LINGGA

The Bendahara Dynasty

GENEALOGY

• 1) Y.A.M. Tengku Usman ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Muzaffar Shah. He d. 1850, having had issue:
  • a) Y.M. Tengku Said bin Tengku Usman. He had issue, a son:
    • i) Y.M. Tengku Putera Muhammad bin Tengku Said.
• 2) Y.A.M. Tengku Tengah Muhammad Yusuf ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Muzaffar Shah, Tengku Besar Paduka Indra (s/o Encik Sajah), educ. privately. Entered Trengganu State Service, DH of Marang 1881-1886, Chief Minister of Trengganu 1886-1906. Granted the titles of Tengku Panglima Besar 1886, and Tengku Besar Paduka Indra 1889. m. (first) at Kuala Trengganu, 17^th December 1886, Y.A.M. Tengku Nong Zubaida binti al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad (b. before 1866), eldest daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Ahmad II Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Yang di-Pertuan Muda Tengku Mahmud, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Trengganu, by his wife, H.H. Tengku Kalsum binti Sultan Muhammad, Tengku Ampuan Besar, youngest daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Muhammad II Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Abdu'l-Rahman Mu'azzam Shah, Sultan of Lingga, Riau and dependencies. m. (second) Encik Long. m. (third) Encik Zubaida, a Bugis lady. m. (fourth) Encik Mariam. m. (fifth) Encik Aisha. m. (sixth) Y.M. Tengku Aisha binti Tengku Mahmud, youngest daughter of Y.M. Tengku Mahmud bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Hitam, of Johor-Singapore, by his first wife, Y.M. Encik Wan Sri Banun binti Tun Haji 'Abdu'llah, daughter of Y.M. Sri Paduka Tun Haji 'Abdu'llah bin Dato' Temenggong Sri Maharaja Daing 'Abdu'l Rahman, Dato' Temenggong SriMaharaja. m. (seventh) … He d. at Kuala Trengganu, 7^th March 1906, having had issue, six sons and four daughters: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • a) Y.M. Tengku 'Ali bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf, Tengku Kechil Besar (s/o Tengku Nong Zubaida). m. (first) 25^th January 1893, Y.A.M. Tengku Jebah binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin (b. 3^rd August 1879; d.s.p. 13^th August 1898), daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Haji Zainal-Abidin III Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Trengganu, KCMG, by his first wife, Cik Teh binti 'Abu Bakar, daughter of Encik 'Abu Bakar, of Lingga. m. (second) 1898, Y.A.M. Tengku Padang Salma binti al-Marhum Sultan 'Abdu'l-Rahman, youngest daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Nasr ul-Zaman al-Sultan 'Abdu'l-Rahman Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum al-Malik al-Hadi Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Lingga, Riau and dependencies, by his wife, Encik Dayang. m. (third) Y.M. Tengku Hitam Dalam Batar binti Tengku Muda 'Abbas (d.s.p.), daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Abbas ibni al-Marhum Yam Tuan Muda Tuanku Mahmud, Yang di-Pertuan Muda, of Trengganu. He had issue, a daughter:
    • i) H.H. Tengku Zahab binti Tengku Kechil Besar 'Ali, Tengku Ampuan (d/o Salma). m. as his first wife, H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Haji Muhammad II Muazzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the State of Trengganu Dar al-Iman (b. at Kuala Trengganu, 7^th September 1888; d. at Singapore, 11^th April 1956), third son of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Haji Zainal-Abidin III Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Trengganu, KCMG, by his second wife, Cik Kulsum binti Haji Daud. She d. 1909, having had issue, two daughters - see Malaysia (Trengganu).
  • b) Y.M. Tengku Umar bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf (s/o Encik Long). m. (first) Encik Nik binti Idris. m. (second) Encik Fatima. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
    • i) Y.M. Tengku Muhammad bin Tengku Umar. He d. young, aged fifteen years.
    • ii) Y.M. Tengku Cik Muhammad Yusuf bin Tengku Umar. m. (first) Y.A.M.Tengku Zahara Putri binti al-Marhum Sultan Ismail Nasir ud-din Shah (b. at Kuala Terengannu, October 1927; d. at the General Hospital, Kuala Terengannu, 4^th May 1989 (bur. there at the Royal Cemetery), second daughter of Colonel H.R.H. Sri Paduka Baginda Tuanku Sultan Ismail Nasir ud-din Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the State of Trengganu Dar al-Iman, KCMG, by his first wife, Che' Wan Amina binti Wan Cik. m. (second) Y.M. Tengku Hajjah Cik Zainab binti Tengku Wuk 'Abdu'l Rahman (d. 1988), widow of Y.A.M. Tunku 'Abdu'l Rahman bin Tunku Muda Cik Aminu'llah, Tunku Laksamana, of Negri Sembilan, and younger daughter of his paternal uncle, Y.M. Tengku Wuk 'Abdu'l Rahman bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf. m. (third) …He had issue, one daughter by his first and three daughters by his second wife:
      • (1) Y.M. Tengku Zakiah binti Tengku Cik Muhammad Yusuf (d/o Tengku Zahara).
