Society, 7 (2), 213-232, 2019 P-ISSN: 2338-6932 | E-ISSN: 2597-4874 https://society.fisip.ubb.ac.id Malay Political Tradition: The Appointment and Succession Analysis of The Sultanate of Palembang Darussalam Mohammad Syawaludin 1,* , M. Sirajudin Fikri 2 , and Yulion Zalpa 2 1 Department of History of Islamic Civilization, Faculty of Adab and Humanities, Raden Fatah State Islamic University of Palembang, 30126 Palembang, Indonesia 2 Department of Islamic Politics, Faculty of Adab and Humanities, Raden Fatah State Islamic University of Palembang, 30126 Palembang, Indonesia * Corresponding Author:
[email protected] ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Publication Info: This study aims to determine and explore how Islam and Literature Review Malay as an intertwined entity influence the formation of political institutions in the Sultanate of Palembang, especially How to cite: influencing the appointment and succession of the Sultan. This Syawaludin, M., Fikri, M. S., & study is the result of qualitative research based on a literature Zalpa, Y. (2019). Malay Political review using interpretive analysis techniques. In the practice of Tradition: The Appointment and Islam in Indonesia, cultural values of non-Islamic religions are Succession Analysis of The maintained and practiced by Islamic entities such as practices Sultanate of Palembang in the replacement of the King and Sultan. A theoretical Darussalam. Society, 7(2), 213- approach to society by looking at the evolution of kings 232. approached to explain the history of state administration and the transition of power, combined with Elite; Political Culture, DOI : 10.33019/society.v7i2.108 and Cultural Politics. The results of this study found that the system of appointment and change of power in the Sultanate of Copyright © 2019.