medik_0001]

Loved your channel ever since I watched your video on King Roger. Loving this one too. Keep up the great work.

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Sir Harry Flashman rated James Brooke highly , having fought alongside James on the Borneo island against headhunters and pirates .

[@GregWampler-xm8hv]

Ahhhhh yes Flashy. My only Hero.😎

[@stancesupport7099]

Thank you for bringing this topic that is related to my home country. Proud to be Sarawakian

[@MicaFarrierRheayan]

I went to much of the museums there. This is a nice insight.

[@henriklarsson5221]

What a fascinating life-story and man! Would be perfect as a mini-series on HBO, or a long epic movie like Ghandi. Cheers

[@RUHappyATM]

Woke Hollywood would never allow that. Whatcha mean, am epic about a white man overlording over the natives? Never happen.

[@davidmckown3590]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_the_World_(2021_film)?wprov=sfti1 There was a movie called Edge of the World which is about James Brooke.

[@thatcitybuilder9379]

This video was well worth the wait i would say! I would love to see a movie about his life since it just sounds so interesting! I would really like if you made a movie about the city of Bath, since i think it would fit your channel theme of primarly Eurpean art and culture since that city has such a rich artistic and cultural history, especially during the victorian era! Great video as always and i would love to see more of these 30≈ minute long videos if i'm honest!

[@kingsandthings]

Well, I've got good news for you! 😄There actually is a movie about him, released last year I think. I've been thinking of making videos about the history of specific cities lately, so maybe Bath could be a good one? Thanks for the tip! Edit: The movie is called "Edge of the World" btw.

[@thatcitybuilder9379]

@@kingsandthings Oh thanks for telling me about the movie! Will surely check it out, thanks!

[@melaniebrooke4782]

Great video!! Love learning about my family history.

[@KeyboardMoment]

Bro I'm Malaysian and I thought James Brooke was a ruthless tyrant as shown in the history books here in Malaysia

[@ThePussukka]

Anti-colonial sentiment, probably no worse than a local autocrat would've been

[@asmrnaturecat984]

he is

[@skyworm8006]

Contemporary nationalist mythos. In reality most rulers in the world were brutal slavers with very different sensibilities and ideas about society to everyone's now Western sensibilities and ideas.

[@ralffe3465]

It's anti-colonial sentiment that Malaysia puts in our history. He actually wasn't as bad as Malaysia's history would say.

[@Konoronn]

And you're the people that constantly accuse our history books of lying.

[@jec1ny]

One of the most fascinating videos I've watched in quite some time.

[@need4more222]

Enjoyed that it was lengthier and more in depth

[@pdruiz2005]

Fascinating history. Now I know why that slice of northern Borneo is now part of modern-day Malaysia. The Dutch didn't get it--this British adventurer got there first. LOL.

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

Should be a country instead being a "state" on a country with a corrupted religious government, not hate Malaysian people, as long as they understand the truth history instead of changing the history, very ridiculous

[@JavierLuke-u2k]

​@@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5no there evil

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

@@JavierLuke-u2k Who?

[@charletta3558]

I am glad there is an explanation on this topic because I have a test on it

[@bigcomcast]

First heard of Brooke in the novel "Flashman's Lady" in a series of historical novels by George McDonald Frasier. The novel was great Frasier was meticulous in his historical research that is all in the book.

[@daya820]

Excellent!

[@HistoriaenCeluloide]

The film "Edge of the World" (2021) is an interesting biopic about him 🧐

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

Malaysian don't agree lol, what a cuck sojack, I'm myself Sarawakian love the film so much, if they don't agree, that's a bloody nitwit type of person, glad you enjoyed mate

[@alikhidzam9007]

James Brooke is actually awesome

[@sapphoculloden5215]

This was really interesting. Thank you!

[@novusregnum]

Hey, you should consider a video on Washington D..C. I'd be interested to see a video dedicated towards the planning and architecture of DC, as well as what could've been

[@heatherbach6202]

'm the great grand daughter of Esc, Charles Brooke's 1/2 Iban/Sea Dyak child who settled in Canada. I'm looking for authentic information about his as originally his existence was carried until the late 80's. Who are some local historians who have the Malay perspective on this? I'd like to connect with someone about this- Esca was sent away at the age of 6 years and was denied his relationship to the Brooke family, his family. I understand his mother died when he was young but I would like to learn more about this besides what is in movies, plays and such. Thanks in advance for any leads!! Heather

[@ibrahimalli2474]

If I have not mistaken Esca's mother was from Simanggang named Dayang Mastiah. So I would say that Esca was actually half-Malay. Try contacting Jason Brooke, he might know someone who could locate your Sarawak side of family. Or maybe, contact Sarawak Museum Department. I wish I could help more, but I unfortunately, I'm from Kuching and don't have any relatives in Simanggang that I know of. Good luck.

[@Shishkebarbarian]

new to the channel but oh man is this becoming my new favorite place! Great video!

