Muhammad of Negeri Sembilan

Tuanku Sir 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.

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Tuanku Muhammad Shah (seated) with his bodyguards, 1903.
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Reign	29 April 1888 - 1 August 1933
Installation	7 May 1888
Predecessor	Tuanku Antah
Successor	Tuanku Abdul Rahman
Born	(1865-04-25)25 April 1865 Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan, British Malaya
Died	1 August 1933(1933-08-01) (aged 68) Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Burial	Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum, Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Issue	1.Tunku Abdul Aziz 2.Tunku Abdul Rahman 3.Tunku Nasir Alam Shah (TUNKU LAKSAMANA) 4.Tunku Muhammad Alam Shah
Names Tunku Muhammad 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

In June 1887, he was declared as Yam Tuan as recognised by British Authority. Sir Tuanku Muhammad Shah re-established the traditional constitution with the four Undang (Lawgivers) and, on 29 April 1898, he was duly elected by the four Undang as Yang-di-Pertuan Besar; the first election under the modern re-constituted Negeri Sembilan. He was installed on 7 May 1898 [1] at Seri Menanti.

After a reign of 45 years, in 1933, he died at the age of 68 years. He was buried at the Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum at Seri Menanti.

He is regarded as The Father of Negeri Sembilan modernisation. After his death, an English school in Kuala Pilah (Tuanku Muhammad School) was renamed after him in his honour.

He was the only King of Negeri Sembilan to have received the title 'Sir' from Queen Victoria. He was also the longest-serving monarch of Negeri Sembilan in the state's history. Tuanku Muhammad was also the only King of Negeri Sembilan to be involved in Durbar (Conference of Rulers) of Malay Federated States, with Sultan Idris of Perak, Sultan Abdul Samad of Selangor & Sultan Ahmad of Pahang. He is one of the founders of Malaysia's first institutional college, The Malay College Kuala Kangsar. His great-grandson, Tuanku Ja'afar would go on to study there as a teenager.

Tuanku Muhammad oversaw the building of both the Istana Lama Seri Menanti (presently the Royal Museum of Seri Menanti), and the Istana Besar Seri Menanti.