White Rajahs
（重定向自Brooke Raj）
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![Graves of the White Rajahs at St Leonard's Church, Sheepstor, Devon, England.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Brooke_rajahs_graves_at_Sheepstor4718.JPG")
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- Other men sometimes referred to as White Rajahs include Englishman Alexander Hare in Borneo, Scot John Clunies Ross in the Cocos Islands, and Dane Mads Lange in Bali.
The White Rajahs were a dynastic monarchy of the English Brooke family, who founded and ruled the Kingdom of Sarawak, located on the island of Borneo, from 1841 to 1946. The first ruler was Englishman James Brooke. As a reward for helping the Sultanate of Brunei fight piracy and insurgency among the indigenous peoples, he was granted the landmass of Sarawak in 1841 and received independent kingdom status.