1929 - [1975]
Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Paduka Sri Maha Tuan as-Sultan
Iskandar Muhammad Jabir Shah, Sultan of Ternate. b.
at Ternate, 4th March 1902, second son of H.H.
Paduka Sri Maha Tuan as-Sultan Taj ul-Mahsil
Binayatu’llah al-Hannan Siraj ul-Mulk Amir ud-din
Iskandar V Munawar as-Saddik Wahuwa min al-‘Adilin Shah,
Sultan of Ternate, by his second wife, H.H. Jou
ma-Boki Mihir, educ. Malay Sch, Bandung, Java,
Europese Lagere Sch, Ternate, Europese Lagere Sch,
Christelyke Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs, and Hogere
Burger Sch, Batavia, Java. Exiled to Bandung with his father
1915. Mbr Partai Sarekat Islam 1920-1925, komis
at central office of SS in Bandung, ambtenaar ter
beschikking in Bima 1925, later in Sumbawa Besar.
Restored in his father’s stead, 2nd September
1929. Installed at Ternate, 21st February
1930. Evacuated to Australia by Allied forces, together
with his wife and family, 8th October 1945.
Cmsnd. as Lieut-Col KNIL 1944, and served during WW2
1944-1946, Mbr Cncl. of the Provisional Govt of the NEI
1944-1947, Senator for the North Moluccas State the East
Indonesia 1948-1950, Minister for Internal Affairs
1949-1950. Served in the Ministry of the Interior at
Jakarta during Sukarno’s presidency. Attended the Solemn
Investiture of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at the
Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, 1948. Rcvd: Officer Order
of Orange-Nassau (mil 4.9.1946), Queen Juliana Solemn
Investiture medal (6.9.1948), etc. m. (first) at
Ternate, Hamida, a lady from Soa Sio. m. (second)
at Bacan, 13th May 1930, H.H. Jou ma-Boki
Mariam (b. at Bacan, 17th December
1914; d. ca. January 2001), rcvd: Queen
Juliana Solemn Investiture medal (6.9.1948), daughter ofH.H. as-Sultan ibnu us-Sultan Almafudl Bifadlillahil
Malik ul-Wahab Siraj ul-Mulki Amir ud-din Wahua Putra
Muhammad ‘Usman Shah, Sultan of Bacan. He d. at
Jakarta, Java, 4th July 1975 (bur.
there, transferred to Ternate Royal Cemetery, behind the
Masjid Raya Sultan), having had issue, five sons and
three daughters:
1)
Kyai Chili PutraAwal ud-din.b.
at Ternate, 2nd February 1931 (s/o
a Hamida). Passed-over for the succession. He d.
from leukaemia, ca. 1967.
2) Kyai
Chili PutraSharif ud-din
[Sjarifuddin].b. at Ternate, 1st
August 1933(s/o Hamida), educ.
Technical Univ., Delft, Netherlands. Mining
Engineer, retired from PT Aneka Tambang a state
owned mining company in 1988. Passed-over for the
succession. m. Haryani, daughter of Karya
Suwanda [Karyosoewondo], a Javanese gentleman. He
had issue, a son:
a) Jou ma-Ngofa Harun Iskandar Ryan
Shah, educ. (SJ). m. at
the Antam Building, Tanjung Barat,
Jakarta, 12th May 2007, Lenny
Budi Setiyanti.
3) Kyai
Chili PutraMuzaffar Shah [Dr Mudaffar
Syah], who succeeded as H.H. Paduka Sri Maha Tuan
as-Sultan Haji Muzaffar Shah II ibni al-Marhum
Sultan Iskandar Muhammad Jabir Shah, Sultan of
Ternate (s/o Boki Mariam) - see below.
5) Kyai
Chili PutraAffandi Jabir Shah. b.
at Ternate, 15th July 1936(s/o
Hamida). Kapita Laut. m. a princess
from Bacan.
1) Boki Putri Sharinsad Jabir Shah [Rini Waworuntu]. b.
at Kraton Ternate, 28th January 1931 (d/oBoki Mariam), educ. Ternate Lagere Sch, MULO, and
Kweek Sch, Batavia, Java. School teacher 1952. m. 1953, John Alex Waworuntu (d.
October 2002), a Manadonese gentleman. She d.
at Jakarta, Java, 14th November 2013.
2) Boki Putri Rawang. b. at Ternate, 5th
February 1935 (d/o Hamida).
3) Boki Putri Fatima [Femmy Dyurachman]. b. at
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2nd
June 1945. m. ‘Abdu’l Rahman [Dyurachman].
She d. at Ternate, ca. 2002.
