Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
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 Yusuf Izzuddin Rathiullah Ghafarullahulahu Shah
, KCMG
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 (15 January 1890 - 4 January 1963) was a Sultan
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 of 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...

, a state in the current Federation of Malaysia.

Raja Yusuf was born on 15 January 1890 at Kuala Kangsar, Perak. He was the son of Sultan Abdul Jalil Nasiruddin Al-Mukhataram Karamatullah Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Idris Rahmatullah Shah
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....

. Raja Yusuf was educated at Hogan School (later changed to Clifford School), Kuala Kangsar. He was appointed Raja Di Hilir in 1919 and later in 1921, became Raja Bendahara.

In 1938, upon the death of his uncle, Sultan Iskandar Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Idris Rahmatullah Shah
Sultan Iskandar of Perak
Sultan Sir Iskandar Shah al-Kaddasullah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir Idris Murshid al-Azam Shah Rahmatullah GCMG, KCVO was the 30th Sultan of Perak. Perak at that time was part of the British-administered Federated Malay States....

, he was appointed as Raja Muda. Raja Yusuf ascended the Perak throne in 1948 following the death of Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mutasim Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa.

Death

He died on 4 January 1963, aged 72, and was posthumously titled as Marhum Ghafarullah. He was succeeded by Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakkil Alallahi Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Shah Kadassallah.

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