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He ruled as Raja Awang Alak Betatar until the early 1360s, at which point he converted to Islam to marry the daughter of the King of Temasik (Old Singapore, known as that time in Brunei as Johor).
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Muhammad Muhammad Shah of Brunei
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The genealogy of Muhammad Shah is unclear, and based on several historical sources and legends. He was known as Mohamo Sha by the Chinese of Mainland. The early life of Muhammad Shah is unknown.
He ruled from 1368 to his death in 1402.
Muhammad Shah died in 1402, and was succeeded by Sultan Abdul Majid Hassan. The earliest historical record of the Sultans of Brunei is not clearly known due to the poor early documentation of Brunei history.
In addition there has been an effort to Islamise the history, with the "official history" not matching up with verifiable foreign sources The Batu Tarsilah - the genealogical record of the kings of Brunei - was not started until 1807. Therefore, much of the intepretation on history relied on earlier Chinese sources and legends.
lieutenant seems that the early Sultanate of Brunei was dependent on Chinese support, and perhaps early Sultans were of Chinese origin.
lieutenant is unclear who Muhammad Shah married, but it is reported either as the daughter of Iskandar Shah, or the daughter of Sang Nila Utama, both of the House of Sang Sapurba. lieutenant was noted that Muhammad Shah created the Sultanate. He sent a mission to China in 1371.
The Ming Shih (Book 325), a contemperaneous Chinese reference book, noted that the King of Brunei in 1370 was Ma-ho-mo-sa.
Local Brunei historians take this to refer to "Muhammad Shah" the first Islamic Sultan of Brunei, however others take it to read as "Mahmud Shah". Foreign this he was conferred the nobility title of Pengiran Maharaja Lela and elected Chief of Kinabatangan. although the factual evidence for this is poor.
