Abdul Aziz al-Muʽtasim Billah Shah of Perak

عبد العزيز‎Sultan of PerakSultan of PerakReign14 August 1938 – 26 March 1948Installation4 March 1939PredecessorIskandar of PerakSuccessorYussuf Izzuddin Shah of PerakBorn(1887-11-14)14 November 1887
Kampung Bandar, Teluk Anson, Perak, British MalayaDied26 March 1948(1948-03-26) (aged 60)
Rest House Lumut, Perak, MalayaBurial31 March 1948
SpouseRaja Khadijah Binti Sultan Idris Murshidul ʽAzzam Shah RahmatullahIssueRaja Muda Musa (Raja Muda of Perak)

Names
Sultan ʽAbdul ʽAziz al-Muʽtasim Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa

HouseIstana Iskandariah, Bukit Chandan, Kuala Kangsar, PerakFatherRaja Muda Musa Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ja’afar Safiuddin Mu’azzam Shah WaliullahMotherCik Amina Binti Sheikh Muhammad TaibReligionSunni Islam

Sultan ʽAbdul ʽAziz al-Muʽtasim Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa KCMG KBE (Jawi: سلطان عبد العزيز المعتصم بالله شاه ابن المرحوم راج مودا موسى; 14 November 1887 – 26 March 1948) was the 31st Sultan of Perak, a state in the British-administered Federated Malay States.

Early life

Raja Abdul Aziz was born on 14 November 1887 at Kampung Bandar, Teluk Anson, Perak. He was the son of Raja Muda Musa ibni Almarhum Sultan Ja’afar Safiuddin Mu’azzam Shah Waliullah.

Sultan of Perak

On 1 August 1918, he was appointed Raja Bendahara and four months later on 18 December 1918, he was appointed Raja Muda (Crown Prince) upon the passing of Sultan Abdul Jalil and resided in Teluk Anson, the place where he was born. Became the Raja Muda of Perak in 1919 during the reign of his brother-in-law, Sultan Iskandar Shah Ibni Almarhum. He became the 31st Sultan of Perak in 1938 succeeding Sultan Iskandar Shah.

Death

In 1948, he began to show poor health and was advised by his doctors to go to Lumut for a change of air. However, he died suddenly at the Lumut Rest House on 26 March 1948. Almarhum was interred at the Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum in Bukit Chandan and the posthumous title Marhum Nikmatullah was conferred upon him and was 60 years old when he died. He was succeeded by his cousin, Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah.

Honours

British honours

• Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (3 June 1924).
• Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Thailand (20 October 1924).
• King George V Silver Jubilee Medal (6 May 1935).
• Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (3 May 1937).
• King George VI Coronation Medal (12 May 1937)
• Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (1 January 1939).

Ancestry

References

External links

• (in Malay) List of Perak Sultans Archived 7 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine

Regnal titles
Preceded by Sultan Iskandar Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Idris Mushidul Azzam Shah Rahmatullah	Sultan of Perak 1938–1948	Succeeded by Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Jalil Karamatullah Nasiruddin Mukhtaram Shah Radziallah