Sambas

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Sambas was a traditional state in Indonesia in modern Borneo.

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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 the Sultan 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.

Sri Paduka al-Sultan Tuanku 'Umar Kamal ud-din ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Umar Akam ud-din III,the Sultan of Sambas 1854-1866

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

  • Japanese ruling council 1944-1945
  • Interegnum 1945-1946

+ Pangeran Ratu Muhammad Tarhan Winata Kusuma, installed as chief of the roal family 3-2-2008.

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