Salehuddin of Perak

Sultan Salehuddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Shah I (died 1636) was the ninth Sultan of Perak. He was the son of the eighth Sultan of Perak, Sultan Mahmud Shah I.[1][2]

In the year 1630, Raja Kobat the son of the late Sultan Mahmud Shah I was appointed as the ninth Sultan of Perak with the title of Sultan Salehuddin after the death of his father. During his reign, the entire state of Perak was said to have been hit by a deadly cholera epidemic which caused many people in Perak to die. Sultan Salehuddin is said to have sailed to Kampar, Sumatra and died there in 1636.[3]

According to a document from the History of the Kampar Society in the Peninsula, the relationship between the state of Perak and the state of Kampar began from the reign of the first Sultan of Perak and continued until the reign of Sultan Salehuddin. People from Kampar also came to migrate to the state of Perak and they were concentrated in Dinding such as Manjung and in the Beruas area.[2]

Due to the lack of documentation and references, not much further information can be found regarding his life. The exact location of the tomb of Sultan Salehuddin in Kampar is unknown. With his death, the direct male line descendants of the Sultan of Perak ended.[2]