      • (2) Y.M. Tengku Khazaina binti Tengku Cik Muhammad Yusuf (d/o Tengku Zainab).
      • (3) Y.M. Tengku Nur Afzan binti Tengku Cik Muhammad Yusuf (d/o Tengku Zainab).
      • (4) Y.M. Tengku Nur Ahnia binti Tengku Cik Muhammad Yusuf (d/o Tengku Zainab).
    • i) Y.M. Tengku Ruqiya binti Tengku Umar [Yah]. b. 1893. m. (first) at Kuala Trengganu, 27^th March 1912, H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Haji Muhammad II Muazzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the State of Trengganu Dar al-Iman (b. at Kuala Trengganu, 7^th September 1888; d. at Singapore, 11^th April 1956), third son of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Haji Zainal-Abidin III Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the State of Trengganu Dar al-Iman, KCMG, by his second wife, Cik Kulsum binti Haji Daud.m. (second) Y.M. Engku Wang bin Engku Besar Padang al-Idrus. She d. March 1982. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • ii) Y.M. Tengku Mariam binti Tengku Umar [Lok Lok]. m. as his second wife, Y.M. Tengku Husain bin Tengku Cik Sulaiman, son of Y.M. Tengku Cik Sulaiman bin Tengku Husain, of Johor-Singapore, by his wife, Y.M. Tengku Andak binti Tengku Said Idris, daughter of Y.M. Tengku Said Idris bin Tengku Wuk, of Trengganu. She had issue, twenty-two children - see Malaysia(Johor).
  • c) Y.M. Tengku Wuk 'Abdu'l Rahman bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf. b. at Kuala Trengganu, 1886 (s/o Encik Mariam). Trengganu Council Clerk 1941. m. Y.M. Tengku Nit Sapiah binti Tengku Long Besut, daughter of Y.M. Tengku Long bin Tengku Ngah, Tengku Sri Indra Segara, of Besut, by his second wife, Che Mah binti Daud. He d. 1907, having had issue, two daughters:
    • i) Y.M. Tengku Hajjah Anjang Zahab binti Tengku Wuk 'Abdu'l Rahman. m. (first) (div.) Y.A.M. Tengku Ahmad ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin (b. 10^th November 1913; d. 1985), seventh son of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Haji Zainal-Abidin III Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Trengganu, KCMG, by his eighth wife, Cik Zainab. m. (second) Y.B.M. Tengku Hitam Husain bin Tengku Wuk Khazaki, Tengku Asmara di-Raja, son of Y.B.M. Tengku Wuk Khazaki bin Tengku 'Abu Bakar, sometime Postmaster-Gen. of Trengganu, by his wife, Y.A.M. Tengku Wuk Khadija Amina binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal-Abidin Mu'azzam Shah, daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Haji Zainal-Abidin III Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Trengganu, KCMG. m. (third) 12th October 1956, Y.M. Tengku Haji Sulaiman bin Tengku Ismail (d. at Johor Bahru, 3^rd November 1994), son of Y.A.M. Tengku Ismail  ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Abdu'l-Rahman. She d. 1987, having had issue, one daughter by her second husband - see Malaysia (Johor).Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • ii) Y.M. Tengku Hajjah Cik Zainab binti Tengku Wuk 'Abdu'l Rahman. m. Y.A.M. Tunku 'Abdu'l Rahman bin Tunku Muda Cik Aminu'llah, Tunku Laksamana (b. 1911; d. 6^th July 1969), third son of Y.A.M. Tunku Aminu'llah ibni al-Marhum Tuanku Nasir ud-din, Tunku Muda Cik, of Neri Sembilan, by his second wife, Che' Ainon. m. (second?) Y.M. Tengku Cik Muhammad Yusuf bin Tengku Umar, son of her paternal uncle, Y.M. Tengku Umar bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf. She d. 1988, having had issue, three sons and three daughters by her first husband (see Malaysia (Negri Sembilan) and three daughters by her second husband - see above.
  • d) Y.M. Tengku Endut bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf. b. at Kuala Trengganu, 1890 (s/o Encik Zubaida). m. Y.M. Tengku Hitam. Hed. at Istana Kampong Glam, Singapore, 1960.
  • e) Y.M. Tengku Muhammad bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf, Tengku Sri Indra di-Raja (s/o Encik Aisha). m. Y.M. Tengku Asiah Amina binti Tengku Embong Musa, daughter of Y.M. Tengku Embong Musa bin Tengku Ngah Sulaiman, sometime Dir. Trengganu State PWD, by his wife, Y.M. Tengku Ngah Putri binti Tengku Muda Abbas, daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Abbas ibni al-Marhum Yam Tuan Muda Tuanku Mahmud, Yang di-Pertuan Muda. He d.s.p.
  • f) Y.M. Tengku Embong bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf (s/o Tengku Aisha). m. Y.M. Tengku Wuk binti Tengku Endut, youngest daughter of Y.M. Tengku Din bin Tengku Hitam, of Trengganu.
