Johor Hotels

Johor, also known as Johore by the UK , is a Malaysian state, found in the southern portion of Peninsular Malaysia. It is among the most well developed states in Malaysia. The state main city and royal town of Johor is Johor Bahru, previously known as Tanjung Puteri ( Malay for Princess’ Cape ). The old state capital is Johor Lama. Johor is encircled by Pahang to the north, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest, and the Straits of Johor to the south which separates Johor and the Republic of Singapore. The history of Modern Johor was started in the early 16th century with the foundation of the Sultanate of Johor by the Alauddin Riayat Shah II, the boy of Mahmud Shah, the last Sultan of Malacca who left from the invading Portuguese in Malacca.His previous name, was Raja Ali.

Johor sultanate is among the 2 inheritor states of the Melaka empire. On Malacca’s defeat to the Portuguese in 1511, Alauddin Riayat Shah II had established a monarchy in Johor which posed a continuous threat to the Portuguese. The Sultanate of Perak was the other successor state of Malacca and was established by Mahmud Shah’s other boy, Muzaffar Shah I. Johor is the sole state, aside from Melaka that has grown into an empire.

During its top, all of Pahang and today Indonesian territories of the Riau archipelago and part of Sumatra Island was under Johor’s rule.