Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor

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The Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor was an agreement that enabled the British East India Company to establish a trading post in Singapore, laying the foundation for modern Singapore as a British colony.

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instanceOf bilateral agreement
historical treaty
alsoKnownAs Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor
surface form: Anglo-Johor Treaty of 1819

Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor
surface form: Singapore Treaty of 1819
category Treaties involving the British East India Company
Treaties of the Johor Sultanate
countryAtTime Johor Sultanate
dateSigned 1819
followedBy Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824
grantedRightsTo British East India Company
grantedRightsType right to establish a factory and trading settlement in Singapore
historicalRegion Malay world
influenced development of Singapore as a major trading port
languageOfDocument English
Malay
legalEffect ceded rights of settlement in Singapore to the British East India Company
placeSigned Singapore
politicalContext succession dispute in the Johor Sultanate
purpose to allow the British East India Company to establish a trading post in Singapore
to secure British commercial and strategic interests in the Straits of Malacca
recognizedAs recognized Hussein Shah as Sultan of Johor by the British
region Southeast Asia
relatedTo British colonial expansion in Southeast Asia
Straits Settlements
history of Singapore
result beginning of formal British presence in Singapore
establishment of a British trading post in Singapore
foundation for modern Singapore as a British colony
signatory British East India Company
Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor
signatoryRepresentative Thomas Stamford Raffles
surface form: Stamford Raffles

Temenggong Abdul Rahman
William Farquhar
timePeriod 19th century

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Thomas Stamford Raffles signed Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor
Thomas Stamford Raffles signed Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor
this entity surface form: Treaty of 1819 with Temenggong Abdul Rahman
Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor alsoKnownAs Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor
this entity surface form: Singapore Treaty of 1819
Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor alsoKnownAs Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor
this entity surface form: Anglo-Johor Treaty of 1819