The Royal Brunei Mausoleum (Malay: Kubah Makam Diraja Brunei) is a Royal Mausoleum of Brunei located at Jalan Tutong, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The Mausoleum is the main resting place and burial ground for several Sultans of Brunei and members of the Royal Family. The Royal Mausoleum was opened during the reign of Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddin I who later became the first monarch to be buried in the Mausoleum when he died in 1795.[1]
The large domed mausoleum building atop of a hill overlooking Kampong Ayer was built during the reign of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III in 1965. The building's architecture is a combination of Islamic, Modern and local Malay styles.
Beside the main mausoleum, there were also 3 smaller domed mausoleum around the compound.
The mausoleum of Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddin I, Sultan Muhammad Tajuddin, Sultan Muhammad Jamalul 'Alam I and Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddien II.
The mausoleum of Sultan Muhammad Kanzul 'Alam and his descendants, located on a hill on the Royal mausoleum compound.
The mausoleum of Sultan 'Abdul Momin.
As of May 2021, a new expansion has been made for the Royal Mausoleum, which follows the same architecture as the initial one. This expansion has been made to accommodate more graves for the ruling royal family.
List of graves
Outdoor burial ground
Sultan of Brunei's Graves
Four of Brunei’s Sultans were buried inside the main dome while the other six sultans were buried outside of the main dome.
Outside the main dome
Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddin I, 20th Sultan of Brunei (died: 10 July 1795).The Tomb of Sultan 'Omar 'Ali Saifuddin I, Marhum Makam Besar (1795)
Sultan Muhammad Tajuddin, 21st Sultan of Brunei (died: 11 February 1807).
Sultan Muhammad Jamalul 'Alam I, 22nd Sultan of Brunei (1804)
Sultan Muhammad Kanzul 'Alam II, 24th Sultan of Brunei (died: 10 May 1826).
The Tomb of Sultan Muhammad Kanzul 'Alam, Pengiran Digadong Ayah (1822)The Tomb of Sultan 'Abdul Momin, Marhum Keramat (1885)Sultan Hashim Jalilul 'Alam Aqamaddin, 27th Sultan of Brunei (died: 10 May 1906).
The Tomb of Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddin II (1852)Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Siti Fatimah binti Pengiran Tua Omar Ali, consort of Sultan Muhammad Jamalul 'Alam II (died: 7 March 1947)
Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Puteri Noralam binti Sultan Muhammad Kanzul 'Alam, consort of Sultan Muhammad Jamalul 'Alam I (died: unknown)
The Tomb of Pengiran Chendera Kesuma, consort of Sultan Hashim Jalilul 'Alam Aqamaddin (1862)Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Siti Khadijah @ Zubaidah binti Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddin II, consort of Sultan 'Abdul Momin (died: 31 December 1875)
Pengiran Chendera Kesuma binti Pengiran Negara Indera, consort of Pengiran Temenggong Pengiran Anak Hashim (later Sultan Hashim Jalilul 'Alam Aqamaddin) (died: 1862)
The Tomb of Pengiran Shaharbanun ibni Sultan 'Omar 'Ali Saifuddin IThe Tomb of Pengiran Anak Siti Mariam binti Sultan Muhammad Kanzul 'Alam
Royal graves (members of the Royal family)
Pengiran Shaharbanun ibni Sultan 'Omar 'Ali Saifuddin I (died: unknown)
Pengiran Anak Siti Mariam binti Sultan Muhammad Kanzul 'Alam (died: unknown)
The Tomb of Pengiran Pemancha Pengiran Anak Muhammad Salleh II (1912)Pengiran Anak Siti Noralam binti Pengiran Pemancha Pengiran Anak Muhammad Salleh I, wife of Pengiran Pemancha Pengiran Anak Muhammad Salleh II (died: 27 August 1874)
Pengiran Muda Besar Pengiran Omar Ali Saifuddin ibni Sultan Hashim Jalilul 'Alam Aqamaddin (died: 25 June 1905)
The Tomb of Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Zubaidah @ Khadijah, consort of Sultan 'Abdul Momin (1875)Pengiran Pemancha Pengiran Anak Muhammad Salleh II ibni Pengiran Maharaja Lela Sahibul Kahar Pengiran Anak Abdul Kahar (died: 24 December 1912)
Pengiran Anak Siti Rauyah binti Sultan Hashim Jalilul 'Alam Aqamaddin (died: unknown)
Pengiran Anak Mohammad Salleh ibni Sultan Hashim Jalilul 'Alam Aqamaddin (died: unknown)
Pengiran Anak Sabtu ibni Sultan Hashim Jalilul 'Alam Aqamaddin (died: unknown)
Pengiran Anak Tinggal binti Sultan Muhammad Jamalul 'Alam II (died: unknown date)
Pengiran Bendahara Pengiran Anak Besar Muhammad ibni Pengiran Anak Muhammad Tajuddin (died: 1 July 1917)
Pengiran Bendahara Pengiran Anak Abdul Rahman ibni Pengiran Muda Besar Omar Ali Saifuddin (died: 27 September 1943)
Pengiran Anak Besar Bagol ibni Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II (died: June 1945)
Pengiran Bendahara Pengiran Anak Hj Muhammad Yassin bin Pengiran Tua Omar Ali (died: 3 November 1951)
Pengiran Anak Safar ibni Sultan Hashim Jalilul 'Alam Aqamaddin (died: 24 June 1964)[2]
Pengiran Anak Jaga binti Sultan Hashim Jalilul 'Alam Aqamaddin (died: 2 April 1967)[3]
Pengiran Anak Puteri Tengah binti Sultan Muhammad Jamalul 'Alam II (died: 24 August 1969)[4]
Pengiran Muda Abana Bolkiah ibni Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien (died: unknown)
The Tomb of Pengiran Lela Negara Pengiran Haji Muhammad (2009)Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Besar binti Sultan Muhammad Jamalul 'Alam II (died: 16 September 1993)
Pengiran Jaya Negara Pengiran Haji Abdul Rahman ibni Pengiran Haji Abdul Rahim, Father of Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Norhayati (died: 25 November 2002)
The Tomb of Pengiran Anak Besar Bagol (1945)Pengiran Muda Muhammad Shafi Bolkiah ibni Pengiran Bendahara Seri Maharaja Permaisuara Pengiran Muda Haji Sufri Bolkiah
The Tomb of Pengiran Anak Datin Seri Setia Hajah Siti Halimah, daughter of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Akhazul Khairi Waddien (2009)Pengiran Anak Datin Hajah Siti Halimah binti Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin (died: 4 January 2009)[6][7]
Pengiran Lela Negara Pengiran Haji Muhammad ibni Pengiran Bendahara Pengiran Anak Abdul Rahman (died: September 2009)[7]
Tengku Pengiran Al-Haj Ibni Tengku Orang Kaya Menteri Haji Abdul Aziz Shah, husband of Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Nor Ehsani (died: 13 August 2022)[13]
Pengiran Anak Haji Tahiruddin bin Pengiran Anak Haji Safiuddin (died: 7 December 2023)
Pengiran Anak Haji Arifin bin Pengiran Anak Haji Umarali (died: 18 December 2023)
The Tomb of Saiyed Ibrahim bin Saiyed Hasan Aal-Taaher (2000)
Non-royal graves
Ismail Omar Abdul Aziz – Brunei's First State Mufti (died 1994), the first and only non-royal dignitary to be buried inside the main dome.
Saiyed Ibrahim bin Saiyed Hassan Aal Taaher – Founder of Al Falaah School (died: 16 August 2000)