
The Siak Dynasty
GENEALOGY
1874 - 1877 H.H. al-'Ashik Billah Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan 'Abdu'llah Muhammad Shah II Habibu'llah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ja'afar Safi ud-din Mu'azzam Shah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Perak Dar ul-Ridzwan. b. 21st September 1842, eldest son of H.H. Maulana Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Ja'afar Safi ud-din Mu'azzam Shah Waliu'llah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Shah Johan Berdaulat Khalifatu'llah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Perak, by his third wife, Wan Ngah Mahtra, daughter of Dato' Muda Wan 'Abdu'l Rahman bin Maharaja Lela Ngah Hasan, Orang Suku Laksamana Batu Bahara. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Tuanku Raja Muda, Wakil us-Sultan, Wazir ul-Azam, 1865. Went into rebellion and proclaimed himself Sultan, in opposition to Sultan Ismail, April 1872. Recognised as Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan by the Treaty of Pangkor, 20th January 1874. Implicated in the murder of the British Resident J W W Burch. Deposed and exiled to the Seychelles, 30th March 1877. Allowed to return to Malaya in 1894, settled first at Singapore, then Penang, before finally returning to Kuala Kangsar. A gifted artist and composer during his years of exile, including what became the Malaysian National Anthem in 1957. m. (first) before 1868 (div. 1870) Y.A.M. Raja Tipah binti al-Marhum Sultan Shahab ud-din Ri'ayat Shah Saifu'llah (m. second, 1871, Y.M. Raja Daud bin Raja Sulaiman), styled Raja Ampuan Besar before her divorce, eldest daughter of H.H. Maulana Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Shahab ud-din Ri'ayat Shah Safiu'llah ibni al-Marhum Raja Inu Muhammad Saleh, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Perak. m. (second) Che' Rasia. m. (third) Wan Nursiya. m. (fourth) Che' Itam binti Toh Kota Pulau Tiga. m. (fifth) Che' Ruqiya binti Amal ud-din, of Kota Setia. He d. at Kuala Kangsar, 22nd December 1922 (bur. Bukit Chandan Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Kangsar), having had issue, ten sons and fourteen daughters:
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