When James Brooke first arrived in Sarawak it was governed as a vassal state of the Sultanate of Brunei, with much of the system of government based on the Bruneian model.
It was governed as a vassal state of the Sultanate of Brunei. This was with much of the system of government. This government was based on the Bruneian model. James Brooke first arrived in Sarawak.