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Abidin Ahmad
Pengiran Abidin bin Pengiran Ahmad is a Bruneian Malays, Bruneian airman and military officer who served as the fourth Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) from 1997 until 1999. As one of the first pilots in the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF), him and Jocklin Kongpaw have indirectly contributed to the growth and advancement of RBAirF, where their dedication and open sacrifice have become one of the sources of motivation and inspiration for all RBMR members, especially RBAirF, to carry out the tasks and missions required by RBMR and the nation. Military career On 11 September 1966, Junior lieutenant, Junior Lieutenants Abidin and Jocklin returned to Brunei Darussalam, after undergoing a two month Royal Air Force (RAF) Air Crew Selection course at RAF Biggin Hill, Westerham. Later on 6 August 1968, the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (RBMR) experienced a very significant moment when List of sultans of Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah was pleas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malay Styles And Titles
The Malay language has a complex system of Style (manner of address), styles, titles and honorifics which are used extensively in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the southern Philippines. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and several Provinces of Indonesia, provinces in Indonesia regularly award honorary and life titles. What follows in this article is specific to the Malaysian system. References to Brunei and Indonesia are given when pertinent. In Malaysia, all non-hereditary titles can be granted to both men and women. Every title has a form which can be used by the wife of the title holder. This form is not used by the husband of a titled woman; such a woman will bear a title which is the same as a titled man. Former use Singapore, whose Malay royalty was abolished by the Singapore in the Straits Settlements, British colonial government in 1891, has adopted civic titles for its leaders. The Philippines historically used Malay titles during its History of the Philip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
