Territorial change of Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888) (Sultanate of Brunei)

“Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)”(Sultanate of Brunei) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1363 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1512 – 1581, at ≈ 231 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1363 – 1491≈ 4,799 km²
AD 1492 – 1496≈ 49 thousand km²
AD 1497 – 1501≈ 50 thousand km²
AD 1502 – 1506≈ 104 thousand km²
AD 1507 – 1511≈ 124 thousand km²
AD 1512 – 1581≈ 231 thousand km²
AD 1582 – 1587≈ 117 thousand km²
AD 1588 – 1618≈ 120 thousand km²
AD 1619 – 1628≈ 119 thousand km²
AD 1629 – 1672≈ 112 thousand km²
AD 1673 – 1841≈ 69 thousand km²
AD 1842 – 1858≈ 55 thousand km²
AD 1859 – 1867≈ 52 thousand km²
AD 1868 – 1869≈ 52 thousand km²
AD 1870 – 1884≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1889≈ 12 thousand km²
AD 1987 – 2023≈ 7,272 km²
AD 2024 – 2024≈ 7,272 km²
AD 1363AD 2024

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1512 – 1581 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame (first 150 frames shown, 151 in total).

FrameAreaRank
AD 1363≈ 4,799 km²128 of 147
AD 1375≈ 4,799 km²137 of 154
AD 1385≈ 4,799 km²135 of 154
AD 1392≈ 4,799 km²135 of 154
AD 1395≈ 4,799 km²130 of 149
AD 1402≈ 4,799 km²125 of 141
AD 1407≈ 4,799 km²126 of 141
AD 1415≈ 4,799 km²123 of 136
AD 1422≈ 4,799 km²119 of 132
AD 1429≈ 4,799 km²119 of 130
AD 1431≈ 4,799 km²118 of 130
AD 1440≈ 4,799 km²117 of 129
AD 1450≈ 4,799 km²116 of 127
AD 1453≈ 4,799 km²118 of 130
AD 1459≈ 4,799 km²119 of 132
AD 1463≈ 4,799 km²119 of 132
AD 1468≈ 4,799 km²124 of 140
AD 1475≈ 4,799 km²123 of 137
AD 1482≈ 4,799 km²117 of 131
AD 1487≈ 4,799 km²116 of 129
AD 1492≈ 49 thousand km²79 of 129
AD 1497≈ 50 thousand km²80 of 130
AD 1502≈ 104 thousand km²61 of 129
AD 1507≈ 124 thousand km²55 of 125
AD 1512≈ 231 thousand km²37 of 124
AD 1516≈ 231 thousand km²37 of 123
AD 1519≈ 231 thousand km²35 of 123
AD 1521≈ 231 thousand km²34 of 119
AD 1526≈ 231 thousand km²35 of 121
AD 1529≈ 231 thousand km²35 of 124
AD 1534≈ 231 thousand km²36 of 125
AD 1540≈ 231 thousand km²34 of 122
AD 1547≈ 231 thousand km²37 of 121
AD 1552≈ 231 thousand km²37 of 119
AD 1556≈ 231 thousand km²38 of 117
AD 1564≈ 231 thousand km²36 of 116
AD 1572≈ 231 thousand km²35 of 110
AD 1579≈ 231 thousand km²35 of 101
AD 1582≈ 117 thousand km²42 of 99
AD 1588≈ 120 thousand km²42 of 100
AD 1595≈ 120 thousand km²43 of 99
AD 1600≈ 120 thousand km²43 of 97
AD 1602≈ 120 thousand km²41 of 98
AD 1609≈ 120 thousand km²43 of 100
AD 1612≈ 120 thousand km²43 of 105
AD 1619≈ 119 thousand km²44 of 107
AD 1622≈ 119 thousand km²44 of 107
AD 1626≈ 119 thousand km²45 of 109
AD 1629≈ 112 thousand km²45 of 109
AD 1632≈ 112 thousand km²45 of 109
AD 1636≈ 112 thousand km²48 of 110
AD 1640≈ 112 thousand km²48 of 114
AD 1642≈ 112 thousand km²49 of 115
AD 1645≈ 112 thousand km²47 of 115
AD 1648≈ 112 thousand km²48 of 117
AD 1653≈ 112 thousand km²49 of 115
AD 1659≈ 112 thousand km²48 of 114
AD 1662≈ 112 thousand km²49 of 116
AD 1670≈ 112 thousand km²48 of 117
AD 1673≈ 69 thousand km²63 of 117
AD 1677≈ 69 thousand km²63 of 116
AD 1683≈ 69 thousand km²61 of 117
AD 1687≈ 69 thousand km²59 of 113
AD 1691≈ 69 thousand km²59 of 111
AD 1696≈ 69 thousand km²56 of 108
AD 1700≈ 69 thousand km²56 of 107
AD 1702≈ 69 thousand km²58 of 109
