Datu Merpati Jepang Datuk Merpati Raden Gusti

Setelah kejatuhan kerajaan Srivijaya pada kurun-13, Sarawak dikuasai oleh kerajaan Majapahit. Seorang putera Raja Majapahit iaitu Raden Menteri Dipati Jepang atau Datu Merpati Jepang telah berhijrah ke Sarawak pada kurun ke-15. Baginda telah berkahwin dengan Datu Permaisuri anak perempuan Raja Jarom Jawa di Johor sebelum berhijrah ke Sarawak.

Daripada keturunan Datu Merpati Jepang, muncullah golongan bangsawan Sarawak yang bergelar Abang. Golongan tersebut atau perabangan Sarawak telah memegang jawatan terpenting seperti Datu Patinggi, Datu Temenggong, Datu Bentara pada zaman pemerintahan Brooke di Sarawak.[Wikipedia]

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Son of Raden Merpati and Datu Permaisuri, Jepang, gave his name to the northern tip of Damai peninsula; Kuching's hereditary aristocracy of Abangs trace their descent to this ancestor.The picture becomes more focused as time proceeds. By the 17th century, the present-day area of Sarawak was under the influence of the Brunei sultanate. One cadet member of the dynasty, dubbed Sultan of Sarawak by his ruling brother, was buried at Santubong in 1641; the piety of a royal cousin furnished a handsome mausoleum almost four centuries later.