Ali Iskandar of Johor
Ali Iskandar Shah | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spouse | 1. Tengku Ngah 2. Daeng Siti 3. Cik Serimbuk | ||||
Issue | 1. Sultan Allauddin Alam Shah 2. Tengku Mahmud Putra 3. Tengku Mansur Putra 4. Tengku Abdullah 5. Tengku Puteh 6. Tengku Sulong 7. Tengku Sambak 8. Tengku Cik Fatima 9. Tengku Mariam 10. Tengku Sharifah [2] | ||||
| |||||
House | House of Bendahara | ||||
Father | Sultan Hussein Shah | ||||
Mother | Tengku Perbu[4] | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Sultan Ali Iskandar Shah I ibni almarhum Sultan Ahmad Hussein Muazzam Shah I
Sultan of Johor
Early years
In the 1840s, Johor began to receive the first Chinese settlers (mainly immigrants from
Meanwhile, loyalty among the local Malays in Johor to the ruling classes became increasingly divided between the royalty and the nobility. In 1852, Thomas Church, the Resident Councillor of Singapore, sums up the situation of the Malays along the East Coast of the Malay Peninsula:
In this neighbourhood, there are two parties, on one side, the Sultan of Lingga, the Sultan of Trengganu, and the young princes of Johore; on the other, the Raja Bendahara of Pahang, and the Temenggong Sri Maharaja.[12]
Nevertheless, there was no major hostility as a result of the division of loyalty between the royalty and the nobility.
By the early 1850s, Johor was effectively under the control of the Temenggong; followers who attempted to act in Sultan Ali's interests were quickly expelled by force by the Temenggong's followers.[15]
Secession of Johor
A series of negotiations between Sultan Ali and the Temenggong ensued with the British colonial government acting as the intermediary, after Sultan Ali had questioned the Temenggong's rights of keeping the state revenue to himself.
The British favoured the prospect of the Temenggong in taking over the administration of Johor from the Sultan. Sultan Ali's claims to sovereignty were quickly refuted by the British and the Temenggong, who was quick to point out that the Sultan's late father, Sultan Hussein had never pursued active claims to his sovereignty rights over Johor in spite of his recognition by the British in the
The Temenggong and Sultan Ali submitted their proposals to the British Governor in April 1854. The Temenggong agreed to the Sultan's request of his titular recognition as the Sultan of Johor, but was adamant of maintaining absolute charge over the whole of Johor. On the other hand, Sultan Ali had expressed his wish to the governor that the Kesang territory (around
A treaty was concluded on 10 March 1855, in which Sultan Ali formally ceded his sovereignty rights of
Sultan of Muar
Administration in Muar
Sultan Ali delegated the administrative affairs of Muar to the
His relations with Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim remained strained; in 1860, Sultan Ali allowed a Bugis adventurer, Suliwatang, the chiefs of
During the remaining years of Sultan Ali's reign, there was no visible economic activity in Muar. Nevertheless, he delegated the duty of collecting Muar's revenues to Suliwatang and his agents, all of whom were later poisoned and killed by the Temenggong Paduka Tuan of Muar. In 1868, Sultan Ali appointed Babu Ramasamy, a Tamil schoolmaster the duty collect the Muar revenues. A European miner approached Sultan Ali in 1872, in which he was granted exclusive mining rights over the entire Kesang territory for five years. Three years later, an American trader approached the Sultan, in which he gave the American the concessionary grant of purchasing 45 square miles (120 km2) of land within the Kesang territory.[1]
Death and succession dispute
Sultan Ali spent his last years in
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Winstedt, A History of Johore (1365–1941), p. 128
- ^ Ghazali, Istana dan politik Johor, 1835-1885, p.70
- ^ In Islamic cultures, the title Al-Marhum means "to one whom mercy has been shown. This is used for Muslim rulers who are deceased. Islamic Names: An Introduction, Schimmel, p. 59
- ^ Ali, Hooker, Andaya, The Precious Gift: Tuhfat Al-nafis, pp. 394, 411
- ^ Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (1937), p. 93
- ^ Sejarah Kesultanan Negeri Johor[permanent dead link], Laman Web Rasmi Pejabat Daerah Kota Tinggi (Official Web Portal of Kota tinggi district), retrieved 12 March 2009
- ^ The Numismatic Circular (1970), pp. 47, 87
- ^ a b Burns, Wilkinson, Papers on Malay Subjects, p.72 In the end they signed the treaty of AD 1855. They gave Tengku Ali the district of Muar to govern as Sultan of Muar; and they agreed to pay him and his...
