KUALA KANGSAR: In keeping with age-old tradition, the body of the late Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak was carried on a yellow pedati (carriage) shaded by white umbrellas to his final resting place at the Royal Mausoleum next to the Ubudiah Mosque here.
Members of the armed forces and police led the hearse in the procession from Istana Iskandariah to the mosque where prayers were performed.
They were accompanied by court musicians playing nobat nafiri and the state’s Orang-Orang Besar Jajahan (district chieftains).
Walking behind the open carriage was a grim-looking Sultan Nazrin Shah, his…
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