Sultan ahmad shah anak luar nikah
Ahmad Shah I of Pahang
Not to be confused with Ahmad Shah of Pahang.
For similarly named persons and places, see Ahmad Shah.
Sultan of Pahang
Sultan Ahmad Shah I ibni Almarhum Sultan Mansur Shah (died )[1] was the second Sultan of Pahang from to [2] He succeeded his younger brother, Muhammad Shah as sultan after the latter's death by poisoning in [3] During his reign, relations between Pahang and its Malaccan overlord, deteriorated greatly, as a result of Sultan Ahmad's resentment towards his half-brother Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah of Malacca.
Under Sultan Ahmad's rule, Pahang became increasingly unstable with Sultan Ahmad abdicating around , in favour of his son, Raja Mansur.[2]
Personal life
Sultan Ahmad was known as Raja Ahmad before his accession.
Sultan ismail petra Taylor, Georg P. Cambridge University Press. A force under Fateh Khan was despatched against the rebels, and finally Firuz Khan and the Rao of Idar were forced to flee by way of Kheralu. MayHe was the eldest of two sons of the sixth Sultan of Malacca, Mansur Shah by his wife Putri Wanang Sri Lela Wangsa, daughter of Dewa Sura, the last Pre-Malaccan ruler of Pahang, who was also a relative of the King of Ligor.[4] Both his mother and grandfather were captured and presented to the Sultan of Malacca after the conquest of Pahang in [5]
In , his younger brother Raja Muhammad was banished from Malacca for committing murder, and was installed as the Sultan of Pahang.
Soon afterwards, Raja Ahmad also left Malacca for Pahang after being installed as heir to the Pahangese throne by his father. It is speculated that this appointment was consolation after he had been passed over from the succession of the Malaccan throne[3] as his younger half-brother, Raja Husain was installed as the heir instead.[6] This event led to Raja Ahmad resenting his half-brother, leading to cold relations between both states during his reign.[2]
Sultan Ahmad married a daughter of Bendahara Tun Hamzah, and by her, had a son, Raja Mansur.[5]
Reign
The Bustanus Salatin records that Raja Ahmad succeeded his younger brother Muhammad as Sultan of Pahang, who, according to the Portuguese records, died of poisoning in [3] Two years later in , following the death of their father Mansur Shah, his half-brother, Raja Husain ascended the Malaccan throne and took the title Alauddin Riayat Shah.[3] Relations between Malacca and Pahang deteriorated shortly after his accession.[2]
The Malay Annals narrates the event when Sultan Ahmad became furious after learning that, the head of the neighboring Terengganu chieftaincy, Tun Telanai, had recognised the overlordship of Malacca and paid his obeisance to Sultan Alauddin, without his knowledge.
On the return of Tun Telanai to Terengganu, he was murdered by the head of Pahang Hulubalang, Seri Akar Raja, who later established his control over the chieftaincy.[3] The family of Tun Telanai complained about the matter to Sultan Alauddin, who later viewed the murder as an insult aimed directly at him.
Sultan ahmad shah wikipedia However, his control of these territories was opposed by his brother, after the latter's succession in Article Talk. The alliance of Hindu kings rebelled knowing that Ahmad Shah is busy in his expedition against Nasir. Mumbai: Royal Asiatic Society of Bombay.He initially wanted to go to war with Pahang but was later calmed by his ministers. Alauddin later exacted revenge when a Malaccan mission to Pahang, attacked and killed a cousin of Seri Akar Raja.[7]
Sultan Alauddin died in died at Pagoh on the Muar River. Rumours spread that he was assassinated by poisoning, and among those implicated was Sultan Ahmad.
The other potential perpetrators included the chief of Inderagiri, Raja Merlang, who lived in Malacca and had married Raja Bakal, the half-sister of Sultan Alauddin.[7] Sultan Alauddin was succeeded by his son Mahmud Shah who – because of the rumours surrounding the death of his father – had developed a strong animosity towards his uncle in Pahang.
He would later become directly involved in a conflict with Sultan Ahmad, when he ordered the abduction of a beautiful Pahang noblewoman, Tun Teja, who was betrothed to the Pahang ruler.[6] Tun Teja was eventually won over and brought to Malacca to marry Sultan Mahmud.[8]
Abdication
Sultan Ahmad was bitter over the slights and insults from Malacca and particularly took offense to Mahmud Shah's abduction of Tun Teja.
Sultan ahmad shah wikipedia indonesia Both armies met and after fierce battle, Ahmad Shah won. Muzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat. He would later become directly involved in a conflict with Sultan Ahmad, when he ordered the abduction of a beautiful Pahang noblewoman, Tun Teja, who was betrothed to the Pahang ruler. Astro Awani.Unable to get reveange and shamed before his subjects, he abdicated in favour of his very young son, Raja Mansur. The new ruler was placed under the guardianship of his cousins, the three sons of Muhammad Shah. In describing Ahmad Shah's life after the abdication, the Malay Annals noted: "his highness went upstream for so long as the royal drums could be heard; when he came to Lubuk Pelang (in present-day Jerantut constituency) there he resided, and the sound of the drums was no longer heard.
He went into religious seclusion; he it is whom people call Marhum Syeikh."[6]
These events took place around Accounts in the Malay Annals relates it to the reign of Sultan Abdul Jamil instead of Sultan Ahmad, but scholars are in agreement that it was Sultan Ahmad who actually went into religious seclusion, and died at Lubuk Pelang where his possible unnamed tomb is located.[6][9] Sultan Abdul Jamil (also pronounced 'Abdul Jalil'), on the other hand, is believed to have reigned and died at Pekan, instead of Lubuk Pelang, based on the discovery of a tombstone with his name at Makam Ziarat Raja Raden, Pekan.[10]
Centuries later in , the shrine of Marhum Syeikh at Lubuk Pelang became the location where Wan Ahmad, the future Sultan Ahmad of modern Pahang, took his vows before routing the remaining forces of Tun Mutahir in the Pahang Civil War.[11]
References
- ^Linehan , pp.18–19
- ^ abcdAhmad Sarji , p.80
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- ^Linehan , p.12
- ^ abLinehan , p.13
- ^ abcdKhoo , pp.9–10
- ^ abLinehan , p.15
- ^Linehan , p.16
- ^Linehan , p.17
- ^Linehan , p.18
- ^Linehan , p.84
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