Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor

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Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor was a 19th-century Malay ruler whose recognition by the British and role in the 1819 treaty enabled the founding of modern Singapore under British control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Malay ruler ⓘ
Sultan of Johor ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Johor ⓘ
Riau-Lingga Archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Riau-Lingga

Singapore ⓘ
birthYear 1776 ⓘ
causeOfHistoricalSignificance Foundation of modern Singapore under British rule ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
child Sultan Ali Iskandar Shah of Johor ⓘ
conflict Succession dispute in Johor after the death of Sultan Mahmud Shah III ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Johor Sultanate ⓘ
deathYear 1835 ⓘ
dynasty House of Bendahara-Johor ⓘ
ethnicity Malay ⓘ
father Sultan Mahmud Shah III of Johor ⓘ
historicalRegionRuled Johor-Riau Sultanate ⓘ
honorificTitle Sultan Hussein Shah ⓘ
languageSpoken Malay ⓘ
name Husain Muhammad Shah ⓘ
Husain Shah ⓘ
Hussein Shah ⓘ
notableEvent 1819 treaty with the British East India Company ⓘ
notableFor Being installed as Sultan with British support despite rival succession claims ⓘ
Signing the treaty that ceded Singapore to British control ⓘ
politicalAllegiance Aligned with British colonial interests in the region ⓘ
politicalStatus British-backed ruler ⓘ
positionHeld Sultan of Johor ⓘ
Sultan of Johor and Pahang ⓘ
linked to: Sultan of Johor
predecessor Sultan Mahmud Shah III of Johor ⓘ
recognizedAs Sultan of Johor ⓘ
recognizedBy British East India Company ⓘ
Stamford Raffles ⓘ
reignEnd 1835 ⓘ
reignStart 1819 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
rivalClaimant Tengku Abdul Rahman of Johor ⓘ
roleInHistory Enabled British establishment of a trading post in Singapore ⓘ
His recognition by the British facilitated the founding of modern Singapore ⓘ
signedTreatyWith British East India Company ⓘ
Stamford Raffles ⓘ
spouse Tengku Permaisuri Tengku Long ⓘ
successor Sultan Ali Iskandar Shah of Johor ⓘ
treatyDate 1819-02-06 ⓘ
treatyLocation Singapore ⓘ

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Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor → signatory → Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor ⓘ
House of Bendahara-Johor → hasMember → Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor ⓘ
House of Sultan Hussain → associatedWith → Sultan Hussain Shah of Johor ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor