Vol. 3(2), Disember, 2018, hlm. 105-131 Jurnal Borneo Arkhailogia (Heritage, Archaeology and History) https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/JBA/ Hubungan Tradisi Brunei dengan Borneo Utara: Tinjauan Terhadap Faktor Kemerosotan Pentadbiran Kesultanan Brunei pada Abad Ke-19 Dg. Junaidah Awang Jambol1 Manuskrip diterima: 8 Ogos 2018 Diterima untuk penerbitan: 18 September 2018 1 Calon Doktor Falsafah di Program Sejarah, Fakulti Kemanusiaan, Seni dan Warisan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Email:
[email protected] Abstract This article discusses the earlier history of the Brunei Sultanate’s government as well as the growth of its influence within the Borneo Archipelago that had evidently played a major role in shaping the history of the Brunei Malays in North Borneo. This research investigates the traditional relations between Brunei and North Borneo within two time frames; during the time when the Sultanate reaches its zenith and during the decadence of its reign. These two time frames are important as they help describe the North Borneo’s Brunei Malays’ sociopolitical; the establishment and spread of power and influence of the Sultanate was visible not only in its traditional relations with the people within its territory, they can also be perceived in the presence of the Brunei Malay communities in North Borneo, which helped to further strengthening the Sultanate’s authority and its sovereignty. This paper will focus on the traditional relations between Brunei and North Borneo through the analysis of the implementation of the Sultanate’s Administration in North Borneo before the emergence of Western powers that inevitably lead the Sultanate to its decline at the end of the 19th century.