Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz

The Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz
*Darjah Setia Tuanku Muhriz*
The Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz; Darjah Setia Tuanku Muhriz;
Awarded by ; ; Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Type	Order
Founded	14 January 2010
Awarded for	recognising and rewarding loyal and meritorious service to the reigning Yang di-Pertuan Besar
Status	Currently constituted
Founder	Tuanku Muhriz
Grand Master	Tuanku Muhriz
Grades	Knight Grand Companion; Knight Companion; Companion; Officer; Herald;
Post-nominals	S.S.T.M.; D.S.T.M.; D.T.M.; S.T.M.; B.T.M.;
Statistics
First induction	14 January 2010
Last induction	14 January 2025
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan
Next (lower)	Order of Loyal Service to Negeri Sembilan
	; Knight Grand Companion; ; Other classes; Ribbon bars; ;

Last updated January 05, 2026

The Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz (Malay : Darjah Setia Tuanku Muhriz) is an order of chivalry of the state of Negeri Sembilan which was constituted by Tuanku Muhriz, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan on 14 January 2010 in conjunction with his 62nd birthday to replace the Grand Order of Tuanku Jaafar which became obsolete following the death of his predecessor, Tuanku Ja'afar.^[1]

Background

The Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz was established on 14 January 2010 by the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz on his 62nd birthday. The order replaced the Grand Order of Tuanku Jaafar which became obsolete following the death of Tuanku Ja'afar in 2008.

Classes

The Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz is conferred in five classes:^[2]

Knight Grand Companion or Darjah Sri Setia Tuanku Muhriz Yang Amat Terbilang (S.S.T.M.) with title Dato’ Sri
Knight Companion or Darjah Setia Tuanku Muhriz Yang Amat Gemilang (D.S.T.M.) with title Dato’
Companion (D.T.M.)
Officer or Setiawan (S.T.M.)
Herald or Pingat Bentara (B.T.M.)

The Knights Grand Companion bear the honorific title of Dato’ Sri and their wives are titled as Datin Seri. The husbands of the female recipients of the Knight Grand Companion class do not bear any title.

The Knights Companion bear the honorific title of Dato’ and their wives are titled as Datin. The husbands of the female recipients of the Knight Companion class do not bear any title.

Insignia

The insignia of the Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz for Knights Grand Companion include the collar, the sash, and star of the order. The sash is green with a central wide yellow strip and two thin black and red stripes at both ends of the yellow strip.^[3]

The Knights Companion wear the sash and star of the order. The sash for the Knights Companion is similar to the Knight Grand Companion's sash, except for the yellow bar being narrow.

Ribbon bars

Knight Grand Companion	Knight Companion	Companion	Officer	Herald

Recipients

Ref:^[4]

Knights Grand Companion (S.S.T.M.)

2010: Azman Hashim
2010: Md Raus Sharif
2010: Muhammad Ismail Jamaluddin
2010: Raja Arshad Raja Uda
2010: Tengku Hasmuddin Tengku Othman
2010: Tunku Mizan Tunku Maamor
2011: Zulkifeli Mohd Zin
2012: Tunku Alang
2013: Ali Hamsa
2013: Khalid Abu Bakar
2013: Sharifah Hapsah
2013: Zaini Ujang
2013: Zulkifli Zainal Abidin
2014: Tunku Ali Redhauddin
2014: Abd Wahab Maskan
2015: Tengku Syed Badarudin Jamalullail
2017: K. Sree Raman
2018: Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin

Knights Companion (D.S.T.M.)

2010: Joseph Menezes
2010: Leong Yoke Fei
2010: Mohamad Nazari Mohd Nor
2010: Mohd Ridzwan Mohd Ariff
2010: Syed Tahir Syed Ja'afar
2010: Tengku Amran
2010: Tengku Munasir
2010: Tunku Hanizar
2010: Zulkifly Sheikh Ahmad
2011: Ahmad Fuad Abdul Rahman
2011: Anthony Geoffrey Cooper
2011: Tunku Mahmood Fawzy
2012: Koay Soon Eng
2012: Leong Hong Tole
2012: Mahendra Raj a/l P. Sundramoorthy
2012: Meheshinder Singh
2012: Muhammad Fuad
2012: Yeow Wah Chin
2013: Khong Kim Lyew
2013: Tengku Baharuddin
2013: Tunku Zainudin
2014: Jenny Tong May Geok
2014: Nasharuddin Hussin
2014: Satber Kaur Manjit Singh
2014: Woo Swee Lian
2015: Tunku Arishah
2015: Mansor Yusof
2015: Tunku Maziah
2015: Mohamad Nasir Nordin
2015: Nik Ismail Nik Yahya
2015: Syed Mohamad Nasir
2016: Hajeedar Abdul Majid
2016: Vivienne Leong Foong Lai
2017: Raja Salbiah Tengku Nujumudin
2017: Wan Rahiza Wan Mat
2018: Faizah Jamaludin
2020: Hartini Zainudin
2020: Tunku Mohamed Alauddin
2020: Zukri Samat
2021: Hamdan Leman^[5]
2021: Kathleen Chew Wai Lin
2021: Tengku Mu'adzam Sadruddin
2021: Tamil Selvan a/l K Muthusamy
2022: Azizi Mohamad Ali
2022: Mohammad Ariff Sidek
2023: Hanizam Harun
2023: Ting Choon Ee
2023: Tunku Nooruddin
2025: Sheranjiv a/l Sammanthan

References

↑ http://aplikasi2.ns.gov.my/ipingatns/pingat_info.php?id_pingat=1%5B%5D
↑ "Susunan Keutamaan Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat - Negeri Sembilan". www.istiadat.gov.my. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
↑ "Orders and decorations of Negeri Sembilan". royalark.net. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
↑ "Semakan penerima darjah kebesaran bintang dan pingat". www.istiadat.gov.my. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
↑ "Dymm yang di-pertuan besar negeri sembilan darul khusus" [Dymm who is the great lord of the nine darul country special](PDF) (in Malay).

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[1] ttp://aplikasi2.ns.gov.my/ipingatns/pingat_info.php?id_pingat=1%5B%5D

[2] "Susunan Keutamaan Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat - Negeri Sembilan". www.istiadat.gov.my. Retrieved 4 January 2026.

[3] "Orders and decorations of Negeri Sembilan". royalark.net. Retrieved 4 January 2026.

[4] "Semakan penerima darjah kebesaran bintang dan pingat". www.istiadat.gov.my. Retrieved 4 January 2026.

[5] "Dymm yang di-pertuan besar negeri sembilan darul khusus" [Dymm who is the great lord of the nine darul country special](PDF) (in Malay).

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