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Abu Bakar of Johor

1833 - 1895

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Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Al-Khalil Ibrahim Shah ibni Almarhum Maharaja Tun Daeng Ibrahim (Jawi: المرحوم سلطان سر أبو بكر الخليل إبراهيم شاه ابن المرحوم تمڠڬوڠ تون داءيڠ إبراهيم سري مهاراج جوهر; 3 February 1833 – 4 June 1895) was the Temenggong of Johor. He was the 1st sultan of modern Johor, the 21st Sultan of Johor and the first Maharaja of Johor from the House of Temenggong. He was also informally known as "The Father of Modern Johor", as many historians accredited Johor's development in the 19th century to Abu Bakar's leadership. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Bakar of Johor has received more than 419,415 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Bakar of Johor is the 15,299th most popular politician, the 20th most popular biography from Singapore and the 13th most popular Singaporean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abu Bakar of Johor ranks 15,299 out of 19,576Before him are José María Pérez de Urdininea, Bahriye Üçok, Ni Xialian, Gregory Mathews, Selahattin Demirtaş, and Zhou Xiaochuan. After him are Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Éric Dupond-Moretti, Hirofumi Nakasone, Muhammetnazar Gapurow, Jaime Torres Bodet, and Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Abu Bakar of Johor ranks 75Before him are Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, John Anderson, Constantine V of Constantinople, José María de Pereda, Ferdinand von Saar, and Georgi Valkovich. After him are Melville Fuller, Petre S. Aurelian, Antonio Flores Jijón, Charles Horton Peck, Luis Cordero Crespo, and Ludwig von Brenner. Among people deceased in 1895, Abu Bakar of Johor ranks 79Before him are Gustav Spörer, Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Bertha Valerius, Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, Joseph Thomson, and Giuseppe Prinzi. After him are Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, Ludwig Schläfli, Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Charles Frédéric Girard, and Henry Seebohm.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Abu Bakar of Johor ranks 20 out of 42Before him are Julia Nickson (1958), Benjamin Sheares (1907), Ong Teng Cheong (1936), Leslie Charteris (1907), Terry Butcher (1958), and Edward Craven Walker (1918). After him are Fann Wong (1971), Annabel Chong (1972), Jackson Rathbone (1984), Kygo (1991), David Marshall (1908), and JJ Lin (1981).

Among POLITICIANS In Singapore

Among politicians born in Singapore, Abu Bakar of Johor ranks 13Before him are S. R. Nathan (1924), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Ho Ching (1953), and Benjamin Sheares (1907). After him are David Marshall (1908).