Makam Diraja Johor Telok Blangah ( Jawi: مقام دراج خوهر تاوق بلاڠه) is a royal mausoleum located within the grounds of Masjid Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim in

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, Singapore. It is the resting place of

Temenggong Abdul Rahman Temenggong Tun Daeng Abdul Rahman bin Almarhum Temenggong Tun Daeng Abdul Hamid Al-Aidaroos (1755 – 8 December 1825) was the Temenggong of Johor during the Bendahara dynasty of the Johor Sultanate. He was best known of being instrumental ...

, his son

Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim Temenggong Tun Daeng Ibrahim bin Almarhum Temenggong Tun Daeng Abdul Rahman (8 December 1810 – 31 January 1862) was the Temenggong of Johor from 1841 to 1862. After he and Sultan Ali Iskandar Shah signed the 1855 treaty with the British G ...

, and other relatives of the

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. The mausoleum is surrounded by a large cemetery as well. The land where the cemetery, mausoleum and adjacent mosque stands on is owned by the State of Johor.

History

was the first of the

to be buried at the site on 8 December 1825 after he had died in his residence, the

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. Afterwards, his son

was laid to rest beside him. The burial of Daeng Ibrahim was followed by other members of his family afterwards. A mausoleum was built around the tombs of the Temenggongs in 1849, although at the time it was surrounded by at least a hundred older graves. The last person to be interred in the mausoleum was Ungku Muhammad Khalid, one of Daeng Ibrahim's sons and the brother of Sultan Abu Bakar, in 1900.

Ownership

The land which the Makam Diraja Johor Telok Blangah stands on is owned by the State of Johor. The workers and staff at the mausoleum are citizens of

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who have been sent to work full-time jobs there; the same applies to the adjacent mosque. In an article from 1989, it is stated that the royalty of Johor would embark on regular visits to the mausoleum to pay respects to their deceased ancestors.

Burials

According to the ''Berita Harian'' newspaper, there were at least 32 graves in the cemetery belonging to royalty, including those of the Temenggongs buried in the mausoleum. In total, there are around 2,000 tombs in the whole cemetery.

Notable burials

Interred in the mausoleum are: *

(1755–1825), second Temenggong of Johor *Tun Haji Abdullah (1809–1861), son of Temenggong Abdul Rahman *

(1810–1862), fourth Temenggong of Johor *Ungku Muhammad Khalid (1849–1900), son of Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim

Gallery

File:Johor land in Singapore.jpg, A view of the cemetery and mausoleum from outside of the gate. File:Dapur-type grave at Makam Diraja Johor Teluk Blangah.jpg, An old grave next to the mausoleum which has a "dapur" (

cenotaph A cenotaph is an empty grave, tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere or have been lost. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although t ...

) atop it. File:Johor Royal Cemetery near Mount Faber.jpg, A landscape view of the cemetery surrounding the mausoleum.

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