Sultan Iskandar of Perak
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Sultan Sir Iskandar Shah al-Kaddasullah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir Idris Murshid al-Azam Shah Rahmatullah GCMG, KCVO
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 (10 May 1881-14 October 1938) was the 30th Sultan of Perak
Sultan of Perak
Sultan of Perak is one of the oldest hereditary seats among the Malay states.When the Sultanate of Malacca empire fell to Portugal in 1511, Sultan Mahmud Syah I retreated to Kampar, Sumatra and died there in 1528. He left behind two princes named Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah II and Sultan Muzaffar...

. Perak
Perak
Perak , one of the 13 states of Malaysia, is the second largest state in the Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor the Strait of Malacca to the south and west.Perak means silver in Malay...

 at that time was part of the British-administered Federated Malay States
Federated Malay States
The Federated Malay States was a federation of four protected states in the Malay Peninsula—Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang—established by the British government in 1895, which lasted until 1946, when they, together with the Straits Settlements and the Unfederated Malay...

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Raja Alang Iskandar was born in 1881. He was made Raja Bendahara during the reign of his elder brother, Sultan Abdul Jalil
Sultan Abdul Jalil of Perak
Sultan Abdul Jalil, KCMG, was a sultan of Perak. Perak was part of the Federated Malay States during his reign and became a state of the independent Malaya in 1957, and subsequently Malaysia in 1963....

. He ascended the Perak
Perak
Perak , one of the 13 states of Malaysia, is the second largest state in the Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor the Strait of Malacca to the south and west.Perak means silver in Malay...

 throne in November 1918 following the death of his brother. It was during Sultan Iskandar's reign that the Dinding and Pulau Pangkor territories were returned by the British in 1935. Prior to that, both territories were administered as part of the Straits Settlements
Straits Settlements
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He died on 14 October 1938 and was given the post-humous title of Marhum Kadassallah. He was succeeded by his brother-in-law, Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mutasim Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa.
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