Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail

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The Most Esteemed Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail
Awarded by

Raja of Perlis
TypeDynastic order of merit
Established2001; 23 years ago (2001)
StatusCurrently constituted
FounderSirajuddin of Perlis
Grand MasterSirajuddin of Perlis
GradesKnight Grand Companion (S.S.S.J.)
Knight Companion (D.S.S.J.)
Knight Commander (D.S.P.J.)
Statistics
First induction1996
Last induction2013
Total inductees28
Precedence
Next (higher)Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Putra Jamalullail
Next (lower)Order of Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail of Perlis

Ribbon bar of the Knight Grand Companion of the Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail

Ribbon bar of the Knight Companion of the Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail

Ribbon bar of the Knight Commander of the Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail

The Most Esteemed Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail is a Malaysian dynastic order of merit founded by Sirajuddin of Perlis in 2001.[citation needed]

The Order consists of the Grand Master (currently Sirajuddin) and three Classes of members:

  • Knight Grand Companion
  • Knight Companion
  • Knight Commander

Members belong to either the Civil or the Military Division. Recipients of the Order are usually senior politicians or senior civil servants. Commonwealth citizens who are not subjects of the Raja and foreign nationals may be made Honorary Members.

The Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail is the fifth-most senior of the Perlis Orders of Merit, after Royal Family Order of Perlis, Perlis Family Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Putra Jamalullail, Order of Dato’ Bendahara Sri Jamalullail and Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Putra Jamalullail.[1]

Composition[edit]

Grand Master[edit]

The Perlis Sovereign is the Grand Master of the Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail. As with all honours except those in the Grand Master's personal gift, the Grand Master makes all appointments to the Order on the advice of the Government.

Precedence and privileges[edit]

Members of the Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail are assigned positions in the order of precedence. (See order of precedence in Perlis for the exact positions.)

Knights Grand Companion prefix "Dato' Seri Diraja", Knights Companion prefix "Dato' Paduka", to their forenames. Wives of Knights Grand Companion and Knights Companion may prefix "Datin Seri Diraja" and "Datin Paduka" to their surnames respectively, but no equivalent privilege exists for husbands. Knights Commander prefix "Dato'" to their forenames. Wives of Knights Commander may prefix "Datin" to their surnames, but again, no equivalent privilege exists for husbands.[1]

Knights Grand Companion use the post-nominal "SSSJ"; Knights Companion use "DSSJ"; Knights Commander use "DSPJ".[1]

Revocation[edit]

It is possible for membership in the Order to be revoked. Since its inception, however, no recipient has had their award revoked.

Current knights grand companion[edit]

Knights grand companion[edit]

Name Post-nominals Year appointed Office when awarded
Tun Haji Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi SMN DUPN DK (Kelantan) DK I (Johor) DUK SUMW DUNM SSSJ SPDK SPSA SUMZ DP SPNS SSAP GCE (Thailand) 2001 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
Dato' Seri Utama Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak DK II (Pahang) SSAP DUPN DMK DUNM SSSJ SPMK SPSA SPDK DP SPMS PNBS DSSA DK (Brunei) 2007 9th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

Knights companion[edit]

Name Post-nominals Year appointed Office when awarded
Dato' Paduka Mohammad Yaacob bin Azizul Hassan DSSJ 2003 -
Dato' Paduka Syed Mashafuddin ibni Syed Badarudin Jamalullail DSSJ 2013 -

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c See, for example, order of precedence of orders, decorations and medals
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