Sultan Ibrahim Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Salehuddin Shah ( Jawi: سلطان إبراهيم شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان صالح الدين شاه ; born Raja Ibrahim bin Raja Lumu; c. 1736 – 27 October 1826) was the second

Sultan of Selangor Sultan of Selangor (سلطان سلاڠور) is the title of the constitutional ruler of Selangor, Malaysia who is the head of state and head of the Islamic religion in Selangor. The current monarch, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah ascended the t ...

. He served as sultan from 1778 until his death in 1826. Despite building the

Kota Melawati Bukit Malawati (''Malawati Hill'' in English) is a hillfort located in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia. Managed by the Kuala Selangor Municipal Council, Bukit Malawati is a popular local tourist attraction. The hillfort's position holds strategic impor ...

fort to protect the area, on 13 July 1784, the Dutch captured

Kuala Selangor Kuala Selangor is a town in northwestern Selangor, Malaysia. It is the largest town and administrative centre of the coterminous Kuala Selangor District. Etymology The name ''Kuala Selangor'' means Estuary of the Selangor River. History ...

. Sultan Ibrahim recaptured the fort in a daring raid in 1785 with help from Pahang. Later in his reign, in 1818,

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

began political relations with

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

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{{Sultan of Selangor Sultans of Selangor Malaysian people of Malay descent 1736 births Malaysian people of Bugis descent 1826 deaths 18th-century monarchs in Asia 19th-century monarchs in Asia