This article is about the royal family. For the administrative position of classical Malay kingdoms, see Bendahara.
House of Bendahara
Wangsa Bendahara وڠسا بندهار
The black flag of the Bendaharas
Country
Historical Johor Sultanate Pahang Kingdom Riau-Lingga Sultanate Current Pahang Terengganu Johor
Founded
1699
Founder
Abdul Jalil Shah IV
Current head
Abdullah of Pahang
Titles
Sultan
Raja Bendahara
Cadet branches
House of Temenggong
The Bendahara dynasty (Malay: Wangsa Bendahara, Jawi:وڠسا بندهار) is the current ruling dynasty of Pahang, Terengganu and Johor Sultanate, a constituent state of Malaysia. The royal house were of noble origin, holding the hereditary position of Bendahara (the highest rank in Malay nobility) in the courts of Singapura, Melaka and Old Johor since at least from the end of the 13th century.[1]
The ascendancy of the family as a royal house began in the late 17th century, when the last ruler of Johor from Melaka dynasty, Mahmud Shah II died without a male heir. In 1699, the reigning Bendahara at that time, Tun Abdul Jalil was proclaimed Abdul Jalil Shah IV of Johor, beginning the consolidation of Bendahara rule in the sultanate, with different family members holding both the titles of Sultan and Bendahara, and later the title of Temenggong.[2]
At the same time, the state of Pahang was established as the special province, with successive Bendaharas ruling the state as their personal fief. In 1770, following the gradual dissolution of Johor empire, the state of Pahang was transformed into an autonomous kingdom under the grandson of Abdul Jalil IV, Tun Abdul Majid, whose descendants continued to rule Pahang until today. Another break-away state, the Riau-Lingga Sultanate was ruled by the descendants of Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah, a great great grandson of Abdul Jalil IV, until its dissolution in 1911. A cadet branch, the House of Temenggong, has been ruling the modern Johor, through the descendants of Temenggong Abdul Jamal, another grandson of Abdul Jalil IV.[3]
Another branch, the royal house of Terengganu represents one of the junior male lines of the Bendahara dynasty. In 1717, Tun Zainal Abidin, the younger brother of Abdul Jalil IV established control over Terengganu with the title of Maharaja. He secured the recognition as the first sultan of the state from his nephew Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah of Johor in 1725.[4]
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