[@darwinqpenaflorida3797]

In the Philippines, a town in Palawan was named after him, Brooke's Point which is believed that Sir James was explored Palawan which is part of Sulu Sultanate

[@luigiwoo4469]

"much merriment and vast foolery" write that on my fucking tombstone

[@danielting6242]

Those citizens who had been under British Colonial rule can enlighten you❤🌹🙏. I love British rule. I'm a Sarawakian.

[@TRIIIAD]

Your vids are great but would recommend improving audio quality/microphone. There is some sibilance which makes it harsh to listen in headphones.

[@BedroomHistorianOfficialYT]

Long Live The King 👑

[@christianwestling2019]

He should've kept the crown and title. Might've survived today.

[@osuclassof88]

James Brooke, the first English sultan or rajah, appointed by the landlord sultan Brunei. Amazingly the locals accepted him as the sultan

[@JamesDelanoMcCarthysecondacc]

Not Sultanate

[@osuclassof88]

@@JamesDelanoMcCarthysecondacc ok rajah. We use sultan or King

[@Joseph-fd8bp]

hai im from Sarawak..😚😚🙏

[@trystanexul5681]

You know this was blocked by the KZbin algorithm because this is super interesting and only has 7.5k views.

[@fishyy5622]

Great video

[@tommystalin6760]

I'm surprised you didn't even mention "rentap" but you able to mention other minor native fighters.

[@pdruiz2005]

At 11:09. How did James Brooke speak to his subjects? Was he fluent in Malay? Was he fluent in the lingua franca of the region? (I'm not familiar, but I would think maybe Hindi or Cantonese. Considering that Brooke was born in India, he probably had pretty good Hindi.) It just seems so weird that the natives were willing to submit to a non-Muslim outsider who barely spoke their native tongues.

[@kingsandthings]

If I remember correctly he was fluent in Malay. He must have learned it pretty quickly after arriving in the area. I read something about him impressing the locals by telling stories of a trip he had made to Istanbul, a great Muslim city that they had heard of.

[@pdruiz2005]

@@kingsandthings Being born in Varanasi, I'd imagine that Brooke became very familiar with Muslim culture and lore at a very young age. It's one of the most religiously diverse cities in India. Also these East India Company officers and their wives never parented that much, outsourcing this tedious task to native nannies. I'd imagine that Brooke's nanny was probably a Muslim woman who taught him Indian languages, like Hindi, along with a lot of the subtleties of the Muslim religion. Thus Brooke had the cultural knowledge, comfort and dexterity to charm a lot of these Muslim natives in Sarawak, along with being fluent in Malay, at least.

[@kyleanuar9090]

Sarawak wasn't a Muslim nation, they're pagan and still are plus they speak their own language not Malay.

[@bikta-x9q]

​@@kyleanuar9090.. Sarawakians at that times were mainly 'anismistic' natives later on converted through Missionary Education by local Churches

[@bungaialoevera]

And what makes you think that all the natives/indigenous people of Sarawak at that time were muslims??? I am an indigenous people of Sarawak, Borneo, and my ancestors were NEVER muslims to behind with. How about you guys stop projecting that Sarawak was islamic!

[@RUHappyATM]

Did you forget about his relationship with Angela Burdett-Coutts?

[@fds7476]

He was The Man Who Would Be The Man Who Would Be King.

[@Historicalhorizons100]

very well

[@Vin01743]

My favourite Person

[@Zulcarnain99]

THE GREAT HISTORY .. RENTAP VS BROOKE FAMILY

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

I'd like to pick both, since they make the history of this country even fascinating

[@johannkassim9330]

History of my hometown. Could Kuching be the London of Asia, not just because of many Victorian buildings, but that like London, it's the largest city on the largest island of their continent.

[@zxzxxzxz3303]

😂😂😂😂

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

If I would say so, I do very agree to make Kuching looks like London with a European system style, because gifted by Brunei to brooke

[@JamesDelanoMcCarthysecondacc]

Chinese London

[@johannkassim9330]

Square Tower Vs.Tower of London

[@fotisvon9943]

the video adter this one is great

[@SigiChannel-dn7fo]

Study about Iban..james brooke just history

[@vongkeejong4952]

I am sarawakian

[@manshorothman5447]

Kuching@ Sarawak was handed over to James Brooke to administer on behalf of Brunei Sultanate...soon after 1841 land grabs, rebellion, slavery were the issues transpired...Brunei had lost all of its territories. Admin you should get both records on both side i.e. Brunei and British.

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

They have a really good plan to make Sarawak great again, until the Japanese and communism ruined everything

[@LandDayak496]

U tahu tak kenapa sultan Brunei tidak mahu masuk Malaysia sebab dia tahu apa atok moyang dia telah buat pada orang asli Dayak Sarawak

[@SGG167]

nices video.

[@wikipediaintellectual7088]

This sounds like several seasons of a fantastic R-rated TV series.

[@the_Giovanni_Jian]

Just wondering, is the narrator Swedish?

[@lilianasalas904]

Por fabor pongan con traducción al Español 😊

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

Ye Spanish people should learn more about our history, thanks!

[@bikta-x9q]

Calmaté , calmaté , Tranquillo , in Futuro como a la traducción

[@sitiazlineabdulghani877]

no, james brooke has in sarawak (borneo / malayan)

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

Cease off the word "Malayan" from the word Sarawak, James Brooke is died, Jason Brooke is the remaining left in Sarawak,

[@LandDayak496]

malayan peninsula is nonsense there always want to destroy dayak culture there always say only islamic culture in my land that's why my ancestors hate malay more in 1839

[@JavierLuke-u2k]

@@LandDayak496 correct

[@DBT1007]

There was no Singapore. The name back then was SINGAPURA. and english ppl butcher that word into just SINGAPUR and write it as SINGAPORE. The older name of that place is TEMASEK/TEMASIK

[@BasarBasarjee]

James berok

[@seansalter1679]

My realative

[@nurimanmjjs1310]

rentap: agi idup agi ngelaban!

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

Agi idup agi ngelaban/Dum Spiro Spero!

[@nurimanmjjs1310]

@@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5 translate:selagi hidup selagi berjuang!

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

@@nurimanmjjs1310 I know

[@LandDayak496]

​@@nurimanmjjs1310👍

[@tiktokviralv3549]

Am Indonesian

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

ok cool, now go

[@LandDayak496]

Indonesia go repair your country first

[@Dan-kr9bm]

This is one of those weird sidestorys of history.

[@l0lLorenzol0l]

absolute Sigma behaviour

[@h2cker]

32:55

[@surmacjen3490]

Funny that you called Pirate life as "adventure"

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

Exploring across the sea + founded an island + exploring for another island + found another territory + invite family = explorer

[@RUHappyATM]

Suppose you would say Rentap is a nice man.

[@Albulandii]

Damn i wish i was born in late 1700's

[@rovhalt6650]

Very fascinating story. And it's pretty easy to tell this man had a personality disorder.

[@AYVYN]

These days, everyone has a disorder and claim to lack free-agency

[@KonyCurrentYear]

Unbelievably based

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

Hell yeah boooooooooys

[@Master_of_Critique]

Everybody sees the natural authority of the European.

[@ennui9745]

As soon as I saw that this video was about the "white rajahs", I figured I'd see a couple pro-colonialism creeps like you in the comments.

[@td370]

@Erm *gets conquered and lives in a Eurocentric world*

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

And it was worth it

[@AYVYN]

Authorize these balls

[@manshorothman5447]

He never founded Sarawak Kingdom..@ Kuching now, .it was part of Brunei Sultanate Territory.....

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

That's bullshit, He help the Bruneian Sultanate against the rebellion, the sultan of Brunei hand a gift Sarawak to our father Brooke for helping the sultan, have you watch the full video?

[@bungaialoevera]

Rubbish! The rebellions that brought James Brooke to come to help Muda Hashim shows quite clearly that the indigenous people DID NOT want Brunei rule.

[@bungaialoevera]

Rubbish! The rebellions that brought James Brooke to come to help Muda Hashim shows quite clearly that the indigenous people DID NOT want Brunei rule.

[@LandDayak496]

Rubbish Brunei @manshorothman5447 is dumb history you know what your sultan Brunei is failure rule entire Borneo island😭😜😂😂 us Dayak we know the old enemies is Brunei ⚔️

[@chrissibersky4617]

Oh no. This is a channel where you can't skip the ads. 😔 I don't have time for this. Unsubscribing.

[@capnchunks453]

just get an adblocker

[@chrissibersky4617]

@@capnchunks453 I don't mind supporting channels by not using those but I don't like to watch more commercials than video content.

[@DJL78]

Yet you subscribe to the Donald J Trump channel which is nothing more than a massive con and sales pitch? Bold move there Christine. 🤡

[@sniedendepoes]

@@chrissibersky4617 it’s half an hour of high quality content with ~20sec advertising, stop crying

[@chrissibersky4617]

@@sniedendepoes The ads were 40 sec but what ever. I never watched the video after that greeting so I didn't know there weren't any more. Maybe it would be a bit more strategic to put one (you can skip) in the beginning and end the video with an ad-marathon for people like you.

[@manshorothman5447]

James Brooke never founded...he took it from Brunei Sultanate

[@RUHappyATM]

IIRC he was promised Sarawak if he stop the rebellion. I guess if the Sultanate had been nicer to the locals, it would still have Sarawak...but history pass it by.

[@LandDayak496]

F!!! you Brunei sultanate

[@LandDayak496]

The Brunei Malays were the first enemies of the Dayak natives in 1838!!!

[@JamesDelanoMcCarthysecondacc]

Nice Bruneian propaganda