Sultan Jauhar ul-Alam Amauddin Syah (died 1726) was the twenty-first
sultan of Aceh
The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam ( ace, Keurajeuën Acèh Darussalam; Jawoë: كاورجاون اچيه دارالسلام), was a sultanate centered in the modern-day Indonesian province of Aceh. It was a major ...
. He ruled very briefly in 1726. Some sources date his reign in 1723.
Under the name Panglima Maharaja he was originally the local maharaja of Kampong Pahang. He was also a counselor to his overlord, Sultan
Jamal ul-Alam Badr ul-Munir. The latter was badly cornered by a rebellion by one of the ''sagis'' (regions) in 1726 and had to take refuge in a fortress. As the other ''sagis'' joined the uprising, Jamal ul-Alam fled to
Pidië on the advice of Panglima Maharaja. After some political chaos Panglima Maharaja stepped forward and was enthroned, although he had previously sworn not to betray Jamal ul-Alam. He took the regnal title Sultan Jauhar ul-Alam Amauddin Syah but died after only seven (or twenty) days. In his place the chiefs chose Wandi Tebing alias
Syamsul Alam
Sultan Syamsul Alam (died after 1727) was the twenty-second Sultan, Sulṭān of Aceh Sultanate, Acèh Darussalam in northern Sumatra. He ruled from 1726 to 1727 and was the fourth and last ruler of the Arabs, Arabic Ba'Alawi sadah, Jamal ul-Lail ...
as sultan.
[Djajadiningrat (1911), p. 199.]
References
Literature
* Djajadiningrat, Raden Hoesein (1911) 'Critische overzicht van de in Maleische werken vervatte gegevens over de geschiedenis van het soeltanaat van Atjeh', ''Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde'' 65, pp. 135-265.
* Taniputera, Ivan (2013) ''Kerajaan-kerajaan Nusantara pascakeruntuhan Majapahit''. Jakarta: Gloria Group.
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Sultans of Aceh
1726 deaths
18th-century Indonesian people