Bendahara Sri Nara Diraja Tun Ali was a

Tamil Muslim Tamil Muslims are Tamils who practise Islam. The community is 5.7 million in India, primarily in the state of Tamil Nadu where 70% of the Muslim community identified themselves as Tamils. The Tamil-speaking Muslims are descendants of marriage ...

and the fourth

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 heredit ...

, or

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

of the

Malaccan Sultanate The Malacca Sultanate ( ms, Kesultanan Melaka; Jawi script: ) was a Malay sultanate based in the modern-day state of Malacca, Malaysia. Conventional historical thesis marks as the founding year of the sultanate by King of Singapura, Paramesw ...

. He was the penghulu bendahari of Malacca before becoming bendahara. He had allegedly conspired to

assassinate Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a ...

the sultan of Malacca, Raja Sri Parameswara Dewa Shah. According to other sources, Tun Ali and his nephew, Raja Kassim was conspiring to murder Raja Rokan who was disliked by palace officials. It was said that during the attack, Raja Rokan who was with Sri Parameswara stabbed the king in retaliation to an attacker stabbing Raja Rokan. Tun Ali and Raja Kassim was unsuccessful to save the king. Tun Ali then installed Raja Kassim as the monarch of Malacca who took the title Sultan Muzaffar Shah. Tun Ali stepped down in 1446 upon the advice of Sultan Muzaffar in favour of Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun Perak.

Grandson

Tun Ali's grandson by Tun Tahir (who shared the same name with him) married

Tun Fatimah Tun Fatimah was a well-known heroine and daughter of Tun Mutahir of Malacca, Tun Mutahir the Malaccan bendahara (prime minister) who lived during the 16th century. She was married to Malacca's Sultan Mahmud Shah. Early life Through her father's ...

, the daughter of his second son Bendahara Seri Maharaja Tun Mutahir.Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Malaysian Branch, Singapore, ''Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' (1961), pg 73 TUN ALI (2). 27.6 Oldest son of Tun Tahir (1) / 33.1 Betrothed to Tun Fatimah / 33.2 Marries, has daughter Tun Terang / 33.12 Put to death. Tun Ali was then

executed Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

on the order of

Sultan Mahmud Shah Sultan Mahmud Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah (died 1528) ruled the Sultanate of Malacca from 1488 to 1511, and again as pretender to the throne from 1513 to 1528. He was son to Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah. As a monarch, he was kno ...

along with Tun Mutahir after Tun Mutahir was accused of

treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...

Raja Mudaliar Raja Mudaliar or sometimes spelt Raja Mutheliar was the richest trader in Malacca during the early 16th century CE. He belonged to the Chitty community. According to Sejarah Melayu, Raja Mudaliar was the Syahbandar (Chief of Port) of Malacca. He w ...

. Sultan Mahmud then married

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