The Sultanate began to loosely govern the eastern part of North Borneo as on 1878, the Sultanate sold their land to an Austro-Hungarian consul who later left the territory to a British colonial merchant.
The Sultanate began to loosely govern the eastern part of North Borneo. The Sultanate sold their land to an Austro-Hungarian consul. This was on 1878. This Hungarian consul later left the territory to a British colonial merchant.