Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah of Johor


Paduka Sri Sultan Abdul Rahman I Muazzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Syah Alam was the 16th Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Johor and Pahang and their dependencies and the first Sultan of Riau-Lingga and their dependencies.

Biography

Early life

Born in Hulu Riau in 1780, Abdul Rahman Muazzam Syah was the son of the 15th Sultan of Johor, Mahmud Shah III with his third wife, Encik Mariam binti Dato' Hassan, the daughter of a Bugis nobleman of Sindereng, South Sulawesi.

Personal life

The period of government

Sultan of Johor

The seizure of power in the Sultanate of Johor-Riau-Lingga had taken place when Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah was inaugurated as the Sultan of Johor preceding his older brother of another mother, Hussein Shah. The inauguration of Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah was strongly supported by the Dutch.

Sultan of Lingga

In 1818, with strong support from Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Johor-Riau, Raja Jaafar, Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah was inaugurated as Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Linga with the title of Sultan Abdul Rahman I Muazzam Shah ibni al-marhum Sultan Mahmud III Alam Shah. When his era of government, Riau-Lingga has become the centre of development and broadcasting of Islam. In 1823 AD, Sultan Abdul Rahman has established the Great Mosque in Penyengat Island in Riau Archipelago that still exists to this day.

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