SLB Dato' Jaafar Muhammad scrapbook

Jaafar
muhammad

Name : syifaa’ nur huda binti Ibrahim
Class : 4 akasia
E-mail : [email protected]
school’s name : smk dato’ seth
school’s address : smK dato’ seth, Jalan Yong Peng- muar,

Kampung Parit Awang,
83700 Yong Peng, Johor

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CONTENTS

NUMBER INTRODUCTION PAGE
1. 1
2. BIODATA OF JAAFAR MUHAMMAD 2
3. JAAFAR MUHAMMAD’S EDUCATIONS 3
4. 4
5. CAREERS OF JAAFAR MUHAMMAD 5
6. JAAFAR MUHAMMMAD’S CONTRIBUTIONS 6
THE LEADERSHIP VALUES OF JAAFAR MUHAMMAD THAT CAN EMULATED BY
7. PRESENT GENERATION 7
8. CLOSING / CONCLUSION 8
SOURCES

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INTRODUCTION

DATO’ JAAFAR MUHAMMAD IS THE LEADER FIGURE OF JOHOR THAT I CHOOSE FOR THIS SCRAPBOOK
COMPETITION IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT HE HAS DONE A LOT FOR THE SAKE OF JOHOR’S
ADVANCEMENT. THIS SCRAPBOOK CONSISTS OF 11 PAGES. THE SIGNIFICANT INFORMATIONS LIKE JAAFAR
MUHAMMAD’S BIODATA , HIS CONRIBUTIONS , HIS CAREERS AND A LOT MORE HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN
THIS SCARPBOOK. I HOPE THIS SCRAPBOOK WILL BRING JOY , KNOWLEDGE , AND INSPIRATION TO THOSE
WHO READ.

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BIODATA OF JAAFAR MUHAMMAD

NAME : DATO’ JAAFAR BIN MUHAMMAD
DATE OF BIRTH : 1838
DATE OF DEATH : JULY 3 , 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH : TELUK BELANGA , SINGAPORE
PLACE OF DEATH : BUKIT SENYUM , JOHOR BAHRU , JOHOR
PLACE OF BURIAL : MAHMOODIAH ROYAL MAUSOLEUM
SON : ONN JAAFAR , THE 7TH MENTERI BESAR OF JOHOR
GRANDCHILD : HUSSEIN ONN , 3RD PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA
GREAT-GRANDCHILD : HISHAMMUDDIN HUSSEIN , MALAYSIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIR
GRANDFATHER : DATO’ ABDUL JABAR
DESCENDANT OF : ABDUL JALIL SHAH IV OF JOHOR , TUN PERAKSPOUSES
SPOUSES : ESAH BTE IBRAHIM , EMON BTE ABU TALIB , DATIN SELAMAH AMBAK ROGAYAH HANIM
RESIDENCE : ISTANA BUKIT SENYUM
OCCUPATION : DATO’ MENTERI BESAR (CHIEF MINISTER) OF THE INDEPENDENT KINGDOM OF JOHOR
AWARDS : - THIRD CLASS STAR ST. MICHEAL AND ST. GEORGE BY QUEEN VICTORIA OF THE UK

- ORDER OF THE CROWN OF JOHOR (S.P.M.J)

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JAAFAR MUHAMMAD’S EDUCATIONS

DATO’ JAAFAR MUHAMMAD PRIORITIZED EDUCATION , PRINCIPALLY THE WESTERN EDUCATION , THE STUDIES
OF ISLAM AND MALAY CULTURE . HE ALSO RECEIVED MALAY AND ENGLISH EDUCATION. ISTANA BUKIT SENYUM
WAS THE PLACE HE LIVED IN. IN 1891 , HE HAD AN ENGLISH TUTOR . IN ADDITION HE ALSO HAD A BLIND
MUALIM (TEACHER) , NAMED SHEIKH SALIMI WHO TEACHED THE STUDIES OF ISLAM IN DATO’ JAAFAR
MUHAMMAD’S RESIDENCE. FUTHERMORE , SHARIFAH ENSON FROM JOHOR BAHRU HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO
TEACH THE JAWI WRITING , AS WELL AS RECITING THE AL-QURAN.

HE ALSO PRIORITIZED THE EDUCATION OF HIS KIDS. HE HAS EDUCATED HIS KIDS TO READ SAGA , POETRIES ,
LITERATURE , AND ENGLISH POETRIES , OTHER THAN READING THE AL-QURAN.

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ISTANA BUKIT SENYUM

CAREERS OF JAAFAR MUHAMMAD

- HE JOINED THE GOVERNMENT OF JOHOR IN THE AGE OF 16 AS A CLERK INTERN AT THE OFFICE OF MINISTER
TO TEMENGGUNG IBRAHIM.

