Temenggong Tun Abdul Jamal bin Tun Abbas (1720 – 1802) was the first Temenggong of Johor. He is noted to be the direct ancestor to the current

Sultan of Johor The Sultan of Johor is a hereditary seat and the sovereign ruler of the Malaysian state of Johor. In the past, the sultan held absolute power over the state and was advised by a ''bendahara''. Currently, the role of ''bendahara'' has been take ...

and the descendants of the House of Temenggong.

History

Abdul Jamal was born in the

Johor Sultanate The Johor Sultanate ( ms, Kesultanan Johor or ; also called the Sultanate of Johor, Johor-Pahang, or the Johor Empire) was founded by Malaccan Sultan Mahmud Shah's son, Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah II in 1528. Johor was part of the Malacca ...

in 1720 to his father

Bendahara Bendahara ( Jawi: بنداهارا) is an administrative position within classical Malay kingdoms comparable to a vizier before the intervention of European powers during the 19th century. A bendahara was appointed by a sultan and was a hered ...

Tun Abbas of

Pahang Pahang (; Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a sultanate and ...

, the son of the Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah IV, who died on 21 November 1721. In 1757, he was appointed by his brother, Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah as the Temenggong for the Johor Sultanate. The office would become hereditary among his direct descendants. He died in Pulau Bulang, Kepulauan Riau in 1802 and was buried there, on a burial ground which would later known as Makam Temenggung Abdul Jamal. His son Tun Abdul Hamid was installed by his grand-nephew Sultan Mahmud Ri’ayat Shah as the next Temenggong of Johor.

Legacy

Certain locations were named after him at Kepulauan Riau: * Makam Temenggung Abdul Jamal and Masjid Temenggung Abdul Jamal at Pulau Bulang, Kepulauan Riau,

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* Temenggung Abdul Jamal Stadium and Temenggung Abdul Jamal Indoor Stadium at

Batam Batam is the largest city in the province of Riau Islands, Indonesia. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang, and Galang (collectively called Barelang), as well as several small islands. Batam Island is the ...

, Kepulauan Riau,

References

{{s-end 1720 births 1802 deaths House of Temenggong of Johor