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315:. No longer willing to oversee the affairs of state, Raja Kecil allowed his advisory council, known as the Four Penghulu and consisting of his elite supporters, to choose which of his sons would become the ruler of Siak. They chose Raja Mahmud, who officially became Sultan Muhammad Abdul Jalil Jalaluddin Shah following his father's death in 1746, although he ruled the state for at least five years prior to his formal elevation to the throne. Under these circumstances, the other son, Raja Alam fled to the Strait of Malacca to gather followers in a series of attempts to counter his brother, a pattern that would haunt Siak leadership for decades. 279:
Sumatra, appeal to the many different ethnic groups in the region, and prevent the return of the Bendahara to a position of real authority. This resulted in Raja Kecil moving between eastern Sumatra and Johor frequently, while he alternated between supporting and threatening the Bendahara family, until they fled to
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Aside from conflicts with the Bugis, Raja Kecil used his own desire to avenge the death of his alleged father, by leading these disgruntled groups to attack Johor in 1718. The presence of this tale and its use during the attack on Johor point toward a Minangkabau origin for Raja Kecil, as he already
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following the murder of Sultan Mahmud Shah II. His forces captured the capital on 1 March 1718 and he became the ruler of Johor. His actions after this victory created doubt in the veracity of his origin myth, however, as Raja Kecil immediately retreated to eastern Sumatra, re-appointed Abdul Jalil
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Raja Kecil returned to eastern Sumatra and established the Siak Sultanate at Buantan in 1722. As he consolidated power over eastern Sumatra, he continued to participate in battles against the Bugis and attacks on Johor for the next decade. Along the Siak River, Raja Kecil developed a state that
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followers, who had played a key role in the defeat of Johor due to their loyalty to the earlier sultans and were key to controlling sea lanes and navigation in the region. Chaos and uncertainty reigned in Johor for the next four years, as Raja Kecil attempted to consolidate his power in eastern
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and the resource-rich interior of Sumatra. After 1735, he allowed two of his sons, Raja Mahmud (Sultan Muhammad Abdul Jalil Jalaluddin Shah) and Raja Alam (Sultan Abdul Jalil Alamuddin Shah), to oversee the kingdom, which he ruled in name only. Raja Kecil died in Buantan, the capital of
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Finally, he order the assassination of the Bendahara. To counter any further threats from Raja Kecil, the sons of the murdered Bendahara came to an agreement with Bugis mercenaries to share power in exchange for protection. This was the origin of the modern
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on 1717 without the help of the Bugis. This breaking of their agreement eventually led to skirmishes between the Bugis and Raja Kecil's faction of Minangkabau fighters. The continual conflicts ended in a 1721 battle where Daeng Parani used
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of Johor. Conceived under supernatural circumstances on the eve of the murder of Sultan Mahmud in 1699, courtiers supposedly sent Raja Kecik (literally, "little king" in local dialect) to the
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had grown children in 1718. The myth, however, allowed him to unite disparate groups with various grievances with Johor. By placing him under the guidance of the ruler in
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The origins of Raja Kecil are obscure and it is difficult to establish a date of birth. According to local legends, he was the son of Sultan
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Raja Kecil continued to oversee periodic attacks on Johor for another decade, while he consolidated control over trade routes between the
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The death of Tengku Kamariah in the late 1730s, according to traditional texts from the region, led Raja Kecil to suffer incapacitating
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Raja Kecil was then known as a pretender to the Johorean throne. During his meeting at Bengkalis, he made plans with the Bugis warriors
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Sultanate in 1718. He then ruled Johor for four years, before retreating to eastern Sumatra, where he established a new state along the
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In February 1718, Raja Kecil and his followers attacked Johor, which had been under the leadership of the former Bendahara, Sultan
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reinforced. It also created continuity in the history of the region, ultimately linking the Siak state to the
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Multiple centres of authority : society and environment in Siak and eastern Sumatra, 1674-1827
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interior of Sumatra, which served as a foundation for the future prosperity of the sultanate.
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under the heavy dominance of the Bugis elites headed by, among others, Daeng Marewa.
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Raja Kecil died in 1746. He was buried in Buantan, and thus took on the title of
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Shah IV as the Bendahara and married one of his daughters, Tengku Kamariah.
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in central Sumatra, where he came under the protection of the ruling queen.
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Raja Kecil had particular problems maintaining the loyalty of his
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is now a site where visitors frequent and is considered to be a
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in 1722. The rulership of Johor was then passed to Sultan
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against Raja Kecil's less effective swords and cannons.
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controlled numerous important trade routes between the
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lineage of rulers that historical texts such as the
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Index

Abdul Jalil Rahmat Shah
Siak
Johor
Abdul Jalil Shah IV
Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
Mahmud Shah II of Johor
Sunni Islam
Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura
Johor
Siak River
Sulaiman
Strait of Malacca
Siak Sri Indrapura
Mahmud Shah II
Minangkabau Highlands
Johor
Bengkalis
Daeng Parani
Daeng Chelak
first Sultan of Selangor
Johor Lama
muskets
blunderbusses
Pagar Ruyung
Johor-Malacca-Srivijaya
Malay Annals
Malacca Sultanate
Abdul Jalil Shah IV
Orang Laut
Pahang

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