Sultan Muda

Sultan Muda
Sulṭān of Acèh Darussalam
Reign 1579
Predecessor Ali Ri'ayat Syah I
Successor Sri Alam
Died 1579
Father Ali Ri'ayat Syah I

Sultan Muda (b. and d. 1579; literally meaning "young sultan") was a nominal Sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra. His brief tenure starts a decade-long period of dynastic weakness and strife in the Aceh kingdom.

Sultan Muda was the only known child of the previous ruler, Sultan Ali Ri'ayat Syah I. When Sultan Ali died in June 1579, he was nominally succeeded by Sultan Muda who was only four months old.[1] However, the child died after a very short time. He was succeeded by his uncle Sultan Mughal who was the vassal lord of Priaman. The new ruler took the throne name Sultan Sri Alam.[2]

References

  1. According to the chronology based on grave-stones, in Encyclopaedia van Nederlandsch-Indië (1917), Vol. 1, genealogical table between p. 88 and 89.
  2. Djajadiningrat (1911), p. 159.

Literature

Preceded by
Ali Ri'ayat Syah I
Sulṭān of Acèh Darussalam
1579
Succeeded by
Sri Alam
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