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Not to be confused with Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman.
In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Pengiran Abdul Rahman Piut is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Pengiran Mohammad. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Mohammad Abdul Rahman Piut
محمد عبدالرحمن ڤيوت
Pengiran Temenggong Sahibul Bahar
Pengiran Mohammad at the London Victory Celebrations in 1946.
BornPengiran Mohammad
1906
Brunei Town, Brunei
Died25 May 1976 (aged 71)
Brunei General Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Burial
Kubah Makam Di Raja
SpouseRaden Mas Dino
Raden Mas Raudzahtun Nadzrah
Pengiran Hajah Mariam binti Pengiran Menuddin
Issue7
Names
Pengiran Haji Mohammed bin Pengiran Abdul Rahman Piut
Regnal name
Pengiran Temenggong Sahibul Bahar Pengiran Haji Mohammad bin Pengiran Abdul Rahman Piut
House Bolkiah
Religion Sunni Islam
OccupationPolitician

Pengiran Mohammad MBE (1906 – 25 May 1971) or commonly referred to by his title Pengiran Temenggong and nicknamed National Hero, was a Bruneian nobleman, teacher and politician who formerly held several high-ranking positions which included being a member of the State Council, [1] Privy Council, [2] and the Islamic Religious Council. Notably, he is one of the founding members of the Royal Brunei Yacht Club and the Chairman of the Brunei Boxing Association. [3]

Early life and education

He was born in 1906, to parents of nobility Pengiran Abdul Rahman Piut and Pengiran Rahima. For his education, he went to Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Perak. He was one of the two teachers sent to Melaka Teachers' College (Maktab Perguruan Melaka) in Malacca, Malaysia. [4]

Career

In 1924, he accompanied Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin on a tour of Malaya in his capacity as Aide-de-Camp (ADC) of His Majesty the Sultan. [5]

In April 1929, L. R. Watts, the Wireless Engineer, was summoned back to Singapore, and for the rest of the year, Pengiran Mohammad, the Chief Operator, served as the Officer in Charge of the department. [6] When the Japanese invaded and occupied Brunei during World War II, they drove out all foreigners, leaving just the native labor, including Pengiran Mohammad, who had been working in telecommunications for the British. Before Australian soldiers arrived in Borneo in the middle of 1945, the area was heavily bombed by Allied Forces and held by the Japanese military. He had been punished by the Japanese military occupation, and his family had endured hardship. [7]

He later sent a letter from prison, with it discussing both political and personal aspects of the Japanese occupation period. He says that there were two distinct groups of Japanese people: the military and the government. The brutality came from the soldiers. The government employees were identical to everyone else. Children were treated well by them. He also succinctly refutes the Japanese notion that their conquest of Asia during World War I, which included Brunei, freed the people there from European colonialism: [7]

Well as hindsight, the Japanese came here; this is what they're saying later. That they're going to liberate us in Brunei, or all this part of the world in Southeast Asia. To liberate these countries from being a colony of the British. But once they get rid of the British, why stay here for four years? That is one big question mark. If they really said that they want to liberate us, why stay for four years and why keep soldiers here for that period and frightening the inhabitants of the country. That's one big question mark to me.

After the liberation of Brunei, he was among three representatives of Brunei attending of London Victory Celebrations of 1946. Awarded the title of "National Hero" for his perseverance and expertise in radio technology in order to communicate with the British Forces. He later continued his work as a wireless engineer, and appointed as a member of the State Council in 1949. [1] As of 1957, he became the Controller of Telecommunications, [8] and would go on to retire at that post in 1966. [3]

Additionally, he has been a member of the Privy Council throughout the 1960s and 1970s. [9] During this period, he was a member of a delegation to hold exploratory talks in regards to joining Malaysia. [10]

According to the Brunei Annual Report 1971, he succeeded Prince Mohamed Bolkiah in the position of Pengiran Temenggong. [11]

Death

On 25 May 1976, Pengiran Mohammad died at the age of 71, and was given a full honorary state funeral. It was attended by several officials which included the British High Commissioner, Wazirs, Cheterias, Manteri-Manteri, and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah himself. He was buried at Kubah Makam Di Raja. [12] [3]

Personal life

Pengiran Mohammad was married three times, to Raden Mas Dino, Raden Mas Raudzahtun Nadzrah and Pengiran Hajah Mariam binti Pengiran Menuddin. [13] He has a daughter named, Pengiran Siti Hawa, who would go on to marry Pengiran Umar. [14]

He had seven children; seven sons and one daughter. [3] His children included the first ambassador of Brunei Darussalam to the United States, [15] Pengiran Idris (born 1934). [7] [16] His issue are as follows:

  1. Al-Marhum Pengiran Haji Yunus [s/o Raden Mas Dino]
  2. Al-Marhum Pengiran Haji Yunsi [s/o Raden Mas Dino]
  3. Al-Marhum Pengiran Haji Ya’akub [s/o Raden Mas Dino]
  4. Pengiran Dato’ Paduka Haji Idriss [s/o Raden Mas Dino]
  5. Al-Marhum Pengiran Haji Radin Hanafi [s/o Raden Mas Dino]
  6. Al-Marhum Pengiran Chedin [s/o Raden Mas Raudzahtun Nadzrah]
  7. Al-Marhumah Pengiran Hajah Rohana [d/o of Raden Mas Raudzahtun Nadzrah]
  8. Al-Marhumah Dayangku Mas Miri [d/o Pengiran Hajah Mariam, deceased during World War II]
  9. Al-Marhum Pengiran Anak Haji Mohammad Ali [s/o Pengiran Hajah Mariam]

He enjoyed playing all fields of sports, but mostly football. [3]

His house was next to that of the British Resident in Brunei Town, in the 1950s, [17] and later in Kampong Manggis.

