Sarawak Uprising of 1836

Sarawak Uprising

Upper Sarawak Geological Survey by Hiram Williams in 1846, focused on Siniawan
Date2nd June 1836 – 20th December 1840
(4 years)
Location
modern day Bau District, Sarawak
Result

Bruneian Victory

  • Uprising suppressed
Territorial
changes
Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Datu Patinggi Ali  
Datu Patinggi Abdul Gapur
Datu Tumanggong Mersal
other rebels chiefs
Omar Ali Saifuddien II
Pengiran Indera Mahkota
Pengiran Muda Hashim
Sharif Jafar
Sharif Shabab
Orang Kaya Temenggung Lundu
Orang Kaya Pemanca Bintulu
Chiefs of Miri and Mukkah
James Brooke
Strength
~7,000+ troops
  • around ~10,000 troops
    • 70 troops sent by Sharif Jafar
    • 600 troops under James Brooke
Casualties and losses
Heavy

The Sarawak Uprising of 1836 or sometimes called the Sarawak War of Independence or Sarawakian Revolutionary War, was a armed conflict against Brunei led by a former governor of Sarawak, Datu Patinggi Ali.

This war would lead to the demise of the Bruneian Empire and would open the doors of a new Sarawak after the war's end under the White Rajah, James Brooke who would modernise Sarawak to the European standard.