Brunai

Brunai, or BRUNEI, a British protectorate in the NW. of Borneo, till 1888 nominally an independent Mohammedan territory, whose sultan was formerly overlord of the whole island. Area, about 18,000 sq. m.; pop. estimated at 125,000, divided into trade castes. The capital, Brunai, on a river of the same name, is a miserable, dirty town, built on piles, with some 30,000 inhabitants, who trade with Singapore. See BORNEO.