Puteri Kamaliah became the queen consort to the ruler of Aceh, Iskandar Muda, while her sister Khairul Bariah was married to the future first Sultan of Deli, Gocah Pahlawan.
[10] Abdul Ghafur also formed marriage connection with Brunei, when he married Princess Zaharah or Zohra, daughter of Sultan Saiful Rijal.
[13] Abdul Ghafur also had another son with an unknown wife, whose name was not disclosed in local history but was found inscribed on a royal seal in a treaty with Portuguese Malacca.
[14] He was identified as Alauddin Riayat Shah who believed to have ascended to the throne after killing his father and elder brother Raja Muda Abdullah in 1614.
[19] In 1607, the Dutch began their trade mission to Pahang led by the merchant Abraham van den Broeck.
On 7 November 1607, a Dutch warship with Admiral Cornelis Matelief de Jonge onboard dropped anchor at Kuala Pahang.
The ruler emphasized the importance of alliance between Johor and neighbouring states, and added that he would try to provide two thousand men in order to bring the war to a successful conclusion.
At the Sultan's request, Matelief sent him a gunner to test a piece of cannon that was being cast for Raja Bongsu of Johor.
[28] The tombstones at Chondong Royal cemetery were erected later in 1638 by the order of his nephew, Iskandar Thani, who ruled Aceh from 1636 to 1641.