Mudaffar Sjah
Mudaffar Sjah | |
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Sultan of Ternate | |
Reign | 1975 – 19 February 2015 |
Coronation | 1986 |
Predecessor | Mohammad Djabir Sjah |
Successor | Sjarifuddin Sjah |
Born | Dufa Dufa, Ternate, Dutch East Indies | 13 April 1935
Died | 19 February 2015 South Jakarta, Indonesia | (aged 79)
Father | Mohammad Djabir Sjah |
Mother | Boki Maryam |
Mudaffar Sjah II (13 April 1935 – 19 February 2015) was the 48th
Early life and enthronement
Mudaffar was born on 13 April 1935 in Dufa Dufa on
Political career and later life
In 1977 Mudaffar Sjah became member of the
Apart from his position as Sultan he also served on the North Maluku Representatives Council.[1] As a leader, he was locally considered to be a judicious and fair person who took the right decisions and was able to reconstruct the traditions of the sultanate after a long hiatus.[7]
In 2013 Mudaffar Sjah appeared in the second episode of Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero, where Bailey had an audience with the Sultan to request permission to search for birds-of-paradise in the former territories of the Sultanate.[8]
He suffered from lung cancer before his death in the Pondok Indah Hospital in South Jakarta on 19 February 2015 at age 79.[1] His death was followed by disputes within the family as to which son was entitled to head the Sultanate; eventually his brother Sjarifuddin Sjah was appointed in 2016.[9]
Family
Sultan Mudaffar Sjah married the following wives:
- Nelly Manoppo from Menado
- Thalha binti Marhi
- Drevenlya Amahorsea from Ambon
- Nita Budhi Susanti from Java
He had fifteen children, nine sons and six daughters, including:
- Iskandar Sjah
- Ronny Muhammad Ghazali Sjah
- Muhammad Usman Sjah
- Hidayat Sjah
- Nuzuluddin Sjah
- Firman Mudaffar Sjah
- Syahmardan Sjah
- Ali Muhammad Sjah
- Gajah Mada Sjah
- Monalisa Mihir Sjah
- Soraya Sjah
- Aya Sofia Sjah
- Wiriawati Mudaffar Sjah
- Nabila Maryam Sjah
- Azka Nukila Sjah
From the previously mentioned children, he managed to have the following grandchild:
- Randy Putra
- Windy Puspita
- Kenth Boheyat Tanjung
- Cythia Carissa
- Hagia Sophia Sjah
- Arra Sjah Malamo
- Tarra Pastaranga
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Sultan of Ternate Passes Away at Age 79". Jakarta Globe. 20 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-317-68252-3.
- ^ I.R.A. Arsad (2018) "Contestation of aristocratic and non-aristocratic politics in the political dynamic in North Maluku", in Rukminto Adi & Rochman Achwan (eds) Competition and Cooperation in Social and Political Sciences. Leiden: CRC press.
- ^ C.F. van Fraassen (1987) Ternate, de Molukken en de Indonesische Archipel. Leiden: Rijksmuseum te Leiden, Vol. I, p. 64-5.
- ^ Kal Muller (1997) Maluku: Indonesian Spice islands. Singapore: Periplus, p. 108.
- ^ a b John T. Sidel (2007) Riots, pogroms, jihad: Religious violence in Indonesia. Singapore: NUS Press, p. 181-2.
- ^ "Inilah Kisah Panjang Gonjang-Ganjing Kesultanan Ternate". satumaluku.com (in Indonesian). 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero". BBC. 7 June 2013. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Sultan Ternate yang Baru Sudah Dilantik". satumaluku.com (in Indonesian). 5 September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020.