Proclamation of Independence of Brunei Darussalam

...Negara Brunei Darussalam adalah dengan izin serta limpah kornia Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala, akan untok sa-lama2-nya kekal menjadi sa-buah Negara Melayu Islam Beraja yang Merdeka, Berdaulat dan Demokratik bersendikan kapada ajaran2 Ugama Islam menurut Ahlis Sunnah Waljamaah....

Titah Pemasyhuran Kemerdekaan Negara Brunei Darussalam oleh Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam pada 1hb Januari 1984:

The english version:

In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

PRAISE be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe and may the benediction and peace of Allah be upon. Our leader Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Relations and Friends.

WHEREAS the time has now arrived when Brunei Darussalam will resume full international responsibility as a sovereign and independent Nation among the international community of nations;

AND WHEREAS Brunei Darussalam has never been a colony but had since 1847 a special treaty relationship with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland whereby in 1888 it was agreed that external relations were the responsibility of the Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

AND WHEREAS a Constitution styled the Constitution of the State of Brunei, 1959, was proclaimed by Our Predecessor Maulana Sultan Sir Muda Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'ddul Khairi Waddien ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam, the twenty-eight Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam in accordance with which the Government of this Nation is regulated and is the supreme law thereof;



AND WHEREAS by the Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation, 1979 made between Us and Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and by the Exchange of Notes between Us and Her Britannic Majesty's Government it was agreed that whatever powers, obligations or responsibility Her Britannic Majesty's Government may have in respect of Brunei Darussalam under all previous treaties, agreements and arrangements between Brunei Darussalam and the United Kingdom which were inconsistent with full international responsibility as a sovereign and independent nation shall terminate on 31 December 1983 and upon such termination all the rights and powers of Our Prerogatives including the responsibility for external relations shall revert to Us as the The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam on the First day of January, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Four;

NOW THEREFORE in the name of Allah the Compassionate, the Merciful, We, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and Her Territory and all Her Dependencies, do HEREBY PROCLAIM AND DECLARE in Our name and on Our behalf and for and on behalf of Our Successors and for and on behalf of the people of Brunei Darussalam that as from the First day of January, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Four of the Christian era, corresponding to the Twenty-Seventh day of Rabiulawal, the Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad (on Whom be the benediction and peace of Allah) Fourteen Hundred and Four being the Seventeenth Year of Our reign, Brunei Darussalam is and with the blessing of Allah (to whom be praise and WHose name be exalted) shall be for ever a sovereign, democratic and independent Malay Muslim Monarchy upon the teachings of Islam according to Ahlis Sunnah Waljamaah and based upon the principle of liberty, trust and justice and ever seeking with the guidance and blessing of Allah (to Whom be praise and Whose name be exalted) the peace and security, welfare and happiness of Our people and the maintenance of friendly relations among nations on the principle of mutual respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality and territorial integrity of all nations free from external interference.

May Allah, to Whom be praise and Whose name be exalted and may the Prophet Muhammad (on Whom be the benediction and peace of Allah) grant his blessing to Brunei Darussalam, for ever and ever. Amen! O Lord of the Universe!

HIS MAJESTY
THE SULTAN AND YANG DI-PERTUAN
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

extracted from www.pmo.gov.bn

images are scanned from National Day in pictorial 2004