Tengku Abdullah

Tengku Abdullah
Crown Prince of Pahang
Spouse Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah of Johor
Cik Puan Julia Aishah Abdul Rais
Issue Tengku Hassanal Shah
Tengku Muhammad Shah
Tengku Ahmad Shah
Tengku Afzan
Tengku Jihan
Tengku Iman
Tengku Illisha
Tengku Ilyana
Full name
Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah
House Istana Mangga Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang
Father Ahmad Shah of Pahang
Mother Tengku Ampuan Afzan
Born 30 July 1959
Istana Mangga Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang.
Religion Sunni Islam

Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah (born 30 July 1959 in Pekan, Pahang) is the Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of Pahang, Malaysia.

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.

Family

His first married at the Istana Bukit Serene, Johor Bahru, 6 March 1986 to the third daughter of Sultan Iskandar of Johor with her first wife, Y. Bhg. Che' Kalsum binti Abdullah (née Josephine Treverrow)[1] K.D.Y.T.M. Tunku Hajjah Azizah Aminah Maimuna Iskandariah binti Sultan Mahmud Iskandar al-Haj, (born at the Istana Bukit Stulang, Johor Bahru, 5 August 1960). She has been created Tengku Puan Paduka Putri in 1986. She is one of the sisters of the current Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor. They have four sons and two daughters together.[2][3]

He married, secondly, in 1993 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.[3]

Sons

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

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:

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 Malaysian Hockey Federation.[6]

Honours of Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah

He has been awarded :[3]

Honours of Pahang

National and Sultanal Honours

Honours of Tunku Azizah Amina Maimuna Iskandariah

She has been awarded :[3]

Honours of Pahang

National and Sultanal Honours

Ancestry

External links

References

  1. "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
  2. The Royal Ark, Johor genealogical details, p.10
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Royal Ark, Pahang genealogical details, p.10
  4. Photo of Hassanal with parents Abdullah and Azizah
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 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).
  6. Tengku Abdullah and Annuar elected as FAM deputy presidents