Abdul Muntaqim ibni Al-Muhtadee Billah (; born 17 March 2007) is the oldest child and first son of Al-Muhtadee Billah, heir to the Sultan of Brunei, and his wife,

Sarah, Crown Princess of Brunei ''Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak'' Sarah (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ڤڠيرن انق استري ڤڠيرن انق ساراه) (born 9 April 1987) is the wife of the Crown Prince of Brunei, Al-Muhtadee Billah and born as the daughter of a distan ...

. He has a younger sister, Princess Muneerah Madhul, who was born in 2011. The Prince is second-in-line to become Sultan of Brunei after his father Al-Muhtadee Billah. His father is heir to Abdul Muntaqim's grandfather Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei.

Biography

Prince Muntaqim is born on 17 March 2007, at the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital in

Bandar Seri Begawan Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB; Jawi: بندر سري بڬاوان; ) is the capital city of Brunei. It is officially a municipal area () with an area of and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007. It is part of Brunei-Muara District, the s ...

. In honour of the birth of the prince, a 19-gun salute was fired from the cannons on the grounds of

Istana Nurul Iman The Istana Nurul Iman ( Jawi: ايستان نور الإيمان; English: The Light of Faith Palace) is the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, and the seat of the Brunei government. The palace is located on a leafy ...

, the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei. He is currently studying in the

International School Brunei International School Brunei (ISB) is an international school split over two sites, one located in the Sungai Akar area of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei and the other located in Seria in the Belait district. It is the first international school ...

(ISB).

Personal interests

During the 5th Brunei Open & Masters Swimming Championship at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex, he made two new records which were 1:33.05 in

100 m freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...

and 51.12s in 50 m

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimm ...

. Abdul Muntaqim participated in several

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

tournaments representing ISB including the U-13 Omni 3×3 Challenge, and the U-13 Brunei Youth Cup. He captained for Brunei national U-17 football team during the 2022 AFF U-16 Championship in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. He and his team

DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club in English, commonly known as DPMM FC) is a professional football club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The club played in the Brunei P ...

played in the U-15 Brunei Youth League in 2021. Consequently losing to Dessen Chung Min Ting in the Brunei Open Badminton Championship 2018, he made as far as into the semi-final. For the 2019 under-13

Federation of British International Schools in Asia The Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) is a regional federation of leading British International schools in Asia. Founded in 1988 as the Federation of British International Schools in South East Asia (FOBISSEA), FOBISIA ...

(FOBISIA) Games, Abdul Muntaqim was part of the

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

team sent to represent ISB in

Phuket Phuket (; th, ภูเก็ต, , ms, Bukit or ''Tongkah''; Hokkien:普吉; ) is one of the southern provinces (''changwat'') of Thailand. It consists of the island of Phuket, the country's largest island, and another 32 smaller islands of ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

Honours

Sultan of Brunei Golden Jubilee Medal – (5 October 2017)

Ancestry

References

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