Abdul Aziz al-Muʽtasim Billah Shah of Perak

Sultan ʽAbdul ʽAziz al-Muʽtasim Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa KCMG KBE (عبد العزيز بيراك, 14 November 1887 – 26 March 1948) was the 31st Sultan of Perak, a state in modern Federated Malay States.

ʽAbdul ʽAziz
Sultan of Perak
Signature of the Federation of Malaya Agreement, 1948, and the State Agreements, at King's House, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday 21 January 1948. His Highness the Sultan of Perak.
Sultan of Perak
Reign14 August 1938 – 26 March 1948
Installation4 March 1939
PredecessorIskandar of Perak
SuccessorYussuff Izzuddin Shah of Perak
Born(1887-11-14)14 November 1887
Kampung Bandar, Teluk Anson, Perak, British Malaya
Died26 March 1948(1948-03-26) (aged 60)
Rest House Lumut, Perak, Malaya
Burial31 March 1948
Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaya
SpouseRaja Khadijah Binti Sultan Idris Murshidul ʽAzzam Shah Rahmatullah
IssueRaja Muda Musa (Raja Muda of Perak)
Full name
Sultan ʽAbdul ʽAziz al-Muʽtasim Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa
HouseIstana Iskandariah, Bukit Chandan, Kuala Kangsar, Perak
FatherRaja Muda Musa Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ja’afar Safiuddin Mu’azzam Shah Waliullah
MotherCik Amina Binti Sheikh Muhammad Taib
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Raja Abdul Aziz was born on 14 November 1887 at Kampung Bandar, Teluk Anson, Perak. He was the son of Raja Muda Musa ibni Almarhum Sultan Ja’afar Safiuddin Mu’azzam Shah Waliullah.

Sultan of Perak

On 1 August 1918, he was appointed Raja Bendahara and four months later on 18 December 1918, he was appointed Raja Muda (Crown Prince) upon the passing of Sultan Abdul Jalil and resided in Teluk Anson, the place where he was born. Became the Raja Muda of Perak in 1919 during the reign of his brother-in-law, Sultan Iskandar Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Idris Murshidul Adzam Shah Rahmatullah. He became the 31st Sultan of Perak in 1938 succeeding Sultan Iskandar Shah.

Death

In 1948, Tuanku began to show poor health and was advised by his doctors to go to Lumut for a change of air. However, he died suddenly at the Lumut Rest House on 26 March 1948. Almarhum was interred at the Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum on Bukit Chandan and the posthumous title Marhum Nikmatullah was conferred. Almarhum was 60. And was succeeded by cousin Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Jalil Karamatullah Nasiruddin Mukhtaram Shah Radziallah.

Honours

British Honours

Ancestry

References
    Regnal titles
    Preceded by
    Sultan Iskandar Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Idris Mushidul Azzam Shah Rahmatullah    		 Sultan of Perak
    1938-1948    		 Succeeded by
    Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Jalil Karamatullah Nasiruddin Mukhtaram Shah Radziallah
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