Tun Ali of Pahang
| Tun Ali تون علي |
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|---|---|
| Raja Bendahara of Pahang | |
| Reign | 1806–1857 |
| Predecessor | Tun Koris |
| Successor | Tun Mutahir |
| Born | 1782 |
| Died | October 1857 (aged 85) |
| Burial | Royal Cemetery, Kuala Pahang |
| House | Bendahara |
| Father | Tun Koris |
| Mother | Che Puan Tun Mariam |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Tun Ali ibni Almarhum Tun Koris (1782–October 1857) was the 22nd and the last Bendahara of Johor Empire, and the fourth Raja Bendahara of Pahang who reigned from 1806 to 1857.
In 1853, Tun Ali declared his autonomy from the empire, paving the way for an independent Pahang, after two centuries of union with the crown of Johor. He was able to maintain peace and stability during his reign, but his death in 1857 precipitated civil war between his sons.
Tun Ali is the second son of the 21st Bendahara of Johor Tun Koris who succeeded on the death of his father and installed by Sultan Mahmud Shah III in 1806. He was about 25 years of age at the time of his accession.
The Johor Empire at that time was approaching its dismemberment, with Sultan's power effectively reduced to the capital in Daik, Lingga. While the rest of the empire was administered by three powerful ministers, the Bendahara in Pahang, the Temenggong in Johor and Singapore, and the Yamtuan Muda in Riau.
In January 1812, Mahmud Shah III died leaving two sons Tengku Hussein and Tengku Abdul Rahman. The Bugis Yamtuan Muda supported the claim of Abdul Rahman to the Sultanate, and succeeded in having him proclaimed ruler at Mahmud's grave-side.
Hussein acquiesced in his brother's elevation to the throne, and betook himself to Pahang where he enlisted the support of Bendahara Tun Ali who, with Hussein's step-mother Tengku Puteri Hamidah of Pulau Penyengat, in whose custody was the regalia of the Johor Empire, assembled forces to attack Abdul Rahman. The Yamtuan Muda, alarmed at the war-like preparations, made a complaint to the Resident of Malacca, and Adrian Koek was sent to warn the Bendahara that intervention in Lingga would give offence to the British Empire, so Tun Ali took his forces, which had been mobilized at Bulang, back to Pahang.
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