Tengku Intan Zaharah

Tengku Intan Zaharah
Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia
Tenure	September 21, 1965 – September 20, 1970
Tengku Ampuan of Terengganu
Tenure	5 November 1945 – 20 September 1979
Consort to	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
Father	Tengku Hitam Omar bin Tengku Muda Osman
Mother	Raja Zainab Raja Alang
Born	13 April 1928 (1928-04-13) (age 83) Singapore

Tengku Intan Zaharah binti Tengku Hitam Omar (born April 13, 1928) is the current Tengku Ampuan Tua of Terengganu.^[1] She was formerly the Tengku Ampuan(Queen) of Terengganu from 1945 to 1979. She also served as the fourth Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia from 1965 to 1970.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Royal Life 3 Titles, styles and honours 3.1 Titles and styles 3.2 Honours 4 See also 5 References

Early life

Tengku Intan was born in Singapore on April 13, 1928. Her father, Tengku Setia Raja Terengganu Tengku Hitam Omar, was a member of the Singapore 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 HH Raja Zainab binti Raja Alang.

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 April 3, 1944 as his second wife. She had no children with him.

On November 5, 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 June 6, 1949 at Istana Maziah, Kuala Terengganu.^[2]

Accordingly, Tengku Intan Zaharah became Tengku Ampuan(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 Besar(Dowager Queen) of Terengganu. In 1998, on the death of her stepson, Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah, she became Tengku Ampuan Tua (Grand Dowanger Queen) of Terengganu.^[3]

Titles, styles and honours

Titles and styles

• 13 April 1928 – 6 June 1949: Tengku Intan Zaharah binti Tengku Hitam Omar
• 6 June 1949 – 20 September 1979: Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Ampuan of Terengganu
• 21 September 1965 – 20 September 1970: Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Intan Zaharah binti Al-Marhum Tengku Seri Setia Raja
• 20 September 1979 – 14 May 1998: Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Ampuan Besar Tengku Intan Zaharah
• 14 May 1998 – present: Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Ampuan Tua Tengku Intan Zaharah

Honours

• Grand Order of the Mugunghwa by the President of the Republic of Korea on 7 February 1966
• Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara (the Most Exalted Order of the Crown of the Realm) on 6 April 1966

See also

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong
• Raja Permaisuri Agong

References

Regnal titles
Preceded by Tengku Budriah (Raja Perempuan of Perlis)	Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen of Malaysia)	Succeeded by Tuanku Bahiyah (Sultanah of Kedah)

Persondata
Name	Zaharah, Tengku Intan
Alternative names
Short description	Malaysian royal
Date of birth	April 13, 1928
Place of birth	Singapore
Date of death
Place of death