Alauddin Ahmad Syah [SEP] date of death
Alauddin Ahmad Syah
Sultan Alauddin Ahmad Syah (died 1735) was the twenty-third sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra. He ruled from 1727 to 1735 and inaugurated the Bugis Dynasty of Aceh which would remain on the throne until the end of the sultanate in 1903.
From official to sultan.
The original name of the future sultan was Zainul Abidin. He was of Bugis stock; the Bugis from South Sulawesi migrated to all parts of the East Indian Archipelago after 1667 and were well regarded as traders, sailors
ul-Alam was invited back to Kutaraja by the "uleëbalangs" (chiefs) to deliberate about a new sultan. The meeting ended in a rift; the XXII Mukims and XXV Mukims accepted Alauddin Ahmad Syah's eldest son Alauddin Johan Syah as sultan, while the XXVI Mukims preferred Jamal ul-Alam. The foremost champion of Alauddin Johan Syah was his youngest brother Pocut Muhammad. In spite of his brother's admonitions not to harm a descendant of the Prophet, Pocut Muhammad waged war on Jamal ul-Alam; this