Mansur Shah I of Perak

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Mansur Shah I
Sultan of Perak
Sultan of Perak
Reign1549–1577
Predecessor Muzaffar Shah I
Successor Ahmad Tajuddin Shah
Died1577
Issue
Names
Paduka Sri Sultan Mansur Shah I ibni Almarhum Sultan Muzaffar Shah I
Posthumous name
Marhum Kota Lama Kanan
House Perak
Father Muzaffar Shah I
MotherTun Terang
Religion Sunni Islam

Paduka Sri Sultan Mansur Shah I ibni Almarhum Sultan Muzaffar Shah I (died 1577) was the second Sultan of Perak. [1] He was the son of Sultan Muzaffar Shah I and Tun Terang, daughter of Tun Fatimah and Tun Ali. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Reign

According to the Sejarah Raja Perak, Mansur Shah I accompanied by Bendahara Megat Terawis went to Ulu Perak and established the northern border of Perak with Reman. The boundary was marked by Mansur on a large stone in a place called Tapong and the large stone which was used as a boundary stone was named Batu Belah. It is said that the stone was split by Mansur Shah I using his sword. The determination of the boundaries was agreed upon by the King of Reman and that was the boundary between the Perak Sultanate and the Kingdom of Reman until the end of the 18th century. [4] [5]

The tin mines around the Kelian Intan area in Ulu Perak were included in Perak and Mansur Shah I appointed a representative to collect taxes from the miners. Since then, Perak began to develop and become rich due to tax collection from the tin mines around Perak, especially from the Kelian Intan area. [4] [5]

During his reign, the Siamese had come to attack Perak. They had landed at Pangkalan Lumut and had fought with the people of Perak under the leadership of the son-in-law of Mansur Shah I named Raja Ali. In the end, Perak lost to Siam, and Raja Ali was killed in the area that is now known as Setiawan. Since then, Perak began sending bunga mas to the Siamese every year as tribute and Perak allowed the Siamese to buy tin without charging any tax. [4] [5]

According to the Sejarah Aceh, during the reign of Ali Riayat Shah I, who ruled the Aceh Sultanate from 1568/1571 to 1575, the Acehnese army came to attack and defeated Perak in 1573. Mansur Shah I and his wife and son were captured and taken to Aceh. Upon reaching Aceh, the eldest son of Sultan Mansur Shah I, Raja Alauddin, was married to an Acehnese princess named Raja Putri. When there were no adult descendants of Ali Mughayat Shah, Raja Alauddin was made the Sultan of Aceh with the title of Sultan Alauddin Mansur Shah. [4] [5] Not long after that, Mansur Shah I was sent back by Aceh to Perak to occupy the throne and became a vassal of Aceh. [4] [5]

However, in the Sejarah Raja Perak, it is stated that Mansur Shah I was not actually captured and was not taken to Aceh together with his family. Only one of his sons was brought, and after being appointed Sultan of Aceh, he sent his people to take Mansur Shah I to Aceh. [4] [5] Before Mansur Shah I was brought to Aceh, he married the daughter of a Batin (Indigenous Chief) in Kuala Kinta, and from the offspring of Mansur's son with an indigenous woman, it is said that the "Panglima Kinta", the Orang Besar of Perak in the Kinta District was born. [4] [5]

Death

It is thought that Mansur Shah I died in Perak in 1577, though the story passed down from generation to generation regarding his death is quite mysterious. The story of the death of Mansur Shah I is not officially known and it is only said that he disappeared after performing Friday prayers at the Kota Lama Kanan Mosque. Ever since the incident of Mansur Shah I disappearing after Friday prayers, the people began to think that Mansur Shah I had died and he had been given the title of Marhum Kota Lama Kanan. [4] [5]

In 1916 during the reign of Idris I Murshidul Azzam Shah, a mosque was rebuilt on the site of the Kota Lama Kanan Mosque in commemoration of Mansur Shah I, and a tombstone was placed in the first row of the mosque. [4] [5]

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Mansur Shah I of Perak
 Died: 1577
Regnal titles
Preceded by Sultan of Perak
1549–1577
Succeeded by