Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan from 1773 to 1795
This article is about the first Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan. For the business organization named after this monarch, see Melewar Industrial Group Berhad.
Melewar مليوار
Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
An artist's interpretation of Raja Melewar.
Predecessor
position established
Successor
Tuanku Raja Hitam
1st Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Reign
1773 – 1795
Born
Pagaruyung Kingdom
Died
1795 Rembau, Negeri Sembilan
Burial
Astana Raja, Rembau District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Spouse
Che Seni binti Datuk Penghulu Naam Che Puan Jangka binti Datuk Penghulu Ulu Muar
Issue
Tunku Puan Aishah Tunku Totok Tunku Kadir
Names
Raja Mahmud ibni Sultan Abdul Jalil
Regnal name
Raja Melewar
Dynasty
Pagaruyung
Father
Sultan Abdul Jalil Johan Berdaulat (Sultan Munim Shah III)
Mother
Ratna Indusari
Religion
Sunni Islam
Raja Mahmud ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Jalil (Jawi: راج محمود ابن المرحوم سلطان عبد الجليل), known as Raja Melewar (Jawi: راج مليوار), was the first Yamtuan Besar (equivalent to a sultan) of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. He was a prince from the Pagaruyung Kingdom in the island of Sumatra, now situated within Indonesia.
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