Nisha Rathode (Editor)

Mansur Shah II of Pahang

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Reign
  
1555–1560

Name
  
Mansur II

Died
  
1560

Successor
  
Abdul Jamal Shah

Predecessor
  
Zainal Abidin Shah


Spouse
  
Raja Putri Fatima Raja Bakal

Issue
  
Raja Saleh Raja Jalil Raja Putri Putih Raja Putri Tengah Raja Putri Dewi

Sultan Mansur Shah II ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin Shah (died 1560) is the eighth Sultan of Pahang who reigned from 1555 to 1560. He succeeded on the death of his father, Zainal Abidin Shah in 1555.

Contents

Early life

Known as Raja Mansur before his accession, he is the eldest son of the seventh Sultan, Zainal Abidin Shah by his Royal wife, Raja Putri Dewi, daughter of Mahmud Shah of Melaka. Mansur Shah II married first to Raja Putri Fatima, elder daughter of Alauddin Riayat Shah II by his wife, Raja Puspa Dewi binti Sultan Mahmud Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Shah. He married secondly after the death of his first wife, to Putri Bakal binti Raja Ahmad, daughter of Raja Ahmad bin Raja Muhammad of Terengganu.

Death

According to the classical Malay text, Bustanus Salatin, Mansur Shah II was killed in a battle against the Javanese Hindus that took place in Southern Pahang in 1560. He was buried at Tanjung Brunei Cemetery, Pahang, having had issue, three sons and three daughters. As he was venerated as a martyr who die wielding jihad, Mansur Shah II is styled Marhum Shahid after his death and succeeded by his younger brother, Raja Jamal.

References

Mansur Shah II of Pahang Wikipedia