Late Middle Ages · Southeast Asia · Religion
1411
Brunei Sultanate Established
1411
Islam arrived on the northwest coast of Borneo through Chinese Muslim traders and Malay seafarers, and the first Sultan of Brunei established a maritime kingdom controlling trade in camphor, pepper, and precious forest products gathered from the island's interior. The sultanate's strategic position on the South China Sea made it a waystation between the spice islands of the Moluccas and the commercial ports of the Asian mainland.
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Also in 1411 (3 other events on record)
- Peace of Thorn · Europe · Politics
- Ahmad Shah I Founds Ahmedabad · South Asia · Politics
- Jalayirid Sultanate Collapses · Middle East · Politics
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.