Raja Jaafar

Names
	Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa

Raja Ja'afar
راج جعفر‎
Raja Ja'afar ; راج جعفر‎
Raja Muda of Perak
	Raja Ja'afar attending the 100th centennial sports carnival of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Anderson in 2018
Crown Prince of Perak
Incumbent	20 June 2014 – present
Predecessor	Nazrin Shah of Perak
Born	26 September 1941 (age 84); Taiping Hospital, Taiping, Perak
Spouse	; Raja Nor Mahani (m. 1973; died 2017) ; Che’ Puan Hazleza Ishak (m. 2002; died 2002) ; Raja Nazhatul Shima (m. 2019)
Issue	Raja Shah Azman; Raja Nor Azwina;
Names
Names
	Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa
House	House of Perak
Father	Raja Muda Musa ibni Abdul Aziz al-Mu’tasim Billah Shah of Perak\|Almarhum Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mustasim Billah Shah Nikmatullah
Mother	Che’ Puan Mariam binti Abdullah
Religion	Sunni Islam

Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa (Jawi: راج جعفر ابن المرحوم راج مودا موسى; born 26 September 1941) is the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Perak since 20 June 2014.^[1]

Early life and education

He was born on 26 September 1941 at Taiping Hospital, Taiping, Perak in the Federated Malay States during the Japanese occupation. Raja Jaafar is the son of Perak Raja Muda Musa ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Aziz and his first wife, Che' Puan Mariam binti Abdullah. He had his early education at Anderson School, Ipoh and Anglo-Chinese School, Teluk Intan before studying for his bachelor's degree at Universiti Malaya and then his master's degree in Public Administration at Cornell University, United States.

Government service

Raja Ja'afar has wide experience in public administration. He joined the Perak State Secretariat in 1966, served in the District & Land Office from 1966 to 1971. From 1976 to 1979, he was a management consultant at the Prime Minister's Office. He was an under-secretary at the Higher Education Division of the Education Ministry from 1979 to 1984, and then secretary of the Foreign Investment Committee at the Economic Planning Unit and deputy secretary-general (Development and Finance) of the Defence Ministry before retiring from government service in 1996.

Raja DiHilir of Perak

Raja Jaafar was sworn in as Raja DiHilir of Perak on 10 March 1998, after he was appointed by the Dewan Negara Perak to replace Raja Ahmad Hisham Raja Abdul Malek, who died on 21 September 1997.

Raja Muda of Perak

As senior prince, Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa was sworn in as the crown prince of Perak on 1 July 2014.^[2]

Personal life

His first wife was Raja Puan Besar of Perak Raja Nor Mahani binti Almarhum Raja Shahar Shah (18 October 1942 – 3 October 2017); they have a son, Raja Shah Azman, and a daughter, Raja Nor Azwina.

Jaafar's second wife was former model Che’ Puan Hazleza Ishak (1976–2002), a divorcée with children whom he married in January 2002 in Thailand.^[3]^[4] On 11 October 2002, her body was found bound and gagged at the foot of a waterfall, with evidence suggesting she had been strangled and then thrown from a bridge in a jungle clearing.^[3]^[4] She had been dragged from her car and abducted in broad daylight on 6 October.^[4] Jaafar's first wife, Raja Nor Mahani, was detained and questioned by the police over the incident for six days and released without any charges.^[3]^[4] A bomoh, a palace aide, a carpenter and a fisherman were each sentenced to 20 years in prison for manslaughter while another bomoh was sentenced to 14 years.^[4]

After the death of his first wife, he married Raja Puan Mahkota of Perak Raja Nazhatul Shima on 12 January 2019. Following their marriage, she was granted the title of Raja Puan Besar of Perak. She had been widowed since the death of her first husband in 2017.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Raja Jaafar

