Abdul Majid Hassan

See also: Abdul Hassan (disambiguation) and Abdul Majid

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Muhammad Shah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Abdul Majid Hassan. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Abdul Majid Hassan
عبدالمجيد حسن
Sultan of Brunei
Reign1402–1408[1]
PredecessorMuhammad Shah
SuccessorAhmad
Born1379/80
Died19 October 1408 (aged 29–30)[2]
Huitong Pavilion, Nanjing, Ming dynasty
Burial
Tomb of the King of Boni, Nanjing, China
FatherSultan Muhammad Shah
ReligionSunni Islam

Abdul Majid Hassan ibni Muhammad Shah (Jawi: عبدالمجيد حسن ابن محمد شاه‎), also known as Maharaja Karna (Chinese: 麻那惹加那), was the second Sultan of Brunei, albeit allegedly. He became one of the only two foreign rulers to be buried in China. Despite not being mentioned in the Salasilah Raja-Raja Brunei, a discovery on Jalan Residency in Brunei mentioned the name Rokyah binti Sultan Abdul Majid Hassan ibnu Muhammad Shah Al-Sultan, indicating this person was a children of Sultan Abdul Majid Hassan.[3]

  1. ^ Sidhu, Jatswan S. (22 December 2009). Historical Dictionary of Brunei Darussalam. Scarecrow Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-8108-7078-9.
  2. ^ Hiebert, Murray (15 August 2020). Under Beijing's Shadow: Southeast Asia's China Challenge. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 525. ISBN 978-1-4422-8140-0.
  3. ^ Bap Pertama: Latar Belakang Kesultanan Melayu Brunei (PDF). p. 29. Retrieved 9 April 2023.