Hisamuddin
حسام الدين‎
Yang di-Pertuan Agong II
Official portrait, 1960
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Reign14 April – 1 September 1960
PredecessorAbdul Rahman
SuccessorPutra
Sultan of Selangor
First reign4 April 1938 – 15 January 1942
Coronation26 January 1939
PredecessorAlaeddin Sulaiman Shah
SuccessorMusa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah
Second reign14 September 1945 – 1 September 1960
PredecessorMusa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah
SuccessorSalahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Born(1898-05-13)13 May 1898
Bandar Termasha, Kuala Langat, Selangor, Federated Malay States
Died1 September 1960(1960-09-01) (aged 62)
Istana Tetamu, Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya
Burial3 September 1960
Royal Mausoleum, Klang, Selangor, Federation of Malaya
Spouse
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(m. 1920)​
  • Cik Puan Hajah Kalsum Binti Haji Mahmud
  • Raja Halijah Binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah Rahmatullah
Issue
Detail		Salahuddin of Selangor
Tengku Azman Shah
Tengku Badli Shah
Tengku Hajah Raudzah
Tengku Ampuan Bariah
Tengku Ismail Shah
Tengku Taksiah
Names
Tengku Alam Shah ibni Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah
Regnal name
Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah
HouseOpu Daeng Celak
FatherSultan Sir Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah ibni Al-Marhum Raja Muda Raja Musa
MotherCik Puan Hasnah Binti Pilong
ReligionSunni Islam

Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah KCMG (Jawi: سلطان حسام الدين عالم شاه الحاج ابن المرحوم سلطان علاء الدين سليمان شاه; 13 May 1898 – 1 September 1960) was Sultan of Selangor from 1938 to 1942, later from 1945, and the second Yang di-Pertuan Agong of the Federation of Malaya from 14 April, until his death on 1 September 1960.

Early life and education

He was the third son of Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah ibni Raja Muda Musa (1863–1938) by Cik Puan Hasnah binti Pilong, a commoner wife. Named Tengku Alam Shah at birth, he was not expected to succeed as he had two elder half-brothers.

Educated at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Malay College Old Boys Association (MCOBA) in 1929. In 1931, he was appointed Tengku Laksamana of Selangor, having previously served as Tengku Panglima Raja.

Selangor succession dispute

Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah had multiple children, his first three sons in chronological order being Tengku Musa Eddin, Tengku Badar Shah and Tengku Alam Shah. The first two sons were children by his royal consort, Tengku Ampuan Maharum binti Tengku Dhiauddin of the royal house of Kedah. In 1903, Tunku Musa Eddin had been made Tengku Mahkota and was promoted to Raja Muda or heir apparent in 1920.[1]

However, at the instigation of the British Resident, Theodore Samuel Adams (1885–1961; in office 1935 – 1937), Tengku Musa Eddin was dismissed as Raja Muda in 1934 for alleged "misbehaviour". Adams had accused Tengku Musa Eddin as a spendthrift and wastrel with a penchant for gambling. However, many Malays in Selangor believed the real reason for Tengku Musa Eddin's dismissal was his refusal to follow Adam's orders.[2]

Although Sultan Sulaiman pleaded for the case of Tengku Musa Eddin (even petitioning the Secretary of State for the Colonies and discussing the issue directly with him in London), Tengku Alam Shah was instead proclaimed Raja Muda or heir to the throne over the head of his other half-brother Tengku Badar.[3] The appointment occurred on 20 July 1936.[4]

First reign as Sultan of Selangor

Tengku Alam Shah was proclaimed Sultan on 4 April 1938, four days after the death of his father. On 26 January 1939, he was crowned at Istana Mahkota Puri in Klang. Tengku Musa Eddin, then Tengku Kelana Jaya Putera, presided over the ceremony.[5]

Japanese occupation

On 15 January 1942, Col. Fujiyama, the Japanese Military Governor of Selangor, invited Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah to King's House in Kuala Lumpur. In an interview with Major-General Minaki, the Sultan confessed that he had made speeches in support of the British war efforts but had been persuaded by the British resident to do so. After being told to surrender the regalia to his older brother, the Japanese removed Sultan Alam Shah and in November 1943, proclaimed Tengku Musa Eddin as the new Sultan Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah of Selangor.[6]

Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah declined to work with the Japanese and from 1943, refused their allowance awarded to him and his children.[7]

Second reign as Sultan of Selangor

The return of the British finally brought Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah back to the throne, while ex-Sultan Musa was exiled to the Cocos Keeling Islands.[8] Although he had signed the Malayan Union treaty, like all other Malay rulers, he later repudiated it and gave open support to Malay nationalist effort to overthrow the plan.

