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Tun Koris of Pahang

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Reign
  
1803–1806

House
  
Bendahara

Religion
  
Sunni Islam

Parents
  
Tun Abdul Majid of Pahang

Successor
  
Tun Ali of Pahang

Grandparent
  
Tun Abbas

Predecessor
  
Tun Muhammad of Pahang

Father
  
Tun Abdul Majid

Died
  
11 March 1806

Place of burial
  
Kuala Pahang, Malaysia

Children
  
Tun Ali of Pahang

Grandchildren
  
Sultan Ahmad al-Muadzam Shah, Tun Mutahir of Pahang

Sri Paduka Tun Koris bin Dato’ Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun ‘Abdu’l Majid, also known as Dato’ Bendahara Paduka Raja of Endau, was the 21st Bendahara of Johor Empire and the third Raja Bendahara of Pahang who reigned from 1803 to 1806.

Bendaharaship

Tun Koris is the third son of the 19th Bendahara of Johor Tun Abdul Majid who succeeded on the death of his elder brother, Tun Muhammad who was drowned at sea off the coast of Endau.

Tun Muhammad's ship-mates, to the number of 40, who escaped with their lives from the ship-wreck, only to meet a worst fate. When they arrived at Pekan, all but two of them were slaughtered by Tun Koris, because they had not died with their prince. They were stabbed to death with a long kris. Koris's treatment of the ship-wrecked survivors earned him a well-merited reputation of cruelty.

The new Bendahara had been reared at Endau by his Bugis mother and made Tuan Jambul his chief minister. His rule however, was short. He died in 1806 leaving behind two sons and a daughter. He was succeeded by his son, Tun Ali.

References

Tun Koris of Pahang Wikipedia