Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum, Islamic royal burial ground in Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia.
The Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum is a royal burial ground near the Ubudiah Mosque at Bukit Chandan in Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Built in 1915 in a Moghul style compared to the Taj Mahal, it has a white facade with a row of pointed arches on columns, a golden dome on a tall spire, and two smaller white towers with golden tops flanking it.
Construction of this burial ground was completed in 1915, marking the start of its use as a royal necropolis. Sultan Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah I was interred there in 1916 as the first figure, establishing its role as the resting place of Perak's rulers.
The mausoleum is known in Malay as Makam Diraja Al-Ghufran, and the name Al-Ghufran refers to forgiveness in Arabic. Eight sultans of Perak rest here, from Sultan Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah I, buried in 1916, to Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, who died in 2014 and had been Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1989 to 1994. Queens and senior office-holders such as the Orang Kaya Bendahara are buried alongside them.
The mausoleum stands beside the Ubudiah Mosque on Bukit Chandan, off Jalan Istana in Kuala Kangsar, Perak. The site is a paved area with grass in front of the arched white facade. Visitors should dress modestly, since this is an active royal burial ground where later Perak sultans, including Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah in 2014, were interred.
The mausoleum also holds non-royal graves, among them Tun Mohd Suffian Hashim, Lord President of the Supreme Court of Malaysia, who died in 2000. The remains of Mohammad Amin bin Alang Duakap, an Orang Kaya-Kaya Laksamana of Perak who died in Singapore in 1908, were moved here from Singapore in 2006.
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