 During his reign, Sultan Abu Bakar revived the office of State Mufti and established the Pahang Islamic and Malay Customs Council.The state's administrative capital, which was established in Kuala Lipis during British intervention, was moved to Kuantan.After the World War II, Pahang formed the Federation of Malaya with other eight Malay States and two British Crown Colonies Malacca and Penang in 1948.