Growth of Brunei's economy were depended on domestic trade between Malay and the Natives, the export of forest product to foreign traders and the source of income of the Sultan and The Royal family
2. Objectives
• Describe the factors that contributed to the
growth of Brunei’s trade in 15th century-19th
century
• Describe Brunei’s trading activities with
other countries such as China
• Describe the Sultan and the royal family’s
source of income
4. Brunei’s trade
• Brunei’s economy
was supported by
its conquered
Negeris in Borneo
and the Philippines
which were rich in
natural resources.
5. There were 2 types of Negeris:
•Protectorate
•Feudal States
6. Protectorate
• Protectorate is a land or area under the
protection of Brunei.
• Areas include negeris in the western and
southern parts of Borneo and the island of
Luzon, Mindanao and Sulu
• The people in this area paid taxes and they
were allowed to use Brunei’s ports for
trading purpose
7. Feudal States
• Feudal states is a land or area belong to the
Sultan
• The negeris in the northern and
southwestern part of Borneo, and the
islands of Palawan, Banggi and Balak
• They paid taxes and provided forest product
to Brunei’s market
8. Trading with foreign traders
• Natives collected forest product and sold
them to the Malays at the river mouth
9. • The Malays then sent these products to the
Chinese and European traders
10. • Each rivers mouth acted as trading centres.
They functioned as feeders to Brunei’s
trade as they fed money to Brunei’s
economy
11. • Brunei’s trade continued to grow as the
natives, the Malays and foreign traders
continued to use Brunei’s ports to trade