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 Most Esteemed Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail
Awarded by Raja of Perlis
Type	Dynastic order of merit
Established	2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Status	Currently constituted
Founder	Sirajuddin of Perlis
Grand Master	Sirajuddin of Perlis
Grades	Knight Grand Companion (S.S.S.J.) Knight Companion (D.S.S.J.) Knight Commander (D.S.P.J.)
Statistics
First induction	1996
Last induction	2013
Total inductees	28
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 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

Grand Master

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

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

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

• Grand Master: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail

Knights grand companion

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

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	-