1975 – 2015 H.H. Paduka Sri Maha Tuan as-Sultan Haji Muzaffar Shah II [Dr Mudaffar Syah], Sultan of Ternate. b. at Ternate, 13th April 1935, as Kyai Chili PutraMuzaffar Shah, third son of Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Paduka Sri Maha Tuan as-Sultan Iskandar Muhammad Jabir Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Amir ud-din Iskandar V Munawar as-Saddik Wahuwa min al-‘Adilin Shah, Sultan of Ternate, by his second wife, H.H. Jou Ma Boki Mariam, educ. SR, Ternate, SMP, Makasar, SMA, Jakarta, Univ Swasta Chairun, Ternate, and Faculty of Letters, Univ of Indonesia (Ph.D. 1984). Succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Royal House of Ternate, 4th July 1975. Installed with the title of Paduka Sri Maha Tuan as-Sultan Haji Muzaffar Shah II, at Ternate, 29th November 1986. MHR Maluku Utara 1971-1977, and Maluku 1978-1988, sometime Presdt of the provincial assembly of Malukku Utara. Reprimanded by the central authorities in September 2000, for attempting to protect his Christian subjects during the communal disturbances of 1999. Exiled by order of the Government of Indonesia in September 2000, but later permitted to return to Ternate and resume his duties. Due to his increasing ill health, a regency was appointed to act for him in the person of Munir Amal Tomagola, the Kiemalaha Tomagola, 26th December 2014. m. (first) Elisabeth Petronella [Nelly], née Manoppo, a lady from Menado, a distant relative of the Rajas of Bolang-Mongondo. m. (second) Thalha binti Mahri, a lady of Arab descent. m. (third) Drevenlya, née Amahorsea. m. (fourth) H.H. Jou ma-Boki Dr Nita Budhi Susanti* (b. at Semarang, Java, 7th July 1968), educ. SD Kanisius, SMPN 1, and SMAN I, Kendal, STIE Semarang, Moestopo Univ, Jakarta, and Diponegoro Univ, Semarang, Java, a journalist in Semarang 1990, Marketing Mngr PT Dewasa Unggul Jati in Tangerang 1992-2000, Cmsnr PT Fujita Iron Works 1992-2000, DIR CV Ake Gurace in Ternate since 2004, Cmsnr PR Royal Ternate Multidaya since 2004, Mbr Provincial Assembly of Malukku Utara 2004-2009, MHR for Malukku Province since 2009, Chair North Maluku Provincial Mass Democratic Front (DPD), Nusantara Palace Council (DEWAKARA) 2009, Patron Sultanate of Ternate Studio since 2001, and Suara Istana Hawaiian music group since 2008, Trustee North Malukku Cooperatives Brd since 2006, Adviser Muslimat NU Provinsi Maluku Utara since 2004, North Malukku Child Creativity Studio since 2004, North Malukku Conscious Reading Movement since 2004, All-Indonesia Village Govt Assoc since 2007, North Malukku Provincial Youth Pancasila Org since 2005, North Malukku Women’s Org since 2005, Indonesian Film Arts Fed (PARFI) since 2005, and North Malukku Brd for Promoting Professional Journalism 2009, raised to the title of Jou ma-Boki 19th December 2001, and later prom. to Boki Ratu (rescinded by the Kiemalaha Tomagola, 27th February 2015), a descendant of the Royal House of Surakarta, in Java. He d. at Pondok Indah Hospital Jakarta, Java, 19th February 2015, having had issue, seven sons and six daughters:
1) Jou
ngofaIskandar Shah (s/o
Nelly).
2) Jou
ngofaMuhammad Ghazali Shah [Ronny] (s/o
Nelly).
5) Jou
ngofaDr Nuzul ud-din Shah (s/o
Thalha), educ. (MSc).
6) Jou ngofaDr Firman Shah [Firman Mudaffar Sjah] (s/o Drevenlya). m. at Ternate, 14th March 2014, Foramadiahi
7) Jou ngofaShahmardan Shah (s/o
Drevenlya).
8) Jou ngofa ‘Ali Muhammad Taj ul-Mulk Putra Muzaffar Shah. b.at Ternate, 28th July 2013 (s/o Nita) (twin with Gajah Mada). Appointed as Heir Apparent by his father and invested with the titles of Kolano Madoru and Sultan Muda, 25th September 2013 (cancelled by the Council on the grounds that a great officer of state, the Kapita Laut, was not present and thus the appointment of an heir was invalid according to custom, 22nd June 2015).
9) Jou ngofa Gajah Mada Satria Nagara Putra Muzaffar Shah. b. at Ternate, 28th July 2013 (s/o Nita) (twin with Ali Muhammad).
1) Jou
ngofaMonalisa Mihir Shah (d/o
Nelly).
2) Jou
ngofaSoraya Shah [Shoraya Mudaffar Sjah] (d/o Nelly).
3)
Jou ngofaAya Sofia Shah (d/o
Drevenlya).
4) Jou
ngofaWiryawati Shah (d/o
Drevenlya).
5) BokiNabila Maryam Purbaningsih Mudaffar Syah. b.
at Jakarta, 22nd October 2001 (d/o
Jou ma-Boki Nita).
6) BokiAzka Nukila Purbaningrum Mudaffar Syah. b.
at Ternate, 1st December 2002 (d/o
Jou ma-Boki Nita).
Sultan Haji
Muzaffar Shah II has also adopted a daughter:
7) Mira.
Adopted by the Sultan and Nelly. m. Raja
Robert Maurits Koroh, Usif of Amarasi (b.
23rd June 1958), son of Raja Viktor
Rasyan Koroh, Usif of Amarasi. She has issue, two
sons and three daughters - see Indonesia (Amarasi).
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