- IN 1882 , HE WAS APPOINTED AS CHIEF CLERK IN THE MINISTER’S OFFICE. NOT LONG AFTER THAT , HE GOT TO
HOLD A POSITION AS DATO’ MENTERI.

- SULTAN ABU BAKAR APPOINTED HIM AS MENTERI BESAR OF JOHOR. IT WAS AN HISTORICAL OCCASION.
- WHILE HOLDING DUTIES AS A CHIEF MINISTER , HE USED TO HOLD THE DUTIES OF THE SULTAN OF JOHOR TO

RUN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE . HE WAS APPOINTED BY THE SULTAN AS REGENT OF THE SULTAN IN
1904.
- LEADING THE STATE , RUNNING THE STATE’S ADMINISTRATION WERE HIS MAJOR ROLES. BRAVE AND WISE ARE
THE MOST SUITABLE WORDS IN DISCRIBING THE KIND OF LEADER HE WAS.

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JAAFAR MUHAMMMAD’S CONTRIBUTIONS

WHEN HE BECAME THE CHIEF MINISTER OF JOHOR FROM 1882 TO 1919 , ALL BRITISH OFFICIALS WHO SERVED IN JOHOR
WERE REQUIRED TO WEAR OFFICIAL CLOTHES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF JOHOR. THE UNION JACK FLAG , THE BANNER
OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE , SHOULD NOT BE HIGHER THAN THE FLAG OF JOHOR. IN ADDITION . ALL CORRESPONDENCE
MUST BE WRITTEN IN MALAY.
BESIDES BEING KNOWN AS LOYAL , EFFICIENT , EFFECTIVE , TRUTHFUL , AND STARIGHT FORWARD , HE IS ALSO ONE OF
JOHOR’S ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERS WHO OPPOSED THE ENGLAND INTERVENE IN JOHOR IN 1910.
HE BECAME THE CHIEF MINISTER AND ADVISER TO SULTAN IBRAHIM. IN 1909 , THROUGH A LETTER , DATO’ JAAFAR
ADVISED SULTAN IBRAHIM NOT TO INCORPORATE A BRITISH ADVISOR INTO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JOHOR. DATO’
JAAFAR WAS CONCERNED WITH THE EFFECTS OF BRITISH INTERVENTION OF JOHOR’S ADMINISTRATOR . DATO’ ABDUL
RAHMAN ANDAK , AN ARISTROCRAT SUPPORTED HIM. ALTHOUGH DATO’ JAAFAR FAILED TO DETAIN THE DECISION OF
SULTAN IBRAHIM. HOWEVER , HE STOOD UP AGAINST BRITISH ENTRY TO JOHOR.
IN MEMORY OF HIS SERVICES TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF JOHOR , SULTAN ABU BAKAR AWARDED HIM THE DEGREES OF
CROWN SERI JOHOR (S.P.M.J). HE WAS ALSO AWARDED THE THIRD DEGREES OF ST. MICHEAL AND ST. GEORGE BY
QUEEN VICTORIA OF ENGLAND

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THE LEADERSHIP VALUES
OF JAAFAR MUHAMMAD
THAT CAN BE EMULATED BY
THE PRESENT GENERATION

THESE ARE SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP VALUES OF JAAFAR MUHAMMAD THAT CAN BE EMULATED
BY THE PRESENT GENERATION :
1. HONESTY IN CARRYING OUT DUTIES
2. BRAVE IN UPHOLDING JUSTICE
3. WISE IN MAKING DECISIONS
4. NEVER GIVE UP IN SOLVING PROBLEMS
5. VALUE THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION
6. G
7. LOYAL TO THE COUNTRY , THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RULERS

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CLOSING / CONCLUSION

IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS , THE HONESTY , BRAVENESS , LOYALNESS , AND WISENESS OF JAAFAR
MUHAMMAD ARE NEEDED FOR US TO EMULATE. WE HAVE TO BE BRAVE IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR
COUNTRY A PEACEFUL COUNTRY AND PROTECT IT FROM COLONIZERS. WISENESS IS IMPORTANT
IN MAKING DECISIONS SO THAT THE HISTORY DOES NOT REPEAT ITSELF.. AS THE SAYING GOES A
COUNTENANCE MORE IN SORROW THAN IN ANGER. TO SOME UP EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN
STATED , DATO’ JAAFAR MUHAMMAD IS WORTHY FOR US TO EMULATE HIS LEADERSHIP VALUES.

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SOURCES
1. http://journalarticle.ukm.my/543/
2. http://kaylingliberation.blogspot.my/2014/07/dato-jaafar-bin-haji-muhammad-1838-1919.html
3. http://www.thestar.com.my/data/archives/2013/07/05/00/31/taking-root-branching-out/

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