A. M. Azahari is his nephew. [18]

Titles and honours

Pengiran Mohammad (front row, second from left) with Japanese soldiers in 1942

Titles and styles

Upon taking up as one of the wazirs of Brunei, he was bestowed the title of Yang Teramat Mulia Seri Paduka Pengiran Temenggong Sahibul Bahar at Lapau, on 20 October 1971. [11] [19] He had previously held the cheteria title of Pengiran Kerma Indera. [20] [3]

  • 1950–1969: Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Kerma Indera [3]
  • 1969 – 20 October 1971: Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Shahbandar Sahibul Bandar [21]
  • 20 October 1971 – 25 May 1976: Yang Teramat Mulia Seri Paduka Duli Pengiran Temenggong Sahibul Bahar [3]

National

Pengiran Mohammad has earned the following honours; [22]

Foreign

References

  1. ^ a b Office, Great Britain Colonial (1949). The Colonial Office List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 102.
  2. ^ A Year Book of the Commonwealth. H.M. Stationery Office. 1971. p. 419.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Kemangakatan YTM Pengiran Temenggong Memeranjatkan Seluroh Negeri" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 2 June 1976. pp. 1–2, 12. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ Awang.), Mohd Jamil Al-Sufri (Pehin Orang Kaya Amar Diraja Dato Seri Utama Haji (2008). Satu pemikiran mengenai pendidikan untuk Brunei Darussalam berasaskan Islam: melalui pengalaman dan sejarah (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah Brunei, Kementerian Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan, Negara Brunei Darussalam. p. 98. ISBN  978-99917-34-67-5.
  5. ^ "Sultan of Brunei's Tour".
  6. ^ Office, Great Britain Colonial (1929). Colonial Reports – Annual. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 16.
  7. ^ a b c Marles, Janet E; Jukim, Maslin Bin Haji; Dhont, Frank (20 December 2016). "Tropical War Stories: Preserving Oral Histories from World War II Borneo". ETropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics. 15 (2). doi: 10.25120/etropic.15.2.2016.3544. ISSN  1448-2940.
  8. ^ Office, Great Britain Colonial (1957). The Colonial Office list. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 78.
  9. ^ Office, Great Britain Colonial (1962). Brunei. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 204.
  10. ^ "NewspaperSG". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  11. ^ a b Vienne, Marie-Sybille de (9 March 2015). Brunei: From the Age of Commerce to the 21st Century. NUS Press. p. 252. ISBN  978-9971-69-818-8.
  12. ^ Brunei (1976). Annual Report – State of Brunei (in Malay). pp. 71, 284.
  13. ^ Puak Tutong: sejarah dan perkembangan awal sosiobudaya : hasil projek 'Perkampungan Sejarah' di Mukim Pekan Tutong (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah Brunei, Kementerian Kebudayaan Belia dan Sukan. 2002. p. 104.
  14. ^ "Berkenan berangkat ziarah jenazah". Media Permata. 13 May 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Brunei Embassy Washington, dc". www.bruneiembassy.org. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  16. ^ Puak Tutong: sejarah dan perkembangan awal sosiobudaya : hasil projek 'Perkampungan Sejarah' di Mukim Pekan Tutong (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah Brunei, Kementerian Kebudayaan Belia dan Sukan. 2002. p. 104.
  17. ^ al-Sufri, Haji Awang Mohd Jamil (1998). Brunei Darussalam, the Road to Independence. Brunei History Centre, Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports. p. 45.
  18. ^ Melayong, Muhammad Hadi bin Muhammad (2010). The Catalyst Towards Victory. Brunei History Centre, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. p. 51. ISBN  978-99917-34-71-2.
  19. ^ "Istiadat2 Menganugerahkan Gelaran Y.T.M. Duli Pg. Digadong Dan Y.T.M. Duli Pg. Temanggong". Pelita Brunei. 27 October 1971. pp. 4–5.
  20. ^ Shimizu, Akitoshi; Bremen, Jan van; Hakubutsukan, Kokuritsu Minzokugaku (2003). Wartime Japanese Anthropology in Asia and the Pacific. National Museum of Ethnology. p. 279. ISBN  978-4-901906-21-0.
  21. ^ "Istiadat-Istiadat Menjelang Perkahwinan Diraja" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 5 November 1969. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  22. ^ Brunei (1976). Annual Report. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 477.
  23. ^ "DYMM Mengurniakan Bintang2 Kehormatan Dan Pingat2 Pada Hari Jadi Baginda" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 2 October 1963. p. 2.
  24. ^ "Raja-Raja Dan Pembesar2 Tanah Melayu Mendapat Pingat Kehormatan" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 1 October 1958. p. 4. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  25. ^ Brunei Government Gazette (PDF). Brunei History Centre. 1 February 1951. p. 14.
Bruneian royalty
Preceded by Pengiran Temenggong Sahibul Bahar
1971–1976 		Succeeded by
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