Ashman Shah | |||||
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Raja Kechil Sulong of Perak | |||||
Predecessor | Raja Ahmad Nazim Azlan Shah | ||||
Successor | Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain | ||||
Born |
Penang, Malaya |
28 December 1958||||
Died | 30 March 2012 Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
(aged 53)||||
Burial | 30 March 2012 Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Kangsar, Perak |
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Spouse | Noraini Jane binti Kamarul Ariffin | ||||
Issue | Raja Eminah Alliyah Raja Ahmad Nazim Azlan Shah Raja Bainunisa Safia |
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Father | Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah | ||||
Mother | Bainun binti Muhammad Ali | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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Raja Ashman Shah ibni Raja Azlan Shah (as birth) |
Raja Ashman Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-lah (28 December 1958 – 30 March 2012) was a member of the Perak Royal Family, the second son of Sultan Azlan Shah. He was the Raja Kechil Sulong of Perak, which made him the fourth in line to the throne of the Perak Sultanate.
Raja Ashman Shah was born at Penang, Malaya, 28 December 1958 as the third son of late Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah, later Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, and his wife Tuanku Bainun Binti Mohd Ali (herself a member of the Royal House of Perak and much third grandson of her husband's father Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah of Perak)
His siblings are :
Raja Ashman attended high school at St. John Institution, Kuala Lumpur. He held a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Nottingham, a master's degree in Law from Cambridge University, and a diploma in Business Law from the University of London, England. He was a barrister-at-law and a member of the English Bar.
Raja Ashman held a number of professional positions. He was the Executive Director of Dreamland Holdings from 1990, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Haqqani Foundation Malaysia from 1994, the Chairman of Dwitasik, and the Director of KKB Engineering Bhd.
Raja Ashman held an ijazah (permission of initiating seekers, teaching the masses and channeling divine energy) from Shaykh Nazim 'Adil al-Haqqani in the Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order. Known as Sheikh Raja in the Sufi order, he was the representative of Shaykh Nazim in Malaysia and Singapore. He established the Naqshbandi zawiya in Kuala Lumpur. He was also revered by some members of the Order as one of Shaykh Nazim's worldwide successors.