8. Raja Muda Musa bin Sultan Ja'afar

4. Sultan Abdulaziz bin Raja Muda Musa

9. Cik Amina binti Sheikh Muhammad Taib

2. Raja Musa bin Sultan Abdulaziz

10. Sultan Idris Shah I of Perak

5. Raja Shah Alam Khadija binti Sultan Sir Idris Murshid

11. Cik Haji Ngah Uteh Mariah binti Encik Haji Sulaiman

1. Raja Ja'afar bin Raja Muda Musa

6. Encik Abdullah

3. Cik Puan Mariam binti Encik Abdullah

Honours

Perak
- Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Perak (DK)
- Member First Class of the Azlanii Royal Family Order (DKA)
- Grand Knight of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (SPCM) – Dato' Seri (1985)^[5]
Malaysia
- Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM)

References

^ The Malaymailonline
^ Malaysiandigest
^ ^a ^b ^c "Slaying in Malay Royal House Mired in Scandal". Los Angeles Times. 26 October 2002. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Malaysian princess' killers jailed". BBC News. 25 April 2003. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
^ "SPCM 1985". pingat.perak.gov.my.

Raja Jaafar ibni Amarhum Raja Muda Musa

Istana Al-Ridhuan Ipoh

Born: 26 September 1941

Malaysian royalty

Regnal titles

Preceded by

Raja Ahmad Hisham ibni Almarhum Raja Abdul Malek

Raja Di-Hilir of Perak (Deputy Crown Prince) 2nd position
21 September 1998 - 19 June 2014

Incumbent
Heir:
Raja Azlan Muzzaffar Shah

Preceded by

Nazrin Shah of Perak

Raja Muda of Perak (Crown Prince)
Line of succession to the throne of Perak
1st position
20 June 2014 - Present

Incumbent
Heir:
Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain

[1] The Malaymailonline

[2] Malaysiandigest

[LA-Times-3] "Slaying in Malay Royal House Mired in Scandal". Los Angeles Times. 26 October 2002. Retrieved 22 September 2025.

[BBC-4] "Malaysian princess' killers jailed". BBC News. 25 April 2003. Retrieved 22 September 2025.

[5] "SPCM 1985". pingat.perak.gov.my.

