Sultan of Pahang

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Sultan of Pahang
سلطان ڤهڠ‎
State
Arms of His Royal Highness the Sultan of Pahang
Incumbent
Abdullah in October 2019
Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah
since 11 January 2019
Details
StyleHis Royal Highness
Heir apparentTengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah
First monarchMuhammad Shah
Formation1470; 554 years ago (1470)
ResidenceIstana Abu Bakar, Pekan
Websitewww.dirajapahang.my

Sultan of Pahang (سلطان ڤهڠ‎) is the title of the hereditary constitutional head of Pahang, Malaysia. The current sultan is Al-Sultan Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah. He is the Head of Islam in the state and the source of all titles, honours and dignities in the state. Historically, the title was also used by rulers of the Old Pahang Sultanate.

History

The

Melaka Sultanate and subsequently established as a vassal Muslim Sultanate in 1470, following the coronation of the grandson of the former Maharaja as the first Sultan of Pahang.[8]

Over the years, Pahang grew independent from Melakan control and at one point even established itself as a rival state to Melaka

Abdul Jalil Shah III, was also crowned the 7th Sultan of Johor.[12] After a period of union with Johor, it was eventually revived as a modern sovereign Sultanate in the late 19th century by the Bendahara dynasty.[13]

After a period of union with Johor, the autonomous

Johor Empire. A self rule was established in Pahang in the late 18th century, with Tun Abdul Majid declared as the first Raja Bendahara.[14] The area around Pahang formed a part of the hereditary domains attached to this title and administered directly by the Raja Bendahara. The weakening of the Johor sultanate and the disputed succession to the throne was matched by an increasing independence of the great territorial magnates; the Bendahara in Pahang, the Temenggong in Johor and Singapore, and the Yamtuan Muda in Riau.[15]

In 1853, the fourth Raja Bendahara

Wan Ahmad challenged the succession of his half-brother Tun Mutahir, in a dispute that escalated into a civil war. Supported by the neighbouring Terengganu Sultanate and the Siamese, Wan Ahmad emerged victorious, establishing controls over important towns and expelled his brother in 1863. He served as the last Raja Bendahara, and was proclaimed Sultan of Pahang by his chiefs in 1881.[13]

List of rulers

House of Melaka

Sultan of Pahang

  1. 1470–1475: Muhammad Shah
  2. 1475–1495: Ahmad Shah
  3. 1495–1512:
    Abdul Jamil Shah
    reign jointly with Mansur Shah I
  4. 1495–1519: Mansur Shah I reign jointly with Abdul Jamil Shah
  5. 1519–1530:
    Mahmud Shah
  6. 1530–1540: Muzaffar Shah
  7. 1540–1555: Zainal Abidin Shah
  8. 1555–1560: Mansur Shah II
  9. 1560–1575: Abdul Jamal Shah reign jointly with Abdul Kadir Alauddin Shah
  10. 1560–1590: Abdul Kadir Alauddin Shah reign jointly with Abdul Jamal Shah
  11. 1590–1592: Ahmad Shah II
  12. 1592–1614: Abdul Ghafur Muhiuddin Shah
  13. 1614–1615: Alauddin Riayat Shah
  14. 1615–1617:
    Abdul Jalil Shah III
    first time
  15. 1617–1623: Interregnum

Sultan of Johor-Pahang-Riau-Lingga (Johor Empire)

From 1623, Pahang was nominally merged with Johor when Johor's Sultan

Abdul Jalil Riayat Shah III, he reigned until 1677. With the decline of Aceh, Johor-Pahang gradually extend its suzerainty over the Riau-Lingga islands
.

  1. 1623–1677:
    Abdul Jalil Shah III
  2. 1677–1685: Ibrahim Shah
  3. 1685–1699: Mahmud Shah II

House of Bendahara

Sultan of Johor-Pahang-Riau-Lingga (Johor Empire)

When Mahmud Shah II died in 1699, Bendahara Tun Abdul Jalil became Sultan of Johor-Pahang-Riau-Lingga and assumed the title Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah IV. His appointment was accepted by Johor chiefs based on an understanding that the Bendahara would succeed to the throne if the Sultan died without heirs.

  1. 1699–1720:
    Abdul Jalil Shah IV
    (Bendahara Tun Abdul Jalil)
  2. 1722–1760:
    Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
  3. 1760–1761:
    Abdul Jalil Muazzam Shah
  4. 1761–1761:
    Ahmad Riayat Shah
  5. 1761–1770:
    Mahmud Shah III

Raja Bendahara of Pahang

By the early 19th century, the Johor-Pahang-Riau-Lingga empire had begun to break up. After 1806, the empire's constituent parts effectively became principalities, and the cultural unity that had hitherto existed between the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Riau-Lingga was gradually destroyed. The signing of

Riau-Lingga (under Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah, r. 1812–1832) and the other in Johor (under Hussein Shah
, r.1819–1835).

From here, the Raja Bendahara of Pahang grew increasingly independent. While Bendahara Tun Ali had acknowledged Abdul Rahman as his overlord, the Anglo-Dutch Treaty confined the Sultan to Riau-Lingga, where he was deemed a vassal of the Dutch, and prevented him from exercising his control over the Malay Peninsula, which had come under the British. Bendahara Tun Ali declared his autonomy from the empire by 1853. He was able to maintain peace and stability during his reign, but his death in 1858 precipitated civil war among his sons, Tun Mutahir and Tun Ahmad, the result of which the formation of modern Pahang Sultanate.

  1. 1770–1802: Tun Abdul Majid
  2. 1802–1803: Tun Muhammad
  3. 1803–1806: Tun Koris
  4. 1806–1858: Tun Ali
  5. 1858–1863: Tun Mutahir
  6. 1863–1881:
    Tun Ahmad later proclaimed as Sultan[17]

Sultan of Modern Pahang

  1. 1881–1914:
    Ahmad al-Mu’azzam Shah
  2. 1914–1917:
    Mahmud Shah
  3. 1917–1932:
    Abdullah al-Mu’tassim Billah Shah
  4. 1932–1974: Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin al-Mu’azzam Shah
  5. 1974–2019:
    King of Malaysia on 6 January 2019, allowing his son to become Sultan of Pahang and thus King of Malaysia.[18]
  6. 2019–present: Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.[19] Sultan Abdullah became King of Malaysia on 31 January 2019, shortly after he replaced his father as Sultan of Pahang on 11 January.[18]

Family tree

Main article: Family tree of Pahang monarchs

See also

References

  1. ^ Guy 2014, p. 29
  2. ^ Linehan 1973, p. 7
  3. ^ Rajani 1987, p. 87
  4. ^ Rajani 1987, p. 65
  5. ^ Farish A Noor 2011, p. 17
  6. ^ Farish A Noor 2011, p. 18
  7. ^ Linehan 1973, pp. 9–10
  8. ^ Khoo 1980, p. 9
  9. ^ Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid 2011, p. 80
  10. ^ Linehan 1973, p. 31
  11. ^ Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid 2011, p. 79
  12. ^ Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid 2011, p. 81
  13. ^ a b c Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid 2011, p. 83
  14. ^ Linehan 1973, p. 52
  15. ^ Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid 2011, p. 82
  16. ^ Linehan 1973, p. 66
  17. ^ History of the Sultanate of Pahang Archived 15 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, National Archives, mdpekan.gov.my
  18. ^ a b "Malaysia crowns Sultan Abdullah as 16th King". The Straits Times. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Sultan Abdullah proclaimed Pahang sultan". Malaysiakini. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

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