Temenggong Abdul Jamal Explained

Abdul Jamal
Temenggong of Johor
Type:Temenggong
Succession:Temenggong of Johor
Reign:1757 – 1802
Predecessor:Newly Created
Successor:Tun Abdul Hamid
Birth Name:Tun Abdul Jamal bin Tun Abbas
Birth Place:Johor Sultanate
Death Place:Pulau Bulang, Kepulauan Riau, Johor Sultanate
Burial Date:1802
Burial Place:Makam Temenggung Abdul Jamal, Pulau Bulang, Kepulauan Riau, Johor Sultanate
Spouse:Tuan Encik Lah
Daeng Maimuna
Spouse-Type:Spouses
House:Temenggong
Father:Bendahara Tun Abbas
Religion:Sunni Islam

Dato' Temenggong Abdul Jamal bin Sayyid Abbas Al-Aydrus (1720 – 1802) was the first Temenggong of Johor. He is noted to be the direct ancestor to the current Sultan of Johor and the descendants of the House of Temenggong.

History

Abdul Jamal was born in the Johor Sultanate in 1720 to his father Bendahara Tun Abbas of Pahang,[1] the son of the Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah IV, who died on 21 November 1721.

He married Raja Daeng Maimunah binti Opu Daeng Perani, who was a descendant (House of King Bugis Luwu) and subsequent descendants wear the titles of Tun and Daeng.

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.[2]

Legacy

Certain locations were named after him at Kepulauan Riau:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cemetery of Temenggung Abdul Jamal. 2016-03-20. Batam Ekbiz. en-US. 2019-06-07.
  2. Book: Carl A., Trcocki. Prince of Pirates : The Temenggongs and the Developments of Johor and Singapore. NUS Press. 2007. 9789971693763. Singapore.
  3. Web site: Makam Temenggung Abdul Jamal Pulau Bulang Lintang Batam. 2018-09-19. Informasi Situs Budaya Indonesia. id-ID. 2019-04-10.