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routed by British warships. The war ceased soon after Wan Ahmad's troops captured and established control over a number of important towns and regions in the interior, and eventually seized the capital, Pekan. Tun Mutahir retreated to Temai and in May 1863, he fled to Kuala Sedili, where he died with his son Wan Koris.
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During his reign, Pahangese politics came under the purview of the British government. Increasing pressure was exerted upon the sultan by the residing British Agent to administer the state according to the British ideals of "just rule" and modernisation. This had effectively plunged the state into
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faction, a Malay sultanate to the north, and by the Siamese. Both sides, whose outside supporters had ulterior motives, engaged chiefly in raids and ambushes, with occasional battles near fortifications along the vast riverine system of Pahang. Siamese vessels sent to assist Wan Ahmad in 1862 were
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Ahmad owed his victory in the war partly to his outstanding ability as a field commander. He was formally installed as ruler by his chiefs with the title Bendahara Siwa Raja Tun Ahmad. Ahmad proclaimed amnesty to those chiefs and subjects who had aided his enemies. He also rewarded the wealthy
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The civil wars that ravaged the land had led to the rise of dissension among the ruling class and territorial chiefs who were thenceforth divided into factions. In 1881, prompted by his dwindling authority both within Pahang and among his counterparts in the western
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Wan Ahmad was educated privately in his father's court. He was granted Kuantan and Endau as his fief by his father when he was very young. However, his control of these territories was opposed by his brother, after the latter's succession in 1857.
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prompted Wan Ahmad to oppose his brother. The tensions among the two brothers escalated into a bitter civil war, shortly after the death of their father in 1857. His elder brother, Tun Mutahir was supported by
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The work of building up a state administration began with the creation of the Supreme Court, a police force and a State Council. In 1895, the sultan entered into a Treaty of Federation to form the
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and the founder and first modern Sultan of Pahang. Commonly known as Tun Wan Ahmad before his accession, he seized the throne in 1863 after defeating his elder brother
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discontent with clashes between traditional chiefs and the British. The British ultimately compelled Tun Wan Ahmad to make his state a
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government in 1887, in return for signing a treaty with the British which compelled him to accept a British Agent in his court.
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businessmen who had rendered him financial assistance during the war by leasing to them the state's salt and opium monopolies.
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Sultan Ahmad Al-Muʽazzam Shah Ibni Al-Marhum Bendahara Sri Maharaja Tun Ali
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Sultan Ahmad Al-Muʽazzam Shah and his personal attendants, 1897.
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Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Che’ Ungku Pah binti Dato’ Temenggong Sri Maharaja Tun Ibrahim
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The Sultan was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the
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Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Ahmad Al-Muʽazzam Shah
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Bendahara Sri Maharaja Tun Ali Ibni Al-Marhum Tun Koris
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Raja Bendahara of Pahang
Tun Mutahir
Sultan of Pahang
Sultan Mahmud Shah
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Royal Cemetery, Kampung Marhum
Kuala Pahang
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