| Hisamuddin حسام الدين | |||||||||
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.jpg) Official portrait, 1960 | |||||||||
| Yang di-Pertuan Agong II | |||||||||
| Reign | 14 April – 1 September 1960 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Abdul Rahman | ||||||||
| Successor | Putra | ||||||||
| Sultan of Selangor | |||||||||
| First reign | 4 April 1938 – 15 January 1942 | ||||||||
| Coronation | 26 January 1939 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah | ||||||||
| Successor | Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah | ||||||||
| Second reign | 14 September 1945 – 1 September 1960 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah | ||||||||
| Successor | Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah | ||||||||
| Born | 13 May 1898 Bandar Termasha, Kuala Langat, Selangor, Federated Malay States | ||||||||
| Died | 1 September 1960 (aged 62) Istana Tetamu, Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya | ||||||||
| Burial | 3 September 1960 Royal Mausoleum, Klang, Selangor, Federation of Malaya | ||||||||
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| Issue Detail | Salahuddin of Selangor Tengku Azman Shah Tengku Badli Shah Tengku Hajah Raudzah Tengku Ampuan Bariah Tengku Ismail Shah Tengku Taksiah | ||||||||
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| House | Opu Daeng Celak | ||||||||
| Father | Sultan Sir Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah ibni Al-Marhum Raja Muda Raja Musa | ||||||||
| Mother | Cik Puan Hasnah Binti Pilong | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni 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.
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.
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 Adams' 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]
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]
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]
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
On 31 August 1957, by eight votes to one, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah was elected Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong of independent Malaya.[9]
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]
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.
Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah was married at least twice:
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.
Malaya:
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Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (DMN) (31 August 1958)[12]
United Kingdom:
Recipient of the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal (1935)[13]
Recipient of the King George VI Coronation Medal (1937)[14]
Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) (1938)[15]
Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (1953)
Brunei:
Member First Class of the Family Order of Laila Utama (DK) – Dato Laila Utama (24 September 1958)Several places were named after him, including:
