Istana Alam Shah

Klang is the royal town of the State of Selangor is one of the oldest cities in the country--older than Kuala Lumpur--is noted for its fine royal palace known as the Istana Alam Shah. It is not far from the Kota Raja Mahdi, the fort built in 1886 by Raja Mahdi, ruler of Selangor during the civil war and the Gedung Raja Abdullah, built in 1856 as a warehouse for weapons and food.

The palace was originally built in 1905 during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah, 5th Selangor Sultan. It was renovated by Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah the 7th Sultan in 2000. The late Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, was particularly close to the rakyat, earning the nickname of 'ruler with the heart of the people'. He even offered his official palace Istana Alam Shah in Klang to be turned into a hospital when work on the Klang General Hospital project was delayed at one point. He was proclaimed sultan on the death of his father, 2^nd September 1960. Installed 3^rd September 1960. Crowned at Alam Shah Palace, Klang, 28^th June 1961.

Deputy Sultan Selangor HRH Raja Idris Shah Ibni Sultan Salahudin Abdul Aziz Shah al-Haj (the current Sultan) was also installed at the Alam Shah Palace, Klang on 24 April 1999.