Draft:Pehin Khatib Awang Abdul Latif

Pehin Khatib Awang Abdul Latif bin Muhammad Taha (1771 – 1 June 1873), also known as Khatib Abdul Latif was an ulama, public servant, and writer. He is known for wrote the Genealogy of Sultan of Brunei and nicknamed as Father of Brunei due to his descendants who became a statesman of the country, including 30th Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah.

Life
Pehin Khatib Awang Abdul Latif bin Muhammad Taha was born in 1771 in Dutch East Indies, as the only child of Betawi descent of Awang Muhammad Taha and Dayang Siti Aishah. His mother was a descendant of Abdul Jalilul Jabbar, the 12th Sultan of Brunei and named him after his uncle. Latif maternal grandfather, Pehin Jawatan Dalam Awang Ahad, was married to Pengiran Salamah and has had seven children, with whom Aishah are the youngest.

Latif was married to his maternal cousin, Dayang Buntar, in Brunei, and has had five son, Awang Shahbuddin, Awang Abdullah, Awang Abdul Rahman, Awang Hashim, and Pehin Khatib Awang Husain, and a daughter, Dayang Jijah. In 1804, Latif was ordered by the Sultan of Brunei to travel to Mecca in order to find a house for Bruneian people who was performing Hajj there. The purchase of the houses was then inaugurated by Sultan Muhammad Tajuddin which was decided by the Mecca kadi and registered in the Mecca court on 28 June 1809. He then started a career as a traditional ulama and often serves as an advisor to Sultan Tajuddin. During his time in Mecca, Latif was married to Sharifah Azizah, a descendant of Muhammad, and has had a daughter, Tuan Aishah. His daughter later was married to Radin Othman, the son of Radin Abdul Momin Betawi who was reside in Mecca and also a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima marriage to Ali. Latif's grandchild and great-grandchildren later became the statesman of Brunei. He then served as Waqf Minister of Sultan Tajuddin in Mecca and was replaced by his grandson, Pehin Datu Perdana Menteri Radin Abdul Rahman, and great-grandson, Pehin Datu Perdana Menteri Abdul Halim which was appointed by Mecca court.

Latif then returned to Brunei and started to wrote classic Malay literature, including Geneology of Sultan of Brunei. He perfected the writings of Dato Imam Yaakub and made new writings by referring to Sultan Muhyiddin and Paduka Maulana Sultan Kamaluddin regarding the genealogy. Latif then began to preaching in several mosques there and was honoured the title Pehin Khatib Kudrat. He died on 1 June 1873 at the age of 102 and was buried in Bukit Panggal Islamic Cemetery, near the dome of the royal tomb in Bandar Seri Begawan.