THE HIDDEN HISTORY

Narrative Genealogical Lineage

of

Al-Marhum Sultan Ismail Muabiddin Riayat Shah Ibni Al-Marhum Raja Shith (Thith) Hitam @ Syed Hitam Shaikh Al-Khairat

by

MEGAT ISKANDAR BIN MEGAT ZAHARUDDIN

megat.xiv@gmail.com

Secretary-General of the Megat Terawis Clan Association of Malaysia

(Professional Genealogist and a 14th Direct Descendant of Megat Terawis, Bendahara of Perak)

Parameswara – First Ruler of Melaka. Embraced Islam at the end of his reign and ruled under the name of Sultan Iskandar Shah. He was succeded by his SON:

Sultan Muhammad Shah – First Sultan of Melaka. He was succeded by his eldest son but shortly replaced by his other SON:

Raja Kassim who became the Sultan of Melaka under the reigning title Sultan Muzaffar Shah. He was succeeded by his SON:

Raja Abdullah who became the Sultan of Melaka under the reigning title Sultan Mansur Shah. He was succeeded by his SON:

Raja Hussin who became the Sultan of Melaka under the reigning title Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah. He was succeeded by his SON:

Raja Muhammad who became the Sultan of Melaka under the reigning title Sultan Mahmud Shah. Through his wife Tun Fatimah Binti Bendahara Tun Mutahir, he was succeeded by his SON:

Raja Ali who became the first Sultan of Johor under the reigning title Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah. Upon his death, he was given the post-humus title Marhum Shahid Mangkat di Acheh. He was succeeded by his SON:

Raja Muzaffar who became the Sultan of Johor under the reigning title Sultan Muzaffar Shah. Upon his death, he was given the post-humus title Marhum Seluyut. He had issue a SON:

Raja Abdullah who succeeded his elder brother as Sultan of Johor under the reigning title Sultan Abdullah Ma'ayat Shah. Upon his death, he was given the post-humus title Marhum Tambelan. He had issue a SON:

Raja Bachu (Bajau) who became the Raja Muda of Johor. He was succeeded by his SON:

Raja Ibrahim who succeeded his grandfather as Sultan of Johor under the reigning title Sultan Ibrahim Shah. Upon his death, he was given the post-humus title Marhum Bongsu. He was succeded

by his SON:

Raja Mahmud who became the Sultan of Johor under the reigning title Sultan Mahmud Shah. He

was assassinated and later given the post-humus title Marhum Mangkat di Julang, Kota Tinggi. Anti- Sultanate quarters claim that he died without an issue. But, reliable sources claim that one of his non- royal wives fled to Rembau (north of Johor) and later seeks protection under the Pagar Ruyung Kingdom. Through this surviving wife, he had issue a SON:

Raja Ibrahim who was widely known as Raja Kecil of Siak. He later successfully deposed the usurping ruler of Johor and became the Sultan of Johor with the reigning title Sultan Abdul Jalil Rahmat Shah. However, he was later deposed as Sultan of Johor. Shortly afterwards, he was made the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Siak with the reigning title Sultan Ibrahim Shah. Upon his death, he was given the post-humus title Marhum Buantan. He was succeded by his SON:

Raja Mahmud who was nicknamed Raja Buang, became the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Siak with the reigning title Sultan Mahmud Shah. Upon his death, he was given the post-humus title Marhum Mempura Besar. He had several issues which includes a SON:

Raja Hussin fled from Siak to Perak, led by his cousin Raja Abdul Rahman the Tengku Besar Muda of Siak following the revolt by the As-Shahab Clan against Sultan Yahya of Siak (elder brother to Tengku Besar Muda Abdul Rahman). He had several issues which includes a SON:

Raja Shith (Thith) Hitam who fled together to Perak. He was given the title Shaikh Al-Khairat in Perak. He was also the founder of Seleboh – an area near Parit, Perak. The then Sultan of Perak, Sultan Abdullah Muazzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Malik Mansur offered him the Sultan's unmarried aunt – Raja Mandak as his wife. From this union, he was blessed with several children  which includes a SON:

Raja Ismail Hitam who later became the Raja Bendahara of Perak upon the death of Raja Bendahara Alang Iskandar. During the Perak Sultanate Succession Dispute in 1871, the major Perak Chiefs have decided to promote him as the new Sultan of Perak. He ascended the Perak throne with the reigning  title Sultan Ismail Muabiddin Riayat Shah. Following the Pangkor Treaty of 1874 (which he was not  a signatory), he was replaced by the Raja Muda as Sultan of Perak but given a new title of Sultan Muda of Perak. In 1877, the then Government of Perak sentenced him (due to his involvement in the Perak War) to be re-located to Johor under the supervision of Maharaja Abu Bakar of Johor. He died in-exile in 1889 at Sekudai, Johor and was given the post-humus title Marhum Mangkat di Sekudai. 

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