Ahmad (Brunei)
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Sultan Ahmad ascended the throne
Throne
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 in 1402, before that he was known as Pateh Berbai. He was the first Pengiran Bendahara
Bendahara
Bendahara is an administrative position within classical Malay kingdoms before the intervention of European powers during the 19th century. A bendahara was appointed by a sultan and was a hereditary post. It was the office that is held by bendahara family...

 in Brunei
Brunei
Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...

. Later he was given the title Pengiran Bendahara Seri Maharaja Permaisuara. He married the younger sister of Ong Sum Ping
Huang Senping
Huang Senping , Pengiran Maharaja Lela of Brunei. He is better known by his Hokkien name Ong Sum Ping to Bruneians. The Hokkien name implies that Huang Senping was a native of Fujian, China...

 (also known as Pengiran Maharaja
Maharaja
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 Lela). Sultan Ahmad died in 1425, while his son Nakhoda Angging was Brunei Maharaja in the Sulu
Sulu
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 and thus, was succeeded by his son-in-law, Sultan Seri Ali or Sharif Ali
Sharif Ali
Sultan Sharif Ali was the third sultan of Brunei. He was made Sultan after Sultan Ahmad died without leaving any male descendants, and as such, at the request of the people of Brunei themselves, he became eligible for the throne after marrying Sultan Ahmad's daughter, Puteri Ratna Kesuma.Sharif...

, the great Sufi Berkat.
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