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{{Infobox monarch
|name        = Muhammad Alauddin  <br> محمد الدين 
|succession  = [[List of Sultans of Brunei|17th Sultan of Brunei]]
|reign       = 1730-1737
|predecessor = [[Hussin Kamaluddin]]
|suc-type    = {{nowrap|Heir apparent}}
|successor   = [[Omar Ali Saifuddin I]]
|spouse      = Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Bulan<br>Pengiran Anak Sharbanun
|issue-link  = #Marriage and children
|issue       = Pengiran Temenggong Pengiran Amirul Bahar<br>[[Omar Ali Saifuddin I]]<br>Pengiran Anak Muta Alam<br>Pengiran Pemancha Pengiran Anak Kassim<br>Pengiran Anak Saleha
|house       = [[Bolkiah]]
| father     = [[Pengiran Di-Gadong Shahmubin]]
| mother     = Pengiran Anak Besar
|religion    = [[Sunni Islam]]
}}

'''Muhammad Alauddin''' was the 17th [[Sultan of Brunei]] who ruled from 1730 until his death in 1737.<ref name="Sejarah Sultan-Sultan Brunei">{{cite web|url=http://www.hmjubliemas.gov.bn/Documents/pdf/Buku%20Sejarah%20Sultan-Sultan%20Brunei.pdf|format=PDF|title=Sejarah Sultan-Sultan Brunei|website=Hmjubliemas.gov.bn|accessdate=3 February 2018}}</ref>

==Background==
'''Muhammad Alauddin''' was the son of [[Pengiran Di-Gadong Shahmubin]], the son of Sultan [[Muhyiddin]] and [[Pengiran Anak Besar]], the daughter of [[Pengiran Muda Besar Abdullah]] (eldest son of [[Abdul Jalilul Akbar]]).<ref name="royalark.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalark.net/Brunei/brunei6.htm|title=brunei6|website=www.royalark.net}}</ref> 

==Reign==
The Sultan is known in Brunei history for ordering [[Datu Imam Yaakub]] to write the 'Salasilah Sultan-Sultan Brunei' or Genealogy of the Sultans of Brunei.<ref name="Sejarah Sultan-Sultan Brunei">{{cite web|url=http://www.hmjubliemas.gov.bn/Documents/pdf/Buku%20Sejarah%20Sultan-Sultan%20Brunei.pdf|format=PDF|title=Sejarah Sultan-Sultan Brunei|website=Hmjubliemas.gov.bn|accessdate=3 February 2018}}</ref>The genealogical framework would serve as a guide for [[Haji Abdul Latif]] to craft and complete the [[Batu Tarsilah]] during the reign of Sultan [[Muhammad Tajuddin]]. Until today, the [[Batu Tarsilah]] serves as a historical source for local and foreign academics to study the history of Brunei.

Under his rule, he introduced [[Brunei pitis]] currency.<ref name="royalark.net"/>

==Spanish account==
According to the Spanish records, the Spanish made a contact with the Sultan of Brunei, Muhammad Alauddin, in 1682 who were attempting to conclude a treaty. The Spanish-Brunei treaty was finally signed in 1685 which bears the name of the Sultan 'Sultan Mahamat Alaodin Rey de la isla de Borney'.<ref name="Saunders">{{Cite encyclopedia|author=Saunders, Graham |year=1994 |title=A History of Brunei |edition=first |location=Kuala Lumpur |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=64 |isbn=967-65-3049-2}}</ref> The treaty permitted the Spanish to send Chinese merchants to Brunei.<ref name="Saunders"/> In return, Brunei vowed to lend assistance to the Spanish in quelling the [[Sama-Bajau]] who were harassing the Spanish controlled parts of the [[Philippines]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite encyclopedia|author=Saunders, Graham |year=1994 |title=A History of Brunei |edition=first |location=Kuala Lumpur |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=65 |isbn=967-65-3049-2}}</ref> 

Interestingly, the Spanish sources mention that Sultan Muhammad Alauddin had no legitimate heir to succeed him. The sources clarify that the Spaniards were amazed at Pengiran Bendahara whom the Spanish viewed as an able and energetic man.<ref name="auto"/> Pengiran Bendahara was the first in line to the throne. This seems to suggest that Pengiran Bendahara eventually succeeded Muhammad Alauddin. 

==Uncertainties==
Sultan Muhammad Alauddin was mentioned in the Spanish records which described that he ruled Brunei around the mid 17th century. However, the Spanish sources are not idential to those of Brunei's sources which are the 'Silsilah' and [[Batu Tarsilah]]. The Spanish sources describe the monarch had no legitimate heir. The Spanish assumed that the Pengiran Bendahara might be the one who eventually succeeds him. 

In contrast, according to Brunei's tradition, Sultan Muhammad Alauddin was succeeded by his cousin, [[Hussin Kamaluddin]], who ascended to the throne for the second time in 1737, and later his eldest son, [[Omar Ali Saifuddin I]] in 1740 after [[Hussin Kamaluddin]] abdicated.

==Death==
Muhammad Alauddin died in 1737. He was succeeded by [[Hussin Kamaluddin]] who ascended to the throne for the second time. His son, [[Omar Ali Saifuddin I]] finally succeeded him after [[Hussin Kamaluddin]] abdicated in 1740.

==References==
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