Intan Zaharah
Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia
Tenure21 September 1965 – 20 September 1970
PredecessorTengku Budriah
SuccessorTuanku Bahiyah
Tengku Ampuan Besar of Terengganu
Tenure6 June 1949 – 20 September 1979
SuccessorTengku Ampuan Bariah
Tengku Ampuan of Terengganu
Tenure20 September 1979 – 14 May 1998
SuccessorTengku Ampuan Bariah
Tengku Ampuan Tua of Terengganu
Tenure14 May 1998 – 24 January 2015
Born(1928-04-13)13 April 1928
Singapore
Died24 January 2015(2015-01-24) (aged 86)
Pantai Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Burial25 January 2015
Abidin Mosque, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
Spouse
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(m. 1944; died 1979)​
Names
Tengku Intan Zaharah binti Tengku Hitam Omar
Regnal name
Tengku Ampuan Besar Tengku Intan Zaharah binti Almarhum Tengku Seri Setia Raja Tengku Hitam Omar
FatherTengku Seri Setia Raja Tengku Hitam Omar bin Al-Marhum Tengku Muda Osman
MotherRaja Zainab binti Al-Marhum Raja Alang
ReligionSunni Islam

Tengku Ampuan Tua Tengku Intan Zaharah binti Almarhum Tengku Seri Setia Raja Tengku Hitam Omar (Jawi: تڠكو امڤوان توا تڠكو اينتن زهرة بنت المرحوم تڠكو ستيا راج تڠکو هيتم عمر; 13 April 1928 – 24 January 2015) was the Tengku Ampuan Tua (Grand Queen Dowager) of Terengganu.[1] She was formerly the Tengku Ampuan Besar (Queen consort) of Terengganu from 1945 to 1979, the Tengku Ampuan (Queen Dowager) of Terengganu from 1979 to 1998 and Tengku Ampuan Tua (Grand Queen Dowager) of Terengganu from 1998 until her death in 2015. She also served as the fourth Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia from 1965 to 1970.

Early life

Tengku Intan was born in Singapore on 13 April 1928. Her father, Tengku Seri Setia Raja Terengganu Tengku Hitam Omar, was a member of the Singapore (Johor Bendahara Horeh) royal family, serving in the Terengganu State Civil Service as the State Secretary of Terengganu; he was exiled since the death of the last Sultan of Singapore, Alauddin Alam Shah, in 1897. Her mother was Raja Zainab binti Raja Alang (second wife of her father).

Tengku Intan received her education at the Malay School in Telok Kurau and Katong Convent, Singapore.

Royal life

Tengku Intan married Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III (then Tengku Paduka Raja of Terengganu) on 3 April 1944 as his second wife. She had no children with him.

On 5 November 1945 the Terengganu State Council of thirteen members announced the dismissal of Sultan Ali Shah and the appointment of Tengku Ismail as the fifteenth Sultan of Terengganu. Tengku Ismail became known as Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah and was installed on 6 June 1949 at Istana Maziah, Kuala Terengganu.[2]

Accordingly, Tengku Intan Zaharah became Tengku Ampuan Besar (Queen) of Terengganu. Tengku Intan served as Raja Permaisuri Agong during her husband's reign as the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong or King of Malaysia.

In 1979, upon her husband's death she was created Tengku Ampuan (Queen Dowager) of Terengganu. In 1998, on the death of her stepson, Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah, she became Tengku Ampuan Tua (Grand Queen Dowager) of Terengganu.[3]

Death

Tengku Ampuan Tua Tengku Intan Zaharah died on 24 January 2015 at 3:30 pm in Hospital Pantai, Kuala Lumpur due to pneumonia. She was 86 years old. Her body was brought back to Terengganu and was laid to rest beside her husband grave, Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah at the Royal Mausoleum near Abidin Mosque, Kuala Terengganu.

Awards and recognitions

National honours

Honours of Terengganu

Honours of Malaysia

Foreign honours

Places named after her

Several places were named after her, including:

See also

References

  1. ^ Finestone, Jeffrey and Shaharil Talib (1994) Op Cit
  2. ^ Buyong Adil Op Cit p205
  3. ^ Finestone, Jeffrey and Shaharil Talib (1994) Op Cit
  4. ^ Angelfire
Malaysian royalty Preceded byTengku Budriah (Raja Perempuan of Perlis) Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen of Malaysia) Succeeded byTuanku Bahiyah(Sultanah of Kedah)
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