Sultan of Johor

This article concerns the sultan of Johor. For the sultanate, see Sultanate of Johor.

Sultan of Johor
Monarchy
Provincial
Arms of His Royal Highness the Sultan of Johor
Incumbent: Sultan Ibrahim Ismail ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Iskandar since 23 January 2010 This file is a candidate for speedy deletion. It may be deleted at any time.
Style:	His Royal Highness
Heir apparent:	Tunku Ismail Idris ibni Sultan Ibrahim Ismail
First monarch:	Alauddin Riayat Shah II
Formation:	1528

Sultan of Johor is a hereditary seat and the nominal ruler of the Malaysian state of Johor. In the past, the sultan held absolute power over the state and was advised by a bendahara. Nowadays, the role of bendahara has been taken over by a more powerful chief minister with the sultan's office being reduced to a figurehead function.

History

The first sultan of Johor was Alauddin Riayat Shah II. He was the son of the last sultan of Malacca, Sultan Mahmud Shah. The scion of the Sultanate of Malacca in Johor ended with the death of Sultan Mahmud Shah II in 1699 and throne was taken over by Sultan Abdul Jalil IV. Abdul Jalil IV was a bendahara before the death of the sultan.

Though Johor has been ruled over by at least 20 sultans, the first sultan of modern Johor (Temenggong dynasty) was Sultan Abu Bakar who reigned from 1862 to 1895. He was the first person from the temenggung family to become the sultan in Johor's history. His father, Temenggung Ibrahim managed to consolidate enough power to disfranchise Sultan Ali who died in 1877.

Office-holder

The office of sultan is currently held by Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, who was crowned as the 25th Sultan of Johor on 23 January 2010. His father, Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Ismail Al-Khalidi, a great-grandson of Sultan Abu Bakar died on 22 January 2010. Ibrahim Ismail, the then Tunku Mahkota of Johor (Crown Prince of Johor), was appointed as Acting Sultan of Johor on the same day. The proclamation of His Royal Highness' death was announced nationwide by the Menteri Besar of Johor, Datuk Seri Abdul Ghani Othman later that night. The funeral was held on 23 January after the coronation of Sultan Ibrahim Ismail.

List of office bearers

Sultans of Johor	Reign
Malacca-Johor Dynasty
Alauddin Riayat Shah II	1528–1564
Muzaffar Shah II	1564–1570
Abdul Jalil Shah I	1570–1571
Ali Jalla Abdul Jalil Shah II	1571–1597
Alauddin Riayat Shah III	1597–1615
Abdullah Ma'ayat Shah	1615–1623
Abdul Jalil Shah III	1623–1677
Ibrahim Shah	1677–1685
Mahmud Shah II	1685–1699
Bendahara Dynasty
Abdul Jalil IV (Bendahara Abdul Jalil)	1699–1720
Malacca-Johor Dynasty (descent)
Abdul Jalil Rahmat Shah (Raja Kecil)	1718–1722
Bendahara Dynasty
Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah	1722–1760
Abdul Jalil Muazzam Shah	1760–1761
Ahmad Riayat Shah	1761 - 1761
Mahmud Shah III	1761–1812
Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah	1812–1819
Hussein Shah (Tengku Long)	1819–1835
Ali	1835–1877
Temenggong Dynasty
Raja Temenggung Tun Ibrahim	1855–1862
Abu Bakar	1862–1895
Ibrahim	1895–1959
Ismail	1959–1981
Mahmud Iskandar Al-Haj	1981–2010
Ibrahim Ismail	2010 - current

See also

• Johor Sultanate

References

• Nesalamar Nadarajah, Johore and the Origins of British Control, 1895–1914, Arenabuku, 2000, ISBN 9679703185

T. Wignesan, "A Peranakan's View of the fin de siècle monde malais - Na Tian Piet's Endearing syair of Epic Proportions" [partial tranls. with introduction and notes to Na Tian Piet's "Sha'er of the late Sultan Abu Bakar (of Johor)"]in The Gombak Review, Vol. 4,N° 2 (International Islamic University Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur, 1999, pp. 101-121. Cf. also: T. Wignesan. Sporadic Striving amid Echoed Voices, Mirrored Images and Stereotypic Posturing in Malaysian-Singaporean Literatures. Allahabad: Cyberwit.net, 2008, pp. 196-218. ISBN 978-81-8253-120-8 Cf. http://www.stateless.freehosting.net/TTianPiet.htm