Ahmad Murad
Dato Paduka Haji Malai Ahmad Murad bin Syed Haji Mashhor (1943–2004) was a Brunei diplomat who became the ambassador to the Philippines from 1993 to 1996, Japan from 1997 to 2001, United Arab Emirates from 2001 to 2004, and the high commissioner to Australia from 1996 to 1997. Education Malai Ahmad studied at Al-Azhar University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Law. He then continued his education at Birmingham University, where he earned a Diploma in Education, and he then enrolled in a diplomatic degree at the University of Oxford. Career Malai Ahmad started working for the government in 1971, first as a lecturer for the Hassanal Bolkiah Arab Secondary School. He succeeded Othman Bidin as principal of the Seri Begawan Sultan Teacher Training College in 1975. He moved into the diplomatic sphere in 1981 and served as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Senior Administrative Officer from 1981 to 1984. Before being assigned to positions at the Ministry of F ...
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Dato Paduka
The Malay language has a complex system of styles, titles and honorifics which are used extensively in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the southern Philippines. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and several 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 British colonial government in 1891, has adopted civic titles for its leaders. The Philippines historically used Malay titles during its pre-Hispanic period (especially under Bruneian influence), as evidenced by the titles of historical figur ...
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