Salehuddin of Selangor

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For the Malaysian school named after this Sultan, see
Raja Lumu Secondary School
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Salehuddin
صالح الدين‎
Bukit Melawati, Kuala Selangor
SpouseEngku Puan binti Paduka Sri Sultan Alauddin Ri'ayat Shah of Riau
IssueRaja Ibrahim Shah
Raja Nala
Raja Punuh
Raja Perak
Raja Sharifah
Names
Raja Lumu bin Almarhum Opu Daeng Chelak
Regnal name
Sultan Salehuddin Shah Ibni Almarhum Yamtuan Muda Riau II Opu Daeng Chelak
Posthumous name
Marhum Saleh
HouseRoyal Bugis Luwu
Opu Daeng Chelak originating from South Sulawesi
FatherYamtuan Muda Riau II Opu Daeng Chelak bin Almarhum Opu Daeng Rilaga
MotherEncik Tomita[1]
ReligionSunni Islam

Sultan Salehuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Yamtuan Muda Riau II Opu Daeng Chelak (

Jawi: سلطان صالح الدين شاه ابن المرحوم يمتوان مودا رياو ٢ اوڤو داءيڠ چلق; born Raja Lumu bin Opu Daeng Chelak, 1705–1782) was the first Sultan of Selangor.[2] He was the son of the famous Bugis warrior prince Opu Daeng Chelak. He took on the title of Sultan Sallehuddin of Selangor in 1766. The Bugis had already begun to settle on the West coast of the Malayan Peninsula
towards the end of the 17th century.

Background

Salehuddin was born as Raja Lumu c. 1705, the second eldest son of the Bugis warrior, Daeng Chelak and his first wife, Encik Tomita. Raja Lumu took the title of the first Raja of Selangor from 1743–1766 and then became the first Sultan of Selangor in 1766–1782.[3]

Sultan of Selangor

Following Raja Lumu, two other Bugis chiefs settled in the Selangor area: Raja Tua in

Klang and Daeng Kemboja in Linggi, south of Lukut. Raja Lumu originally met with opposition from the sultans of Perak and Johor, as well as from the Dutch, but eventually managed to consolidate his position as sovereign. By 1770, his legitimacy was strengthened by marriage to the niece of the Sultan of Perak in November 1766.[4]

By 1766, the newly crowned sultan used the name 'Selangor' as his Sultanate since the site of court administration was situated along the basin of the Selangor River.[3]

The latter, Sultan Muhammad "invested Salehuddin with the insignia of Malay royalty and also attended the subsequent installation ceremony in Selangor". To this alliance, he soon added another, by marrying his own daughter to the Sultan of Kedah,

Sultan Abdullah Mukarram Shah
, the most northerly of the Western Malay Sultanates.

Marriages and issues

1) Engku Puan binti of Paduka Sri Sultan 'Ala ud-din Ri'ayat Shah bin Daeng Rilaga

  • Paduka Sri Sultan Ibrahim Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Saleh ud-din, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Selangor
  • Raja Nala ibni al-Marhum Sultan Saleh ud-din, Raja Muda
  • Raja Penuh binti al-Marhum Sultan Saleh ud-din

2) A daughter of prince of Perak

  • Raja Perak binti al-Marhum Sultan Saleh ud-din
  • Raja Sharifa binti al-Marhum Sultan Saleh ud-din

References

  1. ^
    ISSN 0126-5008
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  2. ^ Winstedt, R. O. (1933). Journal Of The Malayan Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society Vol: XI. Singapore: The Malayan Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society. p. 6.
  3. ^ a b Zakaria, Abdullah (2019). "Pembentukan Istilah dan Stratifikasi Aristokrat Melayu Selangor Era Sultan Salehuddin, Sultan Selangor Pertama, 1766-1782". Journal of Southeast Asia Social Sciences and Humanities. 89 (2): 68 – via ejournals.ukm.my.
  4. ISBN 9679948102
    .

Further reading

  • R.O. Winstedt, "A History of Selangor (1680–1874)", Journal of the Malayan British Royal Asiatic Society (JMBRAS)12(3), October 1934, pp. 1–34
Regnal titles
Preceded by
none
 Sultan of Selangor
1742–1778 		Succeeded by
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