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Syair Awang Semaun
The Syair Awang Semaun is a traditional epic poem of Brunei recounting the deeds of the legendary hero Awang Semaun and his brothers, among them Awang Alak Betatar, remembered as the first sultan, Muhammad Shah. Preserved in oral tradition and later manuscripts, it tells of the founding of Brunei and its early conquests and is regarded as the national epic of the Bruneian Malays.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Syair Awang Semaun. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/syair-awang-semaun
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