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Zainal Abidin Shah of Pahang

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Reign
  
1540–1555

Died
  
1555

Name
  
Zainal Shah

Father
  
Mahmud Shah

House
  
Malacca Sultanate

Predecessor
  
Muzaffar Shah

Parents
  
Mahmud Shah of Pahang


Spouse
  
Raja Putri Dewi Tun Kamala

Issue
  
Raja Mansur Raja Jamal Raja Kadir Raja Putri Khalija Raja Putri Bongsu

Mother
  
Raja Putri Olah binti al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad

Children
  
Mansur Shah II of Pahang, Abdul Kadir Alauddin Shah of Pahang, Abdul Jamal Shah of Pahang

Grandchildren
  
Raja Jalil, Raja Putri Putih, Raja Putri Siti

Grandparents
  
Muhammad Shah of Pahang

Successor
  
Mansur Shah II of Pahang

Sultan Zainal Abidin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Shah (died 1555) is the seventh Sultan of Pahang who reigned from 1540 to 1555. He succeeded on the death of his elder brother in 1540.

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Early life

Known as Raja Ismail before his accession, Zainal Abidin Shah is the younger son of the fifth Sultan of Pahang, Mahmud Shah by his first wife, Raja Putri Olah binti al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad. Zainal Abidin Shah is married first to Raja Putri Dewi, daughter of Mahmud Shah of Melaka by his wife Putri Unang Kemuning, elder daughter of Sultan Mansur of Kelantan, and second to Tun Kamala, daughter of Bendahara Sri Buwana.

Reign

After the demise of Mahmud Shah of Melaka in 1528, Pahang joined forces with his successor Alauddin Riayat Shah II who established himself itself in Johor, to expel the Portuguese from the Malay peninsula. Two attempts were made, in 1547 at Muar and 1551 at Melaka. However, in the face of superior Portuguese arms and vessels, the Pahang and Johor forces were forced to retreat on both occasions.

Death

He died in 1555 having had issue, two sons and two daughters by his royal wife, and eighteen other children by junior wives and concubines. He is styled Marhum di Bukit after his death and succeeded by his eldest son, Raja Mansur.

References

Zainal Abidin Shah of Pahang Wikipedia