Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah of Selangor
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Sultan Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah (9 December 1893 – 8 November 1955) was
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 ...
in
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during the Japanese occupation of that state (1942–1945). He received the
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from the
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.


Early life

The eldest son of Sultan Alaeddin (1863–1938) by his royal consort Tengku Ampuan Maharum binti Raja Muda Tunku Dziauddin of Kedah was born in Istana Temasya
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,
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. His name at birth was Tengku Musa Eddin. Educated privately, he was made ''Tengku Mahkota'' in 1903. He succeeded his father's great-uncle Raja Laut bin Sultan Muhammad as Raja Muda or Crown Prince of Selangor in 1920. An intelligent young man, he represented his father on the State Council established by the British colonial authority. However, at the instigation of the British
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, Theodore Samuel Adams (1885–1961; in office 1935 - 1937), Tengku Musa Eddin was dismissed as
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in 1934 for alleged "misbehaviour". Adams had accused Tengku Musa Eddin as a spendthrift and wastrel with a penchant for gambling. However, many Malays in Selangor believed the real reason for Tengku Musa Eddin's dismissal was his refusal to follow Adam's orders. Although Sultan Sulaiman pleaded for the case of Tengku Musa Eddin (even petitioning the
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and discussing the issue directly with him in London), Tengku Alam Shah was instead proclaimed Raja Muda or heir to the throne over the head of his other half-brother Tengku Badar. The appointment occurred on 20 July 1936. Tengku Musa Eddin was given the title of ''Tengku Kelana Jaya Putera'', ironically the title for the heir-apparent of the Yang di-Pertuan Muda (or ''Under-King'') of
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and
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, from which the Sultans of Selangor are descended. Tengku Alam Shah was proclaimed Sultan on 4 April 1938, four days after the death of his father. On 26 January 1939, he was crowned at Istana Mahkota Puri Negara in Klang. Tengku Musa Eddin presided over the ceremony with no ill feelings. During the
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, on 15 January 1942, Col. Fujiyama, the Japanese Military Governor of Selangor, invited
Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Sultan Sir Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah ( Jawi: ; 13 May 1898 – 1 September 1960) was the second Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya from 14 April to 1 September 1960, and the sixth Sultan of Selangor bet ...
to King's House in
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. In an interview with Major-General Minaki the Sultan confessed that he had made speeches in support of the British war efforts but had been persuaded by the British resident to do so. After being told to surrender the regalia to his older brother, the Japanese removed Sultan Hisamuddin and in November 1943, proclaimed Tengku Musa Eddin as the new Sultan of Selangor, taking the
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Sultan Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah. Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah declined to work with the Japanese and from 1943, refused their allowance awarded to him and his children.Buyong Adil, ''op cit'' After the war, Sultan Musa in turn was dethroned by the British Military Administration under
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upon the return of that colonial power to Malaya in 1945.
Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Sultan Sir Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah ( Jawi: ; 13 May 1898 – 1 September 1960) was the second Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya from 14 April to 1 September 1960, and the sixth Sultan of Selangor bet ...
was reinstalled again as Sultan of Selangor.


Death

Sultan Musa was exiled to the
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. Subsequently, he fell ill and was brought back to Selangor a few months before he died on 8 November 1955 in
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. Sultan Musa was buried beside his father at the Royal Mausoleum in Klang. His consort, Syarifah Mastura Shahabuddin of Kedah, became Tengku Permaisuri or Queen during his brief reign. She died in 1958. The couple had no children.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah Of Selangor Dethroned monarchs Sultans of Selangor Malayan collaborators with Imperial Japan 1893 births Malaysian people of Malay descent 1955 deaths Malaysian people of Bugis descent Malayan people of World War II Monarchs who abdicated Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun