Ahmad Tajuddin Shah of Perak explained

Ahmad Tajuddin Shah
Sultan of Perak
Succession:Sultan of Perak
Reign:1577–1584
Predecessor:Mansur Shah I
Successor:Tajul Ariffin
Death Date:1584
Death Place:Jalong
Burial Place:Geronggong, Pulau Tiga, Lower Perak District
Issue:Raja Kecil Lasa Raja Inu
Full Name:Paduka Sri Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Mansur Shah I
Posthumous Name:Marhum Muda
House:Perak
Father:Mansur Shah I
Religion:Sunni Islam

Paduka Sri Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Mansur Shah I (died 1584) was the third Sultan of Perak. He was the son of the second Sultan of Perak, Mansur Shah I.[1]

Reign

After the news of the death of his father, Sultan Mansur Shah I, the people of Perak went to the Aceh Sultanate and went to see the Sultan. The Sultan of Aceh was Ahmad Tajuddin's older brother and eldest son of Mansur Shah I, Alauddin Mansur Shah. The people of Perak asked for a prince to be made sultan in Perak. Sultan Alauddin Mansur Shah agreed and sent his younger brother Raja Ahmad to be made sultan in Perak who then used the title Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Shah.[2]

At that time, Perak was still under the control of Aceh, after gaining the throne of the Perak Sultanate, Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Shah began to reside in a place called Jalong. However, because the area was often flooded, he moved and resided in a new location called Geronggong, which is located in Pulau Tiga subdistrict.[1] [2]

Death

Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Shah ruled Perak for seven years and died in 1584 in Jalong and was given the title Marhum Muda.[1] [3] Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Shah's son Raja Inu was titled Raja Kecil Lasa.[2]

His mother and his relatives who were taken to Aceh left to return to Perak. Since then, the power of the Aceh Sultanate over Perak began wane.[2]

The tomb of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Shah is located in Kampung Jawa which is close to Kampung Gajah. Near the mausoleum of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Shah there is also the mausoleum of the 11th Sultan of Perak and the mausoleum of the 12th Sultan of Perak.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Jeragan . Abdul Shukor . June 1907 . List of Graveyards of the Late Sultans of the State of Perak, Der-Ul-Rithuan, enquired into and visited by me, Stia Bijaya Di Raja, under instructions received from the Government . Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society . English . Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society . 48 . 98 . JSTOR.
  2. Web site: Jasbindar . Freddie Aziz . Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Shah (Sultan Perak ke 3) . 2022-08-28 . www.orangperak.com . en-US.
  3. Web site: Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin . 12 January 2010 . 2005 . Sultan-Sultan Perak . Pejabat D.Y.M.M. Sultan Perak Darul Ridzuan . 2012-02-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120226200858/http://sultan.perak.gov.my/bahasa/ahmad_tajuddin.htm . dead .