   tengku alam shah bin tengku ali iskandar shah was a prince of the house of bendahara (johor),lai, beyond rituals and riots: ethnic pluralism and social cohesion in singapore, pg 51 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.winstedt, a history of johore (1365â1941), pg 131 ==succession dispute== sultan ali's third son by cik sembuk, tengku mahmud was groomed for succession. when the sultan died in 1877, he nominated tengku mahmud to inherit the kesang territory.studer, american and british claims arbitration: william webster: appendix to the memorial of the united states, vol. iii, pg 313, 320 the sultan's decision took tengku alam and his supporters in singapore to anger,studer, american and british claims arbitration: william webster: appendix to the memorial of the united states, vol. iii, pg 351 who felt that tengku alam should inherit his father's properties given that he was the eldest son. furthermore, cik sembuk's commoner backgroundwinstedt, a history of johore (1365â1941), pg 129 stood out against daing siti's, who was the daughter of a bugis nobleman.ghazali, istana d
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