After Pasir Salak, we visited a number of tombs before heading to a place called Pulau Juar where lie the tombs of two Perak Sultans who have the word Muazzam in their names.
This is either my 3rd or 4th visit. The last time I was here was sometime in September 2008. Have a look at the article Makam 2 Muazzam (Tombs of the 2 Muazzams) written in the blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) six months earlier...
Anyway this is the first time I brought the wife along... and of course the first time for baby Al-Rasyid...
We started by paying respect to the first Muazzam, Sultan Abdullah Muazzam Shah, Perak's 19th Sultan (ruled from 1818 or so till 1830).
I'm glad that baby Al-Rasyid could get along...
Next, the second Muazzam, the 23rd Sultan, Sultan Jaafar Muazzam Shah (ruled 1857-1865).
Besides his tomb lies one marked by Aceh gravestones. If I'm not mistaken this belongs to his wife, Wan Mahtra. For the record, Sultan Jaafar and Wan Mahtra were parents to the 26th Sultan, Sultan Abdullah II who was banished to the Seychelles Island 1877 for his involvement in the killing of the first British resident to Perak, J.W.W. Birch.
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