A powerful Bornean sultanate whose 16th-century control over the northern Philippines and trade routes made it the dominant Islamic power of the northern archipelago before colonial contraction.
A current scholarly account of Brunei's origins, history, and social structure, updating the classic study of the Bornean Malay sultanate.
Situates the Bornean sultanate of Brunei within the wider Malay-archipelago world of trade, Islam, and colonial contraction the Andayas survey.