Talk:White Rajahs

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[edit] Improvement drive

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[edit] Sandokan

Aren't the White Rajahs enemies of the fictional Sandokan?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.20.17.84 (talk • contribs) 18:15, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rename?

I have a feeling that this article should be renamed to Kingdom of Sarawak. __earth (Talk) 13:58, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree with this, if somebody can help move or redirect again to Kingdom of Sarawak (which is now redirected to Sarawak), I'll be happy to do the infobox and add a better version of the flag and the beaver crest of the Brooke dynasty --Bukhrin 14:16, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Disagree - Kingdom of Sarawak should be about a political entity (country) ie the Kingdom of Sarawak. White Rajahs should be about the rulers of said entity ie the White Rajahs. Cjrother 01:05, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
  • True but the article is mostly about Sarawak rather than about the dynasty. __earth (Talk) 03:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Surely the article on Sarawak, this article should be about the Royal house of the Brookes'/the White Rajahs. --Counter-revolutionary (talk) 13:48, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
The actual title here is 'Rajah of Sarawak'. 'White Rajah' was just a nickname. I'm suggesting, therefore, we move to 'Rajah of Sarawak' to bring it in line with how Wikipedia deals with other Royal and noble titles. 'White Rajah' could still re-direct here. Indisciplined (talk) 22:53, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Religion and Nationality

  • I'm beginning to suspect the Rajah's may have converted to Islam, and am wondering if they were British subjects, if not they couldn't use the prefix "sir", and would only be entitled to postnominal letters. Anyone have any ideas? --Counter-revolutionary (talk) 13:48, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] buried in England

Is it not curious that all three chose to be buried in England? It is no mean feat to transport a body around the globe. And aside from that, there is the symbolic value of planting one's bones in the soil, and of pointing to one's ancestors' graves to claim belongingness. Can we reasonably suppose that the White Rajahs are the only royal family where all reigning monarchs were buried outside the country they ruled? BrainyBabe (talk) 17:25, 4 March 2008 (UTC)