Johor Sultanate

Johor Sultanate
کسلطانن جوهر
Kesultanan Johor
1528—1855
1886—1942
1942—1945 (Japanese occupation)
1945—1946
1948—present



Flag
Top: (Civil Ensign, ~1855)
Middle: (1855–1865)
Bottom: (1865–1871)
Map showing the partition of the Johor Empire before and after the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, with the post-partition Johor Sultanate shown in the brightest purple, at the tip of the Malay Peninsula[1]
Map showing the partition of the Johor Empire before and after the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, with the post-partition Johor Sultanate shown in the brightest purple, at the tip of the Malay Peninsula[1]
StatusRump state of the Malaccan Sultanate
Capital
Common languagesMalay
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentAbsolute Monarchy
Sultan 
• 1528–1564
Alauddin Riayat Shah II (first)
• 1812–1830
Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah (last official sultan)
• 1819–1835
Hussein Shah (puppet monarch)
• 1835–1855
Ali Iskandar Shah (last sultan of Johor Sultanate)
Bendahara 
• 1513–1520
Tun Khoja Ahmad (first)
• 1806–1857
Tun Ali (last)
CurrencyTin ingot, native gold and silver coins
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Malacca Sultanate
Pahang Sultanate
Siak Sultanate
Selangor Sultanate
Pahang Kingdom
Negeri Sembilan (first confederation)
Riau-Lingga Sultanate
Straits Settlements
Modern Johor Sultanate
Today part ofMalaysia
Singapore
Indonesia

The Johor Sultanate (Malay: Kesultanan Johor or کسلطانن جوهر; also called the Sultanate of Johor, Johor-Pahang-Riau-Lingga, or the Johor Empire) was founded by Malaccan Sultan Mahmud Shah's son, Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah II in 1528.[citation needed]

Prior to being a sultanate of its own right, Johor had been part of the Malaccan Sultanate before the Portuguese conquered its capital in 1511. At its height, the sultanate controlled areas in what is now modern-day Johor, Pahang, Terengganu, territories stretching from the rivers of Klang to the Linggi and Tanjung Tuan, respectively situated in the states of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca (as an exclave), Singapore, Pulau Tinggi and other islands off the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, the Karimun Islands, the islands of Bintan, Bulang, Lingga and Bunguran, and Bengkalis, Kampar and Siak in Sumatra.[2]

During the colonial era, the mainland part was administered by the British, and the insular part by the Dutch, thus breaking up the sultanate into Johor and Riau. In 1946, the British section became part of the Malayan Union. Two years later, it joined the Federation of Malaya and subsequently, the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. In 1949, the Dutch section became part of Indonesia.

  1. ^ Turner, Peter; Hugh Finlay (1996). Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-0-86442-393-1.
  2. ^ Winstedt, R. O. (1992). A history of Johore, 1365–1895. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. p. 36. ISBN 983-99614-6-2.

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