Panembahan Kusuma Negara III

Who is Panembahan Kusuma Negara III?

Sri Paduka Tuanku Haji Gusti Adi 'Abd al-Majid ibn al-Marhum Panembahan Ismail, Panembahan Kusuma Negara III was the Panembahan of the Sintang traditional state 1905 - 1913. He was born as Ade Usman, the son of his predecessor Sri Paduka Tuanku Ismail, Panembahan Kusuma Negara II Panembahan of Sintang. His mother was his father's first wife Dayang Zainab, Ratu Permaisuri. His father soon appointed him as heir apparent. Assuming the throne following the death of his father on 22 December 1905, Usman was suspended from ruling in 1912 by the Netherlands East Indies authorities and was deposed by them on 16 January 1913 for "bad behaivour" and exiled to Bongor in Java. He died on Java after that date.