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Elles, Bertram Walter, 1877

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At Sri Menanti, Negri Sembilan, Durbar 1932, 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/87
Scope and Contents 162 x 90 mm. A formal group portrait of the officials present at the 1932 durbar held at Sri Menanti, palace of the Yang di-Petuan Besar at Seremban. The figures in the group are: [?] Al-Mutasim Billah al-Sultan ABDULLAH (d 1932); Sultan of Pahang circa 1918-1932. Brysons caption identified this figure as Sultan Ahmad, but this is surely incorrect: Sultan Ahmad (circa 1881-1938) had ruled Pahang since 1865. On his death in 1914 his son Mahmad succeeded him and he in turn was succeeded...
Dates: 1932
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