AD 1706≈ 69 thousand km²62 of 114
AD 1709≈ 69 thousand km²64 of 120
AD 1713≈ 69 thousand km²66 of 123
AD 1718≈ 69 thousand km²64 of 124
AD 1721≈ 69 thousand km²66 of 125
AD 1727≈ 69 thousand km²68 of 128
AD 1734≈ 69 thousand km²69 of 132
AD 1738≈ 69 thousand km²68 of 125
AD 1741≈ 69 thousand km²69 of 125
AD 1744≈ 69 thousand km²70 of 129
AD 1748≈ 69 thousand km²72 of 132
AD 1752≈ 69 thousand km²74 of 132
AD 1757≈ 69 thousand km²70 of 132
AD 1762≈ 69 thousand km²71 of 131
AD 1763≈ 69 thousand km²71 of 132
AD 1769≈ 69 thousand km²68 of 128
AD 1772≈ 69 thousand km²66 of 127
AD 1775≈ 69 thousand km²67 of 132
AD 1776≈ 69 thousand km²68 of 132
AD 1778≈ 69 thousand km²70 of 131
AD 1780≈ 69 thousand km²69 of 131
AD 1781≈ 69 thousand km²69 of 131
AD 1783≈ 69 thousand km²69 of 130
AD 1788≈ 69 thousand km²69 of 129
AD 1791≈ 69 thousand km²66 of 128
AD 1792≈ 69 thousand km²68 of 130
AD 1794≈ 69 thousand km²64 of 125
AD 1796≈ 69 thousand km²64 of 124
AD 1797≈ 69 thousand km²64 of 125
AD 1799≈ 69 thousand km²63 of 124
AD 1800≈ 69 thousand km²63 of 123
AD 1803≈ 69 thousand km²61 of 123
AD 1805≈ 69 thousand km²61 of 125
AD 1806≈ 69 thousand km²60 of 138
AD 1807≈ 69 thousand km²57 of 132
AD 1809≈ 69 thousand km²59 of 131
AD 1811≈ 69 thousand km²65 of 131
AD 1812≈ 69 thousand km²67 of 133
AD 1814≈ 69 thousand km²72 of 142
AD 1815≈ 69 thousand km²68 of 139
AD 1820≈ 69 thousand km²68 of 148
AD 1822≈ 69 thousand km²72 of 147
AD 1824≈ 69 thousand km²72 of 148
AD 1825≈ 69 thousand km²75 of 150
AD 1828≈ 69 thousand km²73 of 144
AD 1830≈ 69 thousand km²72 of 143
AD 1834≈ 69 thousand km²74 of 143
AD 1836≈ 69 thousand km²75 of 145
AD 1840≈ 69 thousand km²83 of 155
AD 1842≈ 55 thousand km²86 of 156
AD 1846≈ 55 thousand km²80 of 152
AD 1848≈ 55 thousand km²80 of 147
AD 1849≈ 55 thousand km²78 of 144
AD 1853≈ 55 thousand km²78 of 144
AD 1856≈ 55 thousand km²81 of 149
AD 1857≈ 55 thousand km²80 of 150
AD 1859≈ 52 thousand km²83 of 146
AD 1860≈ 52 thousand km²82 of 142
AD 1861≈ 52 thousand km²80 of 140
AD 1862≈ 52 thousand km²79 of 138
AD 1863≈ 52 thousand km²79 of 139
AD 1864≈ 52 thousand km²80 of 139
AD 1865≈ 52 thousand km²79 of 139
AD 1866≈ 52 thousand km²79 of 133
AD 1868≈ 52 thousand km²77 of 134
AD 1870≈ 22 thousand km²96 of 132
AD 1871≈ 22 thousand km²96 of 113
AD 1873≈ 22 thousand km²92 of 108
AD 1877≈ 22 thousand km²88 of 104
AD 1880≈ 22 thousand km²89 of 104
AD 1884≈ 22 thousand km²90 of 105
AD 1885≈ 12 thousand km²90 of 101
AD 1987≈ 7,272 km²143 of 164
AD 1990≈ 7,272 km²143 of 164
AD 1991≈ 7,272 km²143 of 164
AD 1992≈ 7,272 km²164 of 185
AD 1996≈ 7,272 km²164 of 186
AD 2000≈ 7,272 km²166 of 188
AD 2006≈ 7,272 km²165 of 187
AD 2008≈ 7,272 km²165 of 187
AD 2011≈ 7,272 km²165 of 187
AD 2014≈ 7,272 km²168 of 191
AD 2022≈ 7,272 km²168 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1521: number 119 of 34.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 2 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1673lostSultanate of Sulu≈ 43 thousand km²
AD 1870lostRaj of Sarawak≈ 30 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

The Sultanate of Brunei (Malay: Kesultanan Brunei, Jawi: كسلطانن بروني) or simply Brunei ( broo-NY), also known as the Bruneian Empire, was a Malay sultanate centred around Brunei on the northern coast of Borneo in Southeast Asia.

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