Tengku Abdullah

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Tengku Abdullah
Sultan of Pahang
Sultan of Pahang (to be proclaimed)
Proclamation15 January 2019
Predecessor Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah
Born (1959-07-30) 30 July 1959 (age 59)
Istana Mangga Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang, Malaya (now Malaysia)
Spouse
Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah(m. 1986)
Crown Princess
Cik Puan Julia Aishah binti Abdul Rais(m. 1991)
IssueTengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim
Tengku Ahmad Iskandar Shah (died 1990)
Tengku Hassanal Shah
Tengku Muhammad Shah
Tengku Ahmad Shah
Tengku Afzan
Tengku Jihan
Tengku Iman
Tengku Ilisha
Tengku Ilyana
Full name
Sultan Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah
Father Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah
Mother Tengku Hajjah Afzan binti Tengku Muhammad
Religion Sunni Islam

Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah (born on 30 July 1959 in Pekan, Pahang) is the Pemangku Raja (Regent) and Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) Pahang, Malaysia. He is a member of the FIFA Council. He is set to be proclaimed as the Sultan of Pahang on 15 January 2019, succeeding his father, whose abdication was decided at a Royal Council meeting on 11 January. [1]

Pekan Town is a town in Pekan District, Pahang, Malaysia. It is also the royal town of the state. Its name comes from a flower, the Bunga Pekan. Pekan is also the name of the district the town is situated in, and a parliamentary constituency in its own right. It is the home of the state's royal family headed by Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mu'adzam Shah. It is also the hometown of the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, and his son, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Najib is also Pekan's current Member of Parliament.

Pahang State of Malaysia

Pahang, officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific Darul Makmur is a sultanate and a federal state of Malaysia. It is the third largest Malaysian state by area and ninth largest by population. The state occupies the basin of the Pahang River, and a stretch of the east coast as far south as Endau. Geographically located in the East Coast region of the Peninsular Malaysia, the state shares borders with the Malaysian states of Kelantan and Terengganu to the north, Perak, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan to the west, Johor to the south, while South China Sea is to the east. The Titiwangsa mountain range that forms a natural divider between the Peninsula’s east and west coasts is spread along the north and south of the state, peaking at Mount Tahan, which is 2,187m high. Although two thirds of the state is covered by dense rain forest, its central plains are intersected by numerous rivers, and along the coast there is a 32-kilometre wide expanse of alluvial soil that includes the deltas and estuarine plains of the Kuantan, Pahang, Rompin, Endau, and Mersing rivers.

Malaysia Federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand in the north and maritime borders with Singapore in the south, Vietnam in the northeast, and Indonesia in the west. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital and largest city while Putrajaya is the seat of federal government. With a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the world's 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia. In the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries, with large numbers of endemic species.

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As such, it is likely that Abdullah will be elected as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia when the Conference of Rulers convenes on 24 January 2019 to name a successor to Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan, who had abdicated the position on 6 January 2019. Namely, the ruler of Pahang is designated by a long-standing convention to be next in line to the federal throne after the ruler of Kelantan. [2]

Yang di-Pertuan Agong monarch and head of state of Malaysia

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, also known as the Supreme Head or the King, is the monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957, when the Federation of Malaya gained independence from the United Kingdom. Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy with an elected monarch as head of state. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is one of the few elected monarchs in the world. The concept of an elected monarch is believed to be rooted in the 7th-century kingdoms of Srivijaya and Ayutthaya, where at that time the king was elected from city-states in Srivijaya.

Conference of Rulers

The Conference of Rulers in Malaysia is a council comprising the nine rulers of the Malay states, and the governors or Yang di-Pertua Negeri of the other four states. It was officially established by Article 38 of the Constitution of Malaysia, and is the only such institution in the world, according to the Malaysian National Library. Its main responsibility is the election of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) and his deputy, the Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong, which occurs every five years or when the positions fall vacant. Although its position in the process of elective monarchy is unique, the Conference of Rulers also plays a role in amending the Constitution of Malaysia and some other policies, in particular, those Articles which have been "entrenched", namely those pertaining to the status of the rulers, the special privileges of the indigenous Bumiputra, the status of the Malay language as the national language, and the clause governing the entrenchment of such Articles.

