Yamtuan Besar

Yamtuan Besar
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
State
Incumbent
Tuanku Muhriz,
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan

since 29 December 2008
installation 26 October 2009
Details
StyleHis Royal Highness (Malay: Duli Yang Maha Mulia)
First monarchRaja Melewar
Formation1773; 251 years ago (1773)
ResidenceIstana Besar, Seri Menanti
AppointerThe Council of Undang Yang Empat
The Yamtuan Besar's official headgear is a destar tied in the solek (style) of Dendam Tak Sudah, as depicted in this picture of the replica of it in Bukit Putus.

The Yamtuan Besar, also known officially as Yang di-Pertuan Besar and unofficially as Grand Ruler, is the royal title of the ruler of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The Grand Ruler of Negeri Sembilan is elected by a council of ruling chiefs in the state, or the Undangs. This royal practice has been followed since 1773. The Yamtuan Besar is elected from among the four leading princes of Negeri Sembilan (Putera Yang Empat); the Undangs themselves cannot stand for election and their choice of a ruler is limited to a male Muslim who is Malay and also a "lawfully begotten descendant of Raja Radin ibni Raja Lenggang", the 4th Yamtuan.

This unique form of government later inspired the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, to implement a form of rotational constitutional monarchy for a newly independent Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia). Thus, the office of Yang di-Pertuan Agong was created.