Mansur Shah II of Pahang

Mansur Shah II
منصور شاه
Sultan of Pahang
Reign 15551560
Predecessor Zainal Abidin Shah
Successor Abdul Jamal Shah
Died 1560
Spouse Raja Putri Fatima
Raja Bakal
Issue Raja Saleh
Raja Jalil
Raja Putri Putih
Raja Putri Tengah
Raja Putri Dewi
Regnal name
Paduka Sri Sultan Mansur Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin Shah
Posthumous name
Marhum Syahid
House Melaka
Father Zainal Abidin Shah
Mother Raja Putri Dewi
Religion Sunni Islam

Paduka Sri Sultan Mansur Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal-Abidin Shah is the eighth Sultan of Pahang who reigned from 1555 to 1560. He succeeded on the death of his father, Zainal Abidin Shah in 1555.[1]

Early life

Known as Raja Mansur before his accession, he is the eldest son of the seventh Sultan, Zainal Abidin Shah by his Royal wife, Raja Putri Dewi, daughter of Mahmud Shah of Melaka. Mansur Shah II married first to Raja Putri Fatima, elder daughter of Alauddin Riayat Shah II by his wife, Raja Puspa Dewi binti Sultan Mahmud Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Shah. He married secondly after the death of his first wife, to Putri Bakal binti Raja Ahmad, daughter of Raja Ahmad bin Raja Muhammad of Terengganu.[1]

Death

According to the classical Malay text, Bustanus Salatin, Mansur Shah II was killed in a battle against the Javanese Hindus that took place in Southern Pahang in 1560.[2][1] He was buried at Tanjung Brunei Cemetery, Pahang, having had issue, three sons and three daughters. As he was venerated as a martyr who die wielding jihad, Mansur Shah II is styled Marhum Shahid after his death and succeeded by his younger brother, Raja Jamal.[1]

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Mansur Shah II of Pahang
House of Melaka
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Zainal Abidin Shah
Sultan of Pahang
1555–1560
Succeeded by
Abdul Jamal Shah
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