Brunei Darussalam (Brunei – ‘Abode of Peace’) is a tiny nation on the island of Borneo in South-East Asia, in the Indonesian Archipelago. Its 161 km coastline faces the South China Sea. On the land side, it is enclosed by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, which divides it in two.
The districts of Brunei–Muara, Tutong and Belait make up the larger, western part of the country; Temburong district the east. The capital Bandar Seri Begawan comprising Kampong Ayer, Kuala Belait (28 Seria, Tutong , & Muara and Bangar.
Brunei is an Islamic country, Islam became predominant during the 14th century and the Brunei Sultanate rose to prominence in the 15th and 16th centuries, when it controlled coastal areas of North-West Borneo, parts of Kalimantan and the Philippines. The Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish began arriving after the 16th century. Brunei lost outlying possessions to the Spanish and the Dutch and its power gradually declined as the British and Dutch colonial empires expanded.
In the 19th century the Sultan of Brunei sought British support in defending the coast against Dayak pirates,thus, North Borneo became a British protected state in 1888 and Brunei voluntarily accepted the status of a British protected state under the Sultan, with Britain having charge of its foreign relations.
In 1971, under an agreement with the UK, Brunei ceased to be a British protected state. The constitution was amended to give the Sultan full control over all internal matters, the UK retaining responsibility for defense and foreign affairs. Brunei became a fully independent sovereign state on 1 January 1984.
Here too I was supplying my electrical products for a long period of time, even though they prefer goods from Europe mainly from England. I visited Brunei in September 1999. Those days Digital camera was not in the market, only film camera was with me, so the photos are scanned today.