Muhammad V of Kelantan Sultan of Kelantan

Sultan Muhammad V is the current Sultan of Kelantan and served as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from December 2016 to January 2019. He was proclaimed Sultan of Kelantan on 13 September 2010, succeeding his father, Sultan Ismail Petra, who was deemed incapacitated by illness. He was proclaimed Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 13 December 2016. In an unprecedented move, Muhammad V became the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong to step down from the throne, effective 6 January 2019 while his term should have ended on 12 December 2021.

Early life

He is the first son of Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang and Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Ampuan Afzan. He is the fourth child among eight siblings. His eldest sibling is Tengku Meriam. Tengku Abdullah started his education at St. Thomas School, Kuantan and continued to Aldenham School and Davis College, London.

Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah is the fifth and former modern Sultan of Pahang, and also served as the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1979 to 25 April 1984. His abdication as Sultan was decided by the Royal Council at an extraordinary meeting on 11 January 2019. A special amendment was passed on the state constitution that gave the body more power for this decision, citing the Sultan's incapability to rule due to his failing health. The abdication came into effect on the midnight of 15 January, paving the way to his son, Abdullah to succeed him as Sultan the following day, and subsequently be elected as the next Yang di-Pertuan Agong later the same month.

Kuantan State Capital in Pahang, Malaysia

Kuantan is the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia. It is located near the mouth of the Kuantan River and faces the South China Sea. Kuantan is the 17th largest city in Malaysia based on 2010 population, and the largest city in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Aldenham School

Aldenham School is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged eleven to eighteen, located between Elstree and the village of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, England. There is also a preparatory school for pupils from the ages of five to eleven. Founded in the late sixteenth century by Richard Platt, Aldenham School is not only one of the oldest schools in Britain, but one of the oldest schools in the world, albeit a thousand years younger than the oldest in Britain.

Family

His first married at the Istana Bukit Serene, Johor Bahru, 6 March 1986 to the third daughter of Sultan Iskandar of Johor with his first wife, Enche' Besar Kalsom Binti Abdullah (née Josephine Treverrow) [3] K.D.Y.T.M. Tunku Hajjah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah binti Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj, (born at the Istana Bukit Stulang, Johor Bahru, 5 August 1960). She has been created Tengku Puan in addition to her Johor title of Paduka Putri Tunku in 1986. She is one of the sisters of the current Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor. They have four sons and two daughters together. [4] [5]

Istana Bukit Serene

Istana Bukit Serene is the royal palace and official residence of the Sultan of Johor, located in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The palace faces the Straits of Johor and has a bird's eye view of Singapore, a former possession of the Sultanate.

Johor Bahru City and State Capital in Johor, Malaysia

Johor Bahru, formerly known as Tanjung Puteri or Iskandar Puteri, is the capital of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is situated along the Straits of Johor at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia. Johor Bahru has a population of 497,097, while its metropolitan area, with a population of 1,638,219, is the third largest in the country.

Iskandar of Johor Eighth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia

Al-Mutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Al-Khalidi was the 24th Sultan of Johor and the 4th Sultan of modern Johor. He succeeded his father Sultan Ismail upon the latter's death on 10 May 1981. He was the eighth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1984 to 25 April 1989. Sultan Iskandar's reign lasted for almost 29 years until his death in January 2010. His children, Ibrahim Ismail of Johor and Azizah of Pahang and currently crowned heads in Malaysia.

