[1] Known as Raja Sulaiman before his accession, he was the fifth son of the 10th Sultan of Johor, Abdul Jalil Shah IV, by his fourth wife, Che Nusamah.
He was crowned at Riau with title of Paduka Sri Sultan Sulaiman Badr ul-‘Alam Shah Khalifat ul-Muminim, on October 4, 1722.
While the Bugis allowed to retain nominal supremacy, they introduced and maintained for themselves the office of Yamtuan Muda, in which the real power was vested.
[1] The Bugis influence was so dominant that the Sultan even wrote to the Dutch governor of Malacca with a request to be rescued from them, but to no avail.
[2] Sulaiman Shah died in Riau on August 20, 1760 and was buried at Batangan, having had seventeen sons and ten daughters.