Helpless to avenge and shamed beyond endurance before his subjects, Ahmad Shah abdicated in favour of his very young son, Raja Mansur. The new ruler was placed under the guardianship of his cousins, the three sons of Muhammad Shah. In describing Ahmad Shah's life after the abdication, the Malay Annals noted: "his highness went upstream for so long as the royal drums could be heard; when he came to Lubuk Pelang (in present day Jerantut constituency[3]) there he resided, and the sound of the drums was no longer heard.