- ^ Jayakumar, Public international law cases from Malaysia and Singapore, p. 270
- ^ Turnbull, A Short History of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, p. 124
- ^ Turnbull, A History of Singapore, 1819-1975, p. 51
- ^ a b Trocki, 'Prince of Pirates: The Temenggongs and the Development of Johor and Singapore, 1784-1885, p. 84
- ^ Turnbull, The Straits Settlements, 1826-67: Indian presidency to Crown Colony, pp. 279, 282
- ^ a b Winstedt, A History of Johore (1365–1941), p. 107
- ^ Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (1960), p. 213
- ^ Jessy, History of Malaya (1400–1959), p. 224
- ^ Swettenham, British Malaya: An Account of the Origin and Progress of British Influence in Malaya, p. 93
- ^ Winstedt, A History of Johore (1365–1941), pp. 106–7
- ^ Swettenham, British Malaya: An Account of the Origin and Progress of British Influence in Malaya, pp. 96–99
- ^ Jessy, History of Malaya (1400–1959), p. 225
- ^ (Tun) Suzana (Tun) Othman, Ahlul-bait (keluarga) Rasulullah SAW & raja-raja Melayu, p. 182
- ^ R. O. Winstedt, A History of Johore (1365–1941), p. 129
- ^ Studer, American and British Claims Arbitration: William Webster: Appendix to the Memorial of the United States, Vol. III, pp. 311–2
- ^ Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (1937), p. 74
- ^ Winstedt, A History of Johore (1365–1941), pp. 128–9
- ^ Winstedt, A History of Johore (1365–1941), p. 132
- ^ Khoo, Melaka dan Sejarahnya, p. 124
- ^ Studer, American and British Claims Arbitration: William Webster: Appendix to the Memorial of the United States, Vol. III, p. 312
- ^ Winstedt, A History of Johore (1365–1941), p. 129
- ^ Burns, Wilkinson, Papers on Malay Subjects, p. 73
- ^ Studer, American and British Claims Arbitration: William Webster: Appendix to the Memorial of the United States, Vol. III, pp. 312, 352
References
- Ali, al-Haji Riau, Hooker, Virginia Matheson, Andaya, Barbara Watson, The Precious Gift: ISBN 0-19-582507-1
- Burns, Peter L., Wilkinson, Richard James, Papers on Malay Subjects, Oxford University Press, 1971
- Carl A. Trocki, Prince of Pirates: The Temenggongs and the Development of Johor and Singapore, 1784-1885, Singapore University Press, 1979
- Ghazali, Abdullah Zakaria, Istana dan politik Johor, 1835-1885, Yayasan Penataran Ilmu, 1997, ISBN 983-9851-12-8
- Jayakumar, S., Public international law cases from Malaysia and Singapore, NUS Press, 1974, ISBN 0-8214-0491-1
- Jessy, Joginder Singh, History of Malaya (1400–1959), jointly published by United Publishers and Peninsular Publications, 1961
- Khoo, Kay Kim, Melaka dan Sejarahnya, Persatuan Sejarah Malaysia, Cawangan Melaka, 1982
- Royal Asiatic Societyof Great Britain and Ireland Malaysian Branch, Singapore, Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1937
- Royal Asiatic Societyof Great Britain and Ireland Malaysian Branch, Singapore, Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1960
- Schimmel, Annemarie, Islamic Names: An Introduction, Published by Edinburgh University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-85224-563-7
- Studer, Adolph G., American and British Claims Arbitration: William Webster: Appendix to the Memorial of the United States, Vol. III, 1913
- Swettenham, Frank Athelstane, British Malaya: An Account of the Origin and Progress of British Influence in Malaya, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, ISBN 0-554-52358-2
- The Numismatic Circular, by Spink & Son, 1970
- Turnbull, Constance Mary, A History of Singapore, 1819-1975, published by ISBN 0-19-580354-X
- Turnbull, Constance Mary, A Short History of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, published by Graham Brash, 1981, ISBN 9971-947-06-4
- Turnbull, Constance Mary, The Straits Settlements, 1826-67: Indian presidency to Crown Colony, Athlone Press, 1972, ISBN 0-485-13132-3
- Winstedt, R. O., A History of Johore (1365–1941), (M.B.R.A.S. Reprints, 6.) Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1992, ISBN 983-99614-6-2