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Sultan of Selangor (سلطان سلاڠور) is the title of the constitutional ruler of Selangor, Malaysia who is the head of state and head of the Islamic religion in Selangor. [1] The current monarch, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah ascended the throne on the death of his father, on 22 November 2001.
Jugra became the royal capital of Selangor when Sultan Abdul Samad built the Jugra Palace and moved there in 1875. The state capital was moved from Klang to Kuala Lumpur in 1880. In 1893, he along with Kapitan Yap Kwan Seng, K. Thamboosamy and Loke Yew helped found the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur. Sultan Abdul Samad was made one of the ...
The state of Selangor is on the west coast of Peninsular of Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west. It surrounds the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, both of which were once under Selangor's territorial sovereignty. [citation needed]
Jugra was the royal capital of Selangor when the then ruling monarch, Sultan Abdul Samad, built Istana Jugra (Jugra Palace) and moved there in 1875. It was situated in a strategic location, not exactly at the river mouth but easily accessible from the Straits of Malacca, and protected by a hill, Bukit Jugra; which stands clearly out above the low-lying mangrove swamps.
Members of Selangor royal family are descendants of the first sultan of Selangor, Salehudin of Selangor.He is the eldest son of Opu Daeng Chelak, one of the five buginese warriors that rose into power in the Johor Sultanate during the Bendahara dynasty. [2]
On 15 January 1942, Colonel Fujiyama, the Japanese Military Governor of Selangor, invited Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah to the 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.
He served in the Kuala Lumpur District Office and Kuala Lumpur police department. [2] [4] In 1970, he was formally installed and took oath as the 8th Raja Muda of Selangor in a ceremony held at the Istana Alam Shah, Klang. [6] On 24 April 1999, he was appointed as Regent of Selangor after his father became the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong. [2] [4]
Salehuddin was born as Raja Lumu c. 1705, the second eldest son of the Bugis warrior, Daeng Chelak and his first wife, Encik Tomita. Raja Lumu took the title of the first Raja of Selangor in 1743 and held it until he then became the first Sultan of Selangor in 1766.