He married, secondly, in 1991 with Cik Puan Julia Rais (born at Kota Bharu, Kelantan, 19 February 1971), a former actress, daughter of Abdul Rais. They have three daughters together. [5]

Sons

  • a) late Yang Mulia Tengku Ahmad Iskandar Shah, born and died on 24 July 1990, son of Azizah
  • b) Yang Amat Mulia Tengku Hassanal-Ibrahim Alam Shah (shortly Tengku Hassanal) born at Kuantan Hospital on 17 September 1995, son of Azizah [6] [7]
  • c) Yang Mulia Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri’ayat ud-din Shah (shortly Tengku Muhammad), born on 3 August 1997, son of Azizah [7]
  • d) Yang Mulia Tengku Ahmad Ismail Mu’adzam Shah (shortly Tengku Ahmad Ismail), born on 11 September 2000, twin with his sister Afzan, son of Azizah [7]

As of 2013, his sons Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim (who currently is his heir as Tengku Mahkota Pahang) studying at Sherborne School, Tengku Muhammad (Addin) studying at Harrow School and Tengku Ahmad is currently studying at Caldicott School all of them in England.

Daughters

  • a) Yang Mulia Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan Tengku Abdullah, daughter of Julia Abdul Rais (born in 11 November 1992 (age 26) at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur. She married with Yang Mulia Tengku Abu Bakar Ahmad Bin Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Abdullah (24/08/2018)
  • b) Yang Mulia Tengku Ilisha Ameera Tengku Abdullah, daughter of Julia Abdul Rais (born 1 October 1993 (age 25) Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
  • c) Yang Mulia Tengku Ilyana Tengku Abdullah daughter of Julia Rais, (born on 20 April 1997 (age 21) at Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
  • d) Yang Mulia Tengku Puteri Afzan Aminah Hafizatu’llah (shortly Tengku Afzan), born on 11 September 2000 (age 18), twin with her brother Ahmad, daughter of Azizah. [7]
  • e) Yang Mulia Tengku Puteri Jihan Azizah Athiyatullah (shortly Tengku Jihan), born on 27 April 2002 (age 16), daughter of Azizah). [7]

As of 2013, his daughters, the eldest child, Tengku Iman Afzan and Tengku Ilisha Ameera, both studying at University of Nottingham while Tengku Ilyana Abdullah is studying at Down House School also in England.

Adoptive sons

Tengku Mahkota Abdullah also adopted a son before the birth of his own:

  • Yang Mulia Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim bin Tengku Arif Bendahara Ibrahim, adopted in 1987. He was born on 25 August 1986 as the youngest son of the late Tengku Arif Bendahara Ibrahim and his third wife, Czarina binti Abdullah.

Yang Mulia Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim and Yang Mulia Puteri Suraiya Afzan Binti Mohamed Moiz married on 19 December 2013. The couple's first child, a son named Yang Mulia Tengku Adam Ibrahim Shah, was born on 27 December 2015. Their second, a son named Yang Mulia Tengku Sulaiman Abdullah Shah, was born 25 June 2018.

Patron

He is the president of the Football Association of Malaysia, a vice-president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) executive committee and president of the Asian Hockey Federation.

Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim

Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim
Born (1986-08-25) August 25, 1986 (age 32)
Pulau Pahang Tengah, Pahang, Malaysia
Spouse
Puteri Suraiya Afzan Binti Mohammed Moiz(m. 2013)
IssueTengku Adam Ibrahim Shah
Tengku Sulaiman Abdullah Shah
Full name
Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Bin Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Ibrahim
FatherTengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Ibrahim
MotherPuan Czarina Binti Abdullah
Religion Sunni Islam

Honours of Sultan Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah

He has been awarded : [5]

Honours of Pahang

National and Sultanal Honours

Honours of Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah

She has been awarded : [5]

Honours of Pahang

National and Sultanal Honours

Ancestry

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/459940
  2. ↑ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/pahang-regent-sworn-in-sultan-malaysia-king-tengku-abdullah-11114618
  3. ↑ "Brigadier-General H.R.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Mahmud Iskandar al-Haj ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir Ismail, Sultan of Johor" as cited in Royal Ark
  4. ↑ The Royal Ark, Johor genealogical details, p.10
  5. 1 2 3 4 The Royal Ark, Pahang genealogical details, p.10
  6. ↑ Photo of Hassanal with parents Abdullah and Azizah
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Photo of Azizah with her children : Tengku Muhammad (top left), Tengku Hassanal (top right), Tengku Ahmad Ismail (down left with blue jacket), Tengku Jahan (down center) and Tengku Afzan (down right with glasses).
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