Salehuddin of Selangor
Sultan Salehuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Daeng Celak (Jawi: سلطان صالح الدين شاه ابن المرحوم داءيڠ چلق ; born Raja Lumu bin Daeng Celak, 1705–1778) was the first Sultan of Selangor.[2] He was the son of the famous Bugis warrior prince Daeng Celak. He took on the title of Sultan Sallehuddin of Selangor in 1742. The Bugis had already begun to settle on the West coast of the Malayan Peninsula towards the end of the 17th century.
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| Sultan of Selangor | |||||||||||||
| 1st Sultan of Selangor | |||||||||||||
| Reign | 1766–1778 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Position Established | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Ibrahim Shah | ||||||||||||
| Yang Di-Pertuan Besar of Selangor | |||||||||||||
| Reign | 1743–1766 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 1705 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1778 (aged 72-73) | ||||||||||||
| Burial | Royal Cemetery, Bukit Melawati, Kuala Selangor | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | Engku Puan binti Paduka Sri Sultan Alauddin Ri'ayat Shah of Riau | ||||||||||||
| Issue | Raja Ibrahim Shah Raja Nala Raja Punuh Raja Perak Raja Sharifah | ||||||||||||
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| House | Opu Daeng Celak (Bugis dynasty of Riau originating from South Sulawesi) | ||||||||||||
| Father | Opu Daeng Celak bin Opu Daeng Rilaga | ||||||||||||
| Mother | Encik Tomita[1] | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||
Background
Salehuddin was born as Raja Lumu c. 1705, the second eldest son of the Bugis warrior, Daeng Chelak and his first wife, Encik Tomita.[1]
Sultan of Selangor
Following Raja Lumu, two other Bugis chiefs settled in the Selangor area: Raja Tua in Klang and Daeng Kemboja in Linggi, south of Lukut. Raja Lumu originally met with opposition from the sultans of Perak and Johor, as well as from the Dutch, but eventually managed to consolidate his position as sovereign. By 1770, his legitimacy was strengthened by marriage to the niece of the Sultan of Perak in November 1766.[3]
The latter, Sultan Muhammad "invested Salehuddin with the insignia of Malay royalty and also attended the subsequent installation ceremony in Selangor". To this alliance, he soon added another, by marrying his own daughter to the Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Abdullah Mukarram Shah, the most northerly of the Western Malay Sultanates.
Marriages and issues
1) Engku Puan binti of Paduka Sri Sultan 'Ala ud-din Ri'ayat Shah bin Daeng Rilaga
- Paduka Sri Sultan Ibrahim Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Saleh ud-din, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Selangor
- Raja Nala ibni al-Marhum Sultan Saleh ud-din, Raja Muda
- Raja Penuh binti al-Marhum Sultan Saleh ud-din
2) A daughter of prince of Perak
- Raja Perak binti al-Marhum Sultan Saleh ud-din
- Raja Sharifa binti al-Marhum Sultan Saleh ud-din
References
- Ahmad Farhan Abdullah Zakaria; Mohd Samsudin (July 2019). "Pembentukan Istilah dan Stratifikasi Aristokrat Melayu Selangor Era Sultan Salehuddin, Sultan Selangor Pertama, 1766-1782" [The Formation of the Terms and Stratification of the Selangor Malay Aristocracy in the Era of Sultan Salehuddin, First Sultan of Selangor, 1766-1782]. Journal of Southeast Asia Social Sciences & Humanities. 89 (2 (2019)). eISSN 0126-8694. ISSN 0126-5008.
- Winstedt, R. O. (1933). Journal Of The Malayan Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society Vol: XI. Singapore: The Malayan Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society. p. 6.
- J M Gullick (2004). A History of Selangor. The Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. ISBN 9679948102.
Further reading
- R.O. Winstedt, "A History of Selangor (1680–1874)", Journal of the Malayan British Royal Asiatic Society (JMBRAS)12(3), October 1934, pp. 1–34
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