Sultanate of Johor

The Johor Sultanate
کسلطانن جوهر Kesultanan Johor
1528–19th century
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Capital		Tanjung Puteri
Languages		Malay
Religion		Sunni Islam
Government		Monarchy
Sultan		Alauddin Riayat Shah II
History
•	Established	1528
•	Disestablished	19th century
Currency		Tin ingot, native gold and silver coins
Preceded by Succeeded by Malacca Sultanate Siak Sultanate Riau-Lingga Sultanate Straits Settlements
Today part of		Malaysia  Singapore  Indonesia

Johor Protectorate نڬري جوهر
Negeri Johor
Protectorate of the United Kingdom
1914–1942 1945–1946
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Motto Malay: Kepada Allah Berserah (To Allah We Surrender)
Johor in present-day Malaysia
Capital		Johor Bahru1
Languages		Malay2 English
Religion		Sunni Islam
Political structure		Protectorate
Monarch
•	1837-1901	Victoria
•	1936-1952	George VI
Advisor
•	1914–unknown	D.G. Campbell
Historical era		British Empire
•	Recognised by United Kingdom	11 December 1885
•	British adviser accepted	12 May 1914
•	Japanese troops take Johor Bahru	31 January 1942
•	Japanese surrender	14 August 1945
•	Added into Malayan Union	31 March 1946
Currency		Straits dollar until 1939 Malayan dollar until 1953
Succeeded by Japanese occupation of Malaya Malayan Union
Today part of		Malaysia
1 Formerly Tanjung Puteri, remains as capital until today 2 Malay using Jawi (Arabic) script

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The Sultanate of Johor (or sometimes Johor-Riau or Johor-Riau-Lingga or more correctly Johor Empire) was founded by Malaccan Sultan Mahmud Shah's son, Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah II in 1528. Johor was part of the Malaccan Sultanate before the Portuguese conquered Malacca's capital in 1511. At its height, the sultanate controlled modern-day Johor, Riau, and territories stretching from the river Klang to the Linggi and Tanjung Tuan, Muar, Batu Pahat, Singapore, Pulau Tinggi and other islands off the east coast of the Malay peninsula, the Karimun islands, the islands of Bintan, Bulang, Lingga and Bunguran, and Bengkalis, Kampar and Siak in Sumatra. During the colonial era, the mainland part was administered by the British, and the insular part by the Dutch, thus breaking up the sultanate into Johor and Riau. In 1946, the British section became part of the Malayan Union. Two years later, it joined the Federation of Malaya and subsequently, the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. In 1949, the Dutch section became part of Indonesia.