Sultan Abdul Jalil Rahmat Shah

Sultan Abdul Jalil Rahmat Shah or Raja Kecil is the 12th Sultan of Johor.

=Biography= Raja Kecil was a claimant to the throne of the Sultanate of Johor claiming to be the son of [Sultan Mahmud Shah II], who was born in High City, Old Johor.

According to the book " Leaves of the Same Tree: Trade and Ethnicity in the Straits of Malacca ", essay by Leonard Y. Andaya. He referred to The Story of Siak that the Little King or Sultan Abdul Jalil Rahmat Shah was the son of Sultan Mahmud Shah II. At a young age, His Highness King was taken away by His Majesty the King Mound fence. The granddaughter was married to Sultan Mahmud Shah II and obtained this Little King. Because of the blue-gray in the palace due to the sultan's odd behavior, the prince saved his grandson (Little King). In Ruyung Fence, the Little King was infiltrated by Princess Jamilan, who was the mother of the then Ruyung Fence. Little King is a close relative of the government of the Fence ( his name was believed to be Presiding by the King of the Indermashah Ruyung Fence, and then founded The Sultan of Siak Sri Inderapura). Princess Jamilan while taking the Little King as an adopted son once said: " I feel sorry for him, because he has no father .

At the age of 13, the Little King had asked Princess Jamilan's permission to go out to seek knowledge. He served the government of Palembang and returned to Ruyung Fence. When he returned home, Princess Jamilan asked him, saying " Why are you so long at sea?  "The Little King answered"  looking at the handsome people  ". These words reflect the reflection or metaphor that he was involved in the equilibrium activities of the sea trade, reinforcing evidence that the Pagar Ruyung government had close trade relations with the regional governments in particular Minangkabau and Palembang.

Princess Jamilan advised the Little King to travel again, this time suggesting that he go to Siak to seize Johor and seek revenge on his behalf Mahmud Shah II. His Majesty the King was then crowned as Fence of the Peel and gained the glory of the greatness of the Minangkabau. Later, the Little King exercised the title Sultan Abdul Jalil Rahmat Shah and ruled Johor between 1718 and 1722.

=Documentary proof= There is a Dutch record in 1674, that a messenger from Johor came to seek the help of the King Minangkabau in the war against King Jambi. Later on a letter from the King Jambi, The Sultan of Ingalaga to Dutch East Indies (VOC) in 1694, stating that Sultan Abdul Jalil of Pagar Ruyung, was present as the first witness.

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