Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar
The Father of Modern Johor
Sultan Abu Bakar ibni Almarhum
Temenggong Seri Maharaja Tun
st
Daeng Ibrahim, the 21 of Sultan
Johor and the 1 Maharaja of Johor
st
from the House of Temenggong.
He was informally
known as “The Father
of Modern Johor”.
Many historians
accredited Johor’s
development in the
19 century to his
th
leadership.
Years as Maharaja (1868-1885)
Maharaja Abu Bakar of Johor
(1868-1885)
He was officially proclaimed as the
Maharaja of Johor on 30 June 1868.