Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Selangor succession, 1935-04 - 1937-03
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/2/13
Scope and Contents
This file contains material relating to the controversy over the succession of the state of Selangor. In response to direction from the British Government, the Sultan of Selangor, Alauddin Sulaiman Shah, passed over his eldest son and heir, Tengku Musa Eddin, in favour of his third son, Hisamuddin Alam Shah, who succeeded him in 1938. The file includes:1. ‘The charge against the Raja Muda’, which explains why the British Government considered him to be an unsuitable successor (4...
Dates:
1935-04 - 1937-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Item
Sir John Anderson and suite at Istana of Sultan of Selangor circa 1905, 1905
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/30
Scope and Contents
273 x 228 mm (mounted on card). A group photograph taken in front of the Palace of the Sultan at Kuala Lumpur. Originally dated 1904, the photograph can however have been taken in 1905 at the earliest, since Sir William Taylor wears the order of the K.C.M.G awarded to him in that year. Figures identified in the group are: Oliver MARKS (1866-1940); Secretary to the High Commissioner and later British Resident in Negri Sembilan and Selangor; Eric MAXWELL; no information; (?) R.W. BROOKS; no...
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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