Borneoartifact Item Number: BB061

Land Grant (Sarawak Territory)

Status: Very rare document

Signature: Brooke Rajah (Charles Brooke)

Registered 29.07.1876

Height x Width: 31 x 20 cm

You are looking on a 'Grant' docuent signed by the 2nd Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Brooke. All information are clearly shown in this document, authentic signature, document and site of property(behind) or money back, it is sold as shown.

There may be some discoloration and small tear and folded lines on the document, item sold as shown, no exception, thanks. (view my pictures below for closeup details)

I only sell it to serious collectors, since this are some of the very few documents left still in good condition sign by Rajah Charles Brooke.

Brief history of Charles Brooke and his successor:

1829 June 3 - Charles Johnson (later Brooke), 2nd Rajah, born in Somersetshire (Payne)

1852 - Charles Brooke enters Sarawak Service (Runciman, Payne, Pybus)

1853 - Brunei cedes Batang Lupar, Skrang and Saribas river systems to Sarawak (Pybus)

1862 - Sarawak Regiment created (Runciman)

1863 - Charles Brooke and Abang Aing lead expedition against Kayan Dyaks (Pybus, Rawlins)

Charles Brooke appointed Tuan Muda (Pybus)

1864 - Charles Brooke builds fort at Simanggang (Pybus)

Britain recognises independence of Sarawak (Rawlins)

1865 - In England Charles named Brooke's heir

General Council (Council Negri) established (Runciman)

1866 - Charles Brooke's 'Ten Years in Sarawak' published (Runciman, Pybus)

1868 August 3 - Supreme Court proclaims Charles Brooke as Rajah (Runciman, Pybus, Rawlins)

1869 October 28 - Rajah Charles marries Margaret de Windt (Runciman, Payne, Pybus, Rawlins)

1870 - Astana completed (Runciman)

August 26 - First issue of the Sarawak Gazette (Runciman, Rawlins)

1871 - Expedition against Kanowit and Katibas Dyaks (Runciman)

1873 - Rajah's three children die at sea (cenotaph, Pybus)

1874 September 30 - Charles Vyner Brooke, son of Rajah Charles and Ranee Margaret, born in England (Runciman, Pybus, Rawlins)

1876 - Bertram Brooke, son of Rajah Charles and Ranee Margaret, born in Sarawak (Pybus)

1878 - Harry Brooke, son of Rajah Charles and Ranee Margaret, born in Wiltshire (Pybus)

1879 - Lang Endang expedition (Runciman)

1880 - Fort Margherita built in Kuching (Rawlins)

1881 - Bukit Batu expeditions (Runciman)

North Borneo Company established (Pybus)

1882 - Sarawak acquires Baram District (Payne, Pybus)

1884 - Sarawak acquires Trusan District (Payne)

1888 - Britain agrees to a protectorate for Sarawak (Pybus)

Queen Victoria gives Charles Brooke a knighthood (Pybus, Rawlins)

June - Rajah Charles buys Brooketon Colliery (Rawlins)

Britain grants protection to Sarawak (Rawlins)

1890 March 17 - Sarawak acquires Limbang District (Runciman, Payne, Reece)

1891 August - Sarawak Museum opens (Rawlins)

1901 - King Edward recognizes Rajah Charles as ruler of an independent state (Pybus)

Foochow Chinese settle in Sibu (Lockard)

1905 January 12 - Brunei cedes Lawas District to Sarawak; Sarawak reaches ultimate limits (Runciman, Pybus, Reece)

1907 - Charles Brooke publishes 'Queries: Past, Present and Future' (Payne, Pybus)

1909 - Oil discovered in Miri (Payne)

1911 - Special Chinese Court established for civil cases (Reece)

1912 - The Tuan Muda, Bertram Brooke, given equal honors with the Rajah Muda, Vyner Brooke (Pybus)

Sarawak State Advisory Council established in London (Pybus)

Brooke Dockyard established (Porritt, Reece)

1913 - Ranee Margaret publishes 'My Life in Sarawak' (Pybus)

1914 - Orders Committee, precursor to legislative authority, instituted (Reece)

1915 - Committee of Administration replaces Orders Committee (Reece)

Railway opens to 10th mile south of Kuching (Reece, Rawlins)

1916, September - Rajah Charles formally hands over administration of Dyaks to Vyner Brooke (Runciman)

1917 - Small refinery and pipeline built at Lutong (Reece, Rawlins) May 17 - Rajah Charles dies in Cirencester (Crisswell, Pybus, Payne)

1936 December 1 - Ranee Margaret dies at Lelant, Cornwall (Runciman, Pybus)

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