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Royal family of Perak

Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, the Sultan Tuanku Zara Salim, the Raja Permaisuri Raja Azlan Muzzaffar Shah, the Raja Kecil Besar Raja Nazira Safya Raja Jaafar, the Raja Muda Raja Nazhatul Shima, the Raja Puan Besar Raja Shah Azman (s/o late Raja Nor Mahani) Raja Nor Azwina (d/o late Raja Nor Mahani) Christopher Daud Grant Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain, the Raja Di-Hilir Tunku Soraya of Kedah, the Raja Puan Muda Raja Nabil Imran Che’ Jocelyn Nur Alina Abdullah Raja Sarah Bahiyah Raja Abdul Halim Iskandar Raja Idris Shah Che’ Anis Nabilla binti Dato’ Abdul Razak Raja Intan Soraya Raja Sarina Intan Bahiyah Muhammad Firdaus bin Muhammad Sukor Raja Safia Azizah Raja Siffudin Muazzam Shah Raja Ahmad Nazim Azlan Shah, the Raja Kecil Sulong Datin Seri Nadia Esham binti Esham Raja Iskandar, the Raja Kecil Tengah Che’ Puan Rokiak, the Che’ Puan Kecil Tengah Raja Muhammad Azryn Shah Che’ Hezrin Nazlin Raja Muhammad Ibrahim Che’ Sazelinoor Raja Ahmad Zarif Iskandar Raja Ahmad Zakwan Ilmi Raja Anis Azyarina Almarhum Raja Izuddin Chulan, the Raja Kecil Bongsu Raja Arbi, the Raja Puan Kecil Bongsu Raja Shamir Che’ Fadzliza Hamin Raja Amaluddin Chulan Raja Zara Dariah Muhammad Rizal Bin Yaakob Raja Zana Nadiah Shahzan Bin Dato' Shamsul Bahari Raja Dara Zaliah Meor Faizal Bin Sairi Raja Dana Afzan
Azlan Shah's family
Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah's widow Raja Azureen Dato' Seri Mohd Salleh Latiff Mohd Salleh Datin Nurlin Mohd Salleh Dato' Syed Haizam Hishamuddin Putra Jamalullail of Perlis & Selangor, the Engku Panglima Setia Diraja of Selangor Sharifah Nur Alara Budriah Jamalullail Syed Azlan Salahuddin Putra Jamalullail Sharifah Nur Zahra Hatijah Jamalullail Sharifah Nur Ilana Bainunsafia Jamalullail Azlin Mohd Salleh Azim Mohd Salleh Dato' Seri Noraini Jane Kamarul Ariffin, Raja Ashman Shah's widow Raja Ahmad Nazim Azlan Shah, the Raja Kecil Sulong Datin Seri Nadia Esham binti Esham Raja Eminah Alliyah Mustafa Mohammad (né Patrick Mcdonald) Raja Bainunnisa Safia Raja Eleena Ismail Farouk Omar Azlan Imran Azlan Ashman Azlan Puteri Alia Azleena Tengku Muhammad Ariff Puteri Nur Iman Sofia Raja Yong Sofia Tunku Kamil of Kedah Tunku Aznal Shahabudin Tunku Amira Shahabudin Tunku Maisara Shahabudin
Idris Shah's family
Raja Nazhatul Shima, the Raja Puan Besar Raja Jaafar, the Raja Muda Syed Saif Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Syed Ibrahim Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Che’ Suzanna Farah Sharifah Nadyatul Iman Alsagoff Syed Ismail Iman Alsagoff Sharifah Salma Elora Alsagoff Syed Redzuan Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Sharifah Nadiah Almahdaly Syed Shareef Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Syed Idris Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Syed Iskandar Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Che’ Vivian Khor Min Zi Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain, the Raja Di-Hilir Tunku Soraya of Kedah, the Raja Puan Muda Raja Nabil Imran Che’ Jocelyn Nur Alina Abdullah Raja Sarah Bahiyah Raja Abdul Halim Iskandar Raja Idris Shah Che’ Anis Nabila binti Dato’ Abdul Razak Raja Intan Soraya Raja Sarina Intan Bahiyah Muhammad Firdaus bin Muhammad Sukor Raja Safia Azizah Raja Siffudin Muazzam Shah Raja Dato' Seri Izzuddin Iskandar Shah Tengku Datin Seri Noor Hazah Raja Teh Umi Kalsom Raja Muzaffar Idris Shah Raja Putra Muhamad Riza Raja Zarith Sofiah, the Queen of Malaysia & the Permaisuri of Johor Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia & the Sultan of Johor Tunku Ismail, the Regent & the Tunku Mahkota of Johor Che' Puan Mahkota Khaleeda, the Che' Puan Mahkota of Johor Tunku Khalsom Aminah Sofiah Tunku Iskandar Abdul Jalil Abu Bakar Ibrahim, the Raja Muda of Johor Tunku Abu Bakar Ibrahim Tunku Zahrah Zarith Aziyah Tunku Tun Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Dato' Dennis Muhammad Layla Sofiah Second child (undeclared name) Tunku Idris Iskandar, the Tunku Temenggong of Johor Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Tunku Panglima of Johor Tunku Abu Bakar, the Tunku Putera of Johor Raja Dato' Seri Ir. Jamil Ariffin YBhg. Datin Seri Fazilah Hani binti Dato' Harun Raja Rafiuddin Ariff Shah (s/o late Tengku Datin Seri Zalila) Che’ Nur Shazwani Raja Idris Iskandar Shah (s/o late Tengku Datin Seri Zalila) Raja Muhammad Hazim Shah (s/o late Tengku Datin Seri Zalila)
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