Ibrahim Shah of Selangor

{{Short description|Sultan of Selangor (r. 1782–1826)}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Ibrahim
{{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|إبراهيم}}}}

| title = Sultan of Selangor

| image = The Royal Seal of Sultan Ibrahim, Selangor.jpg

| caption = Royal seal of Ibrahim of Selangor

| succession = 2nd Sultan of Selangor

| reign = 1782 – 27 October 1826

| coronation =

| full name = Raja Ibrahim bin Raja Lumu

| regnal name = Sultan Ibrahim Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Salehuddin Shah

| predecessor = Salehuddin of Selangor

| successor = Muhammad Shah of Selangor

| spouses = {{plainlist|

• Tunku Chik of Kedah
• Raja Andak binti Daeng Kamboja (div. 1776)
• Cik Puan Besar Cik Long Halijah binti Daeng Loklok Husain
• Encik Salama
• Encik Shaima
• Tun Salama binti Tun Abdul Majid (m. 1784)
• Tengku Ampuan Raja Tengah binti Almarhum Raja Haji (m. 1796)}}

| royal house = Royal Buginese Luwu
Opu Daeng Chelak

| father = Sultan Salehuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Yamtuan Muda Riau II Opu Daeng Chelak

| mother = Engku Puan binti Paduka Sri Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah of Riau

| birth_name = Raja Ibrahim bin Raja Lumu

| birth_date = {{circa|1736}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = 27 October 1826 (aged 89–90)

| death_place = Kuala Selangor, Selangor

| burial_place = Bukit Melawati Royal Mausoleum, Bukit Melawati, Kuala Selangor

| religion = Sunni Islam

}}

Sultan Ibrahim Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Salehuddin Shah (Jawi: سلطان إبراهيم شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان صالح الدين شاه; born Raja Ibrahim bin Raja Lumu; {{Circa|1736}} – 27 October 1826) was the second Sultan of Selangor. He served as sultan from 1782{{cite journal |author1=Ahmad Farhan Abdullah Zakaria |author2=Mohd Samsudin |date=July 2019 |title=Pembentukan Istilah dan Stratifikasi Aristokrat Melayu Selangor Era Sultan Salehuddin, Sultan Selangor Pertama, 1766-1782 |trans-title=The Formation of the Terms and Stratification of the Selangor Malay Aristocracy in the Era of Sultan Salehuddin, First Sultan of Selangor, 1766-1782 |url=http://ejournals.ukm.my/akademika/article/view/26663/9683 |journal=Journal of Southeast Asia Social Sciences & Humanities |volume=89 |issue=2 (2019) |issn=0126-5008 |eissn=0126-8694}} until his death in 1826.{{cite web|title=Salasilah kesultanan Selangor mulai 1756|date=22 November 2001|url=http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/SpecialCoverage/agongmangkat/index.asp?y=2001&dt=1122&pub=Agongmangkat&sec=Rencana&pg=re_02.htm|access-date=2018-09-24|publisher=Utusan Online|archive-date=2018-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925030553/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/SpecialCoverage/agongmangkat/index.asp?y=2001&dt=1122&pub=Agongmangkat&sec=Rencana&pg=re_02.htm|url-status=dead}}

He was known as a strong energetic ruler and an Anglophile.{{Cite book |last=Winstedt |first=Richard Olof |url=http://archive.org/details/historyofmalaya0000wins |title=A History of Malaya |date= |publisher=Marican |others= |year=1962 |pages=214 |language=en}} On 13 July 1784, the Dutch captured Kuala Selangor{{cite web|title=Bukit Melawati - Kuala Selangor, Selangor Malaysia|url=https://www.journeymalaysia.com/Bukit_Melawati|publisher=JourneyMalaysia.com|access-date=2018-09-24}} despite having built the Kota Melawati fort to protect the area and ended up getting deposed and exiled. Sultan Ibrahim recaptured the fort in a raid in 1785 with help from Pahang.{{cite web|title=More than fireflies in Kuala Selangor|year=2017|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/2017/03/225571/more-fireflies-kuala-selangor|publisher=New Straits Times|access-date=2018-09-24|author=Leong, Ewe Paik}} After helping Perak remove the Siamese presence in Perak, Ibrahim demanded tribute for the help provided.{{Cite book |last=The Royal Asiatic Society |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.240629 |title=Journal Of The Malayan Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society Vol-XI |date= |publisher=The Malayan Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society, Singapore |year=1933 |pages=11 |language=en}}

In 1818, Selangor began political relations with the United Kingdom.{{cite book|title=Papers Relating to the Protected Malay States [Annual Report]|author= Great Britain. Colonial Office|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bwo5AQAAMAAJ&q=%22Sultan+Ibrahim+Shah%22+selangor&pg=PA26|page=26|year=1890|access-date=2018-09-24}} Contemporary writer Thomas Newbold (1807–1850) mentions that after his successor Muhammad Shah took the throne, the territory lapsed into comparative decay, where Muhammad Shah committed piracy, robberies and levied contributions from the local inhabitants, which then lead to emigration.{{Cite web |title=Political and statistical account of the British settlements |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/8123f6c8-67a1-48c6-97a6-3357c3bc5966.aspx |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg}}