Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah

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His Royal Highness Almarhum Sultan Sulaiman
Sultan of Terengganu
Almarhum Al-Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Al-Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Al-Haj
Reign	Sultan of Terengganu - 1979 - 1998
Coronation	1981
Born	1930
	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
Died	1998
	Singapore
Predecessor	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Al-Haj
Successor	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
Consort	Tengku Ampuan Bariah
Issue	Tengku Mizan
Father	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Al-Haj
Mother	Tengku Tengah Zaharah

Almarhum Al-Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Al-Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Al-Haj was the 16th Sultan of Terengganu from 1979 to 1998.

Sultan Mahmud was born on 1930 in Kuala Terengganu. He was married to Tengku Ampuan Bariyah binti Almarhum Sultan Sir Hisamuddin Alam Shah, sister of late Sultan Selangor, Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah on 1951. He was a cousin to the late Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor.

Two years later, his father Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah died in 1979. He was installed as the Sultan of Terengganu on 1981 and Tengku Ampuan Bariyah became Tengku Ampuan Besar of Terengganu.

Sultan Mahmud was the colonel for the Royal Armoured Corps (KAD) from 1979.

He was a close friend of his advisor Tan Sri Wan Mokhtar Ahmad, the former Menteri Besar (chief minister) of Terengganu from 1985 to 1999. His main goals was to make Terengganu as the developed state in the East Coast of Peninsula Malaysia. He performed the hadj pilgrimage with Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor in 1984.

His favourite hobby was playing golf and photography. He has taken pictures of many places in Terengganu including Primula Hotels and Beach Resorts, Wisma Darul Iman, Istana Maziah, Masjid Tengku Tengah Zaharah, Masjid Abidin, Rantau Abang and many more.

On 14 May 1998, he died in Singapore and was replaced by his son Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin. His body was laid to rest in the new Royal Mausoleum near Masjid Al-Muktafi Billah Shah in Kuala Terengganu. He was the first sultan of Terengganu to be buried here.