| Tengku Alam Shah | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | June 1846[1] Kampong Glam, Singapore |
| Died | 26 August 1891 (aged 45)[2] Kampong Glam, Singapore |
| Burial | Sultan Mosque, Singapore |
| Spouse | Tengku Mariam[3] |
| Issue | 1. Tengku Haji Ali Iskandar Shah II 2. Tengku Gedung Aishah 3. Tengku Mariam 4. Tengku Nuteh[3] |
| House | House of Bendahara dynasty |
| Father | Ali of Johor |
| Mother | Daing Siti |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Tengku Alam Shah, Tengku Ali Iskandar Shah was a prince of the House of Bendahara (Johor),[4] and was the oldest son of Sultan Ali, the 19th Sultan of Johor by his second wife, Daing Siti. Following his father's death in 1877, Tengku Alam and his supporters made an active pursuit to his claims for the Kesang territory and was publicly proclaimed as the Sultan of Johor and Pahang with the regnal name of Alauddin Alam Shah during his marriage ceremony in 1879. The proclamation briefly alarmed Maharaja Abu Bakar, who feared that his political position may be threatened. Within the same year, a brief civil war erupted in Jementah, after repeated attempts to get his claims to the Kesang territory being recognised failed.[5]
- ^ Studer, American and British Claims Arbitration: William Webster: Appendix to the Memorial of the United States, Vol. III, pg 358
- ^ Lee, The British as Rulers: Governing Multiracial Singapore, 1867–1914, pg 13
- ^ a b Adil, Sejarah Johor, pg 287
- ^ Lai, Beyond Rituals and Riots: Ethnic Pluralism and Social Cohesion in Singapore, pg 51
- ^ Winstedt, A History of Johore (1365–1941), pg 131