- Sultanate of Sambas
Sambas was a traditional state in
Indonesia in modernBorneo .History
The line of the Majaphit Governors of Sambas ended with the descendant of the Majaphit monarch,
Sri Paduka Ratu Sepudak , the Ratu of Sambas, after 1609. She married one of her daughters to a descendant of theSultan of Brunei . The child of this union,Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku Muhammad Saif ud-din I. Ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim 'Ali 'Umar Shah of Sambas became the first Muslim Sultan.The State remained independent until the reign of the HEIC, when the capital went through a bombardment in 1812. The Dutch took their interest since 1819, leading finally into frequent minglings into succession and even the deposition and exiling to Java of
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku 'Abu Bakar Taj ud-din II. ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad 'Ali Shafi ud-din I. of Sambas .The state was stable, having strong, long-ruling leaders, up until the Japanese conquest of 1942, when Sultan
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku Muhammad Ibrahim Shafi ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Shafi ud-din II. of Sambas was executed at Mandor in 1944. The Sultanate was thereafter suspended and replaced by a Japanese ruling council, being restored with the return of the Dutch in 1946 .Since 1984,the head of the royal house was
Pangeran Ratu Winata Kusuma of Sambas , who was recognised as Sultan in 2000 and installed in July 2001.The Sultan
The title of the Sultan is "His Highness" and his royal name consists of "Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku" , then followed by his personal reign name, "ibni al-Marhum" and concludes with his father's reigning titles and his name.
The wife of the Sultan is titled "Sri Paduka Ratu" .
The Sultanate follows male primogeniture, with the sons of royal wives having precedence over those of common wives.
List of Rulers
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Sri Paduka Ratu Sepudak of Sambas , the Ratu of Sambas after 1609*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku Muhammad Saif ud-din I. ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim 'Ali 'Umar Shah of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1630-1670*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku Muhammad Taj ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Saif ud-din of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1670-1708*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku 'Umar Akam ud-din I. ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Taj ud-din , the Sultan of Sambas 1708-1732*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku 'Abu Bakar Kamal ud-din I. ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Jalal ud-din of Sabas , the Sultan of Sambas 1732-1762*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku 'Umar Akam ud-din II. ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Abu Bakar Kamal ud-din of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1762-1793*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku 'Abu Bakar Taj ud-din I. ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Umar Akam ud-din of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1790-1814*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku Muhammad 'Ali Shafi ud-din I. ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Umar Akam ud-din II. of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1814-1828*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku 'Usman Kamal ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Umar Akam ud-din II. of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1828 - 1832*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku 'Umar Akam ud-din III. ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Umar Akam ud-din II. of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1832 - 1845*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku 'Abu Bakar Taj ud-din II. ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad 'Ali Shafi ud-din I. of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1846-1854*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku 'Umar Kamal ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Umar Akam ud-din III. of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1854-1866*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku Muhammad Shafi ud-din II. ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Abu Bakar Taj ud-din II. of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1866-1924*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku Muhammad 'Ali Shafi ud-din II. ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad 'Ali Shafi ud-din I. of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1924-1926*
Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku Muhammad Ibrahim Shafi ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Shafi ud-din II. of Sambas , the Sultan of Smbas 1926-1944* Japanese ruling council 1944-1945
* Interegnum 1945-1946
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Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku Muhammad Taufik ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Ibrahim Shafi ud-din of Sambas , the Sultan of Sambas 1946-1984.*
Pangeran Ratu Winata Kusuma of Sambas , head of the royal family 1984-2000, Sultan 2000-present day. DIED 1-2-2008..+ Pangeran Ratu Muhammad Tarhan Winata Kusuma, installed as chief of the roal family 3-2-2008.
References
* [http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Indonesia/sambas.htm Sambas]
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