Muhammad of Negeri Sembilan

Muhammad Shah
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan
Tuanku Muhammad Shah (seated) with his bodyguards, 1903.
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan
Reign	1888 - 1933
Predecessor	Tuanku Antah
Successor	Tuanku Abdul Rahman
Born	(1865-04-25)25 April 1865 Seri Menanti, Negri Sembilan
Died	1 August 1933(1933-08-01) (aged 68) Seri Menanti, Negri Sembilan
Burial	Makam Diraja Seri Menanti
Issue	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Tunku Laksamana Nasir
Full name Tunku Muhammad Shah ibni Tunku Antah (at birth)
Dynasty	Pagaruyung - House of Yamtuan Raden
Father	Tuanku Antah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Radin
Mother	Cik Halima binti Uggoh
Religion	Sunni Islam

Tuanku Muhammad Shah. The Tuanku Ja'afar Royal Gallery, Seremban

Paduka Sri Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah GCMG KCVO (25 April 1865—1 August 1933) was the seventh Yamtuan Besar of Seri Menanti, who ruled from 1888 to 1933. During his reign, Negeri Sembilan came under British protection in 1889 and became a Federated Malay State in 1895. Three years later, Sir Tuanku Muhammad Shah was duly elected the first Yang-di-Pertuan Besar of modern Negri Sembilan. He died in 1933 after a reign of 45 years, aged 68. He was buried at the Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum at Seri Menanti.

Honours

• Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)-1925
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)-1931 (KCMG-1916) (CMG-1894)

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