Abdul Kahar

Abdul Kahar عبد القهار
7th Sultan of Brunei
Reign	1524 CE - 1530 CE (abdicated)
Predecessor	Bolkiah
Successor	Saiful Rijal
Died	1578 Brunei
Burial	Brunei
Father	Bolkiah
Religion	Sunni Islam

Sultan Abdul Kahar was the seventh sultan of Brunei. He ruled from 1524 until stepping down from the throne on 1530 to allow his nephew Saiful Rijal to become sultan . He died in 1578.

The earliest historical record of the Sultans of Brunei is not clearly known due to the poor early documentation of Brunei history. Many elder members of the House of Bolkiah claim that their ancestors were the BaHassan and BaAlawi Saadah from Tarim and Hadhramawt in Yemen. In addition there has been an effort to Islamise the history, with the "official history" not matching up with verifiable foreign sources. The Batu Tarsilah, the genealogical record of the kings of Brunei, was not started until 1807. Therefore, much of the intepretation on history relied on earlier Chinese sources and legends. It seems that the early Sultanate of Brunei was dependent on Chinese support, and perhaps early Sultans were of Chinese origin. Furthermore the earliest Sultans may have been practising the Hindu or Buddhist religions, with early names indicating this origin.

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