On 1 March 1946, Sultan Alam Shah officiated the First Malay Unity Congress at the Sultan Sulaiman Club in Kuala Lumpur which was instrumental in creating UMNO. The Congress was organised by the Selangor Malay Society (PMS) which had as its president the scholar Zainal Abidin Ahmad (Za'ba), a critic of British colonial rule.

Election as Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong

On 31 August 1957, by eight votes to one, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah was elected Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong of independent Malaya.[9]

Election as Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah was elected second Yang di-Pertuan Agong or federal Paramount Ruler of independent Malaya (the present Malaysia before the accession of British North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore in 1963) on the death of Tuanku Abdul Rahman. His term of office began on 14 April 1960. On 30 July 1960 he proclaimed the end of the Emergency in Malaya.[10]

Death and funeral

Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah died from an unidentified illness at Istana Tetamu, in Kuala Lumpur on 1 September 1960, aged 62, the day fixed for his installation. He was interred at the Royal Mausoleum near Sultan Sulaiman Mosque in Klang, Selangor on 3 September 1960.[11] The Malayan throne passed to the next state.

Personal life and family

Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah was married at least twice:

  1. in 1920 to Raja Jemaah binti Raja Ahmad (1900–1973), a member of a junior branch of the Selangor royal family, who served as Tengku Ampuan of Selangor and Raja Permaisuri Agong
  2. in 1927 to Kalsom binti Mahmud (1905–1990), who was the mother to Tengku Ampuan Besar Bariah of Terengganu.
  3. in after 1927 to Raja Halija binti Al-Marhum Sultan Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah Rahmatullah of Perak and Cik Haji Ngah Uteh Mariah binti Haji Sulaiman, daughter of Dato Haji Sulaiman and Fatimah binti To' Bandar Lambin

He was succeeded by his son by Raja Jemaah, Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah, as Sultan of Selangor, taking the title of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah. Sultan Salahuddin later became the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong and also died while in office like his father.

Awards and recognitions

Honour of Malaya

Foreign honours

Places named after him

Several places were named after him, including:

Trivia

  1. His reign was the shortest ever for any Yang di-Pertuan Agong, lasting only 139 days. His son's reign, from 21 September 1999 and 21 November 2001 was the second shortest at two years and sixty two days.
  2. He is the only Yang di-Pertuan Agong never to have been officially installed.
  3. He is the only Yang di-Pertuan Agong who never lived at Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
  4. He was the last Yang di-Pertuan Agong to read the Friday sermon himself.

References

  1. ↑ Buyong Adil, 1971, Sejarah Selangor
  2. ↑ Buyong Adil, op cit
  3. ↑ Willan, HC (7 October 1945) Interview with the Malay Rulers CAB 101/69, CAB/HIST/B/4/7
  4. ↑ Buyong Adil, op cit
  5. ↑ Buyong Adil, op cit
  6. ↑ Willan, HC (7 October 1945) Interview with the Malay Rulers CAB 101/69, CAB/HIST/B/4/7
  7. ↑ ibid
  8. ↑ Buyong Adil, op cit
  9. ↑ (August 4, 1957) Sunday Times, Singapore
  10. ↑ Buyong Adil, op cit
  11. ↑ Buyong Adil, op cit
  12. ↑ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1958" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "KING'S JUBILEE MEDAL AWARDS IN MALAYA". Straits Budget. 30 May 1935. p. 16.
  14. ↑ "CORONATION MEDALS FOR MALAYA". Morning Tribune. 26 May 1937. p. 23.
  15. ↑ "No. 34518". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1938. p. 3690.
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