  • a) Y.M. Tengku Zahra binti Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf (d/o Encik Zubaida). m. (first) Y.A.M. Tengku Ismail  ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Abdu'l-Rahman, son of H.H. Paduka Sri Nasr ul-Zaman al-Sultan 'Abdu'l-Rahman Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum al-Malik al-Hadi Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Lingga, Riau and dependencies. m. (second) as his fourth wife, Y.A.M. Tengku Umar ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Abdu'l-Rahman, Tengku Besar (b. 1893; d. 1939), son of H.H. Paduka Sri Nasr ul-Zaman al-Sultan 'Abdu'l-Rahman Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum al-Malik al-Hadi Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Lingga, Riau and dependencies. She had issue, three sons and two daughters by her first husband, and an only son by her second husband - see below. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • b) Y.M. Tengku Maimuna binti Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf (d/o Encik Aisha).
  • c) Y.M. Tengku Din binti Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf (d/o Tengku Aisha).m. Y.M. Tengku Teh bin Tengku 'Ali, Tengku Sri Bendahara Raja, of Trengganu, son of Y.M. Tengku 'Ali bin Tengku Sulong. She had issue, one son:
    • i) Y.M. Tengku 'Abdu'l Aziz bin TengkuiTeh. m. (first) Y.M. Tengku Teh binti Tengku Hitam, daughter of Y.M. Tengku Hitam, of Besut, in Trengganu. m. (second) Cik Ku Aisha. He had issue, three children.
  • d) Y.M. Tengku Hitam Salama binti Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf (d/o Tengku Aisha). m. as his second wife, Y.M. Tengku Muhammad Mustafa bin Tengku Ismail, son of Y.M. Tengku Ismail bin Tengku Hasan bin Tengku Zainal, of Trengganu. She had issue, four sons and two daughters - see Malaysia (Trengganu).
• 1) H.H. Tengku Embong Fatima binti al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Muzaffar Shah, Tengku Ampuan (d/o Tengku Maimuna), educ. privately. A highly cultured and learned lady, well versed in religious and secular law. Selected as ruler by the Malay and Bugis nobility following the death of Sultan Sulaiman, 17^th September 1883. This decision was overturned in favour of her son, due to opposition from her own husband and the stricter adherents to Islamic teachings, 13^th October 1883. She then served as Joint Regent of Lingga, Riau and dependencies for the minority of her son 13^th October 1883-18^th February 1885. m. at Lingga, 1847 (sep.), as his principal wife, H.H. Paduka Sri Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi ibni al-Marhum Sultan ‘Ali ‘Ala ud-din Ri’ayat Shah, Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Riau (d. at Istana Damnah, Robat, Lingga, 17^th July 1899, bur. there at Merah Cemetery), appointed by the government of the NEI as Viceroy (Yang di-Pertuan Muda) in succession to his uncle, 7^th November 1858; installed at Penyengat, 15^th January 1859; Joint Regent of Lingga, Riau and dependencies during the minority of his son 13^th October 1883-18^th February 1885; rcvd: Knt 3^rd class of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Riau, third son of H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan ‘Ali ‘Ala ud-din Ri’ayat Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ja’afar ‘Ala ud-din Shah, Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Riau, by his first wife, Y.M. Raja Siti binti Raja Idris [Engku Darat], third daughter of his paternal uncle, Y.M. Raja Idris bin Raja Haji. She d. at Penyengat Island, 20^th September 1893 (bur. there at Bukit Penggawa), having had issue, three sons and four daughters:
  • a) Y.M. Tengku ‘Abdu’llah ibni al-Marhum Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi, Tengku Besar (s/o Tengku Fatima). m. Y.A.M. Tengku Mariam binti al-Marhum Sultan ‘Ali Iskandar Shah (d. 20^th March 1897), daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Muhammad ‘Ali Iskandar Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Husain Mu’azzam Shah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Johor and all its dependencies, by his third wife, Chik Sembuk binti Mu’min, a commoner. He d.v.p. in an accident, before 1883, having had issue, three daughters:
  • i) Y.M. Tengku Sulung binti Tengku Besar ‘Abdu’llah.
  • ii) Y.M. Tengku Embong Fatima binti Tengku Besar ‘Abdu’llah. m. Y.M. Engku Putra Sayyid Muhammad bin Sayyid ‘Abdu’l Kadir al-Qudsi, second son of Y.M. Engku Sayyid ‘Abdu’l Kadir bin Sayyid Sheikh al-Qudsi, by his wife, Y.M. Tengku Bilik Halima binti al-Marhum Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi, daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi ibni al-Marhum Sultan ‘Ali ‘Ala ud-din Ri’ayat Shah, Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Riau. She had issue, a son – see Indonesia (Riau).
  • iii) Y.M. Tengku Putri binti Tengku Besar ‘Abdu’llah.
  • b) H.H. Paduka Sri Nasr ul-Zaman al-Sultan ‘Abdu’l-Rahman Mu’azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum al-Malik al-Hadi Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Lingga, Riau and dependencies – see below.
  • c) Y.M. Tengku Mahmud ibni al-Marhum Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi. b. 19^th May 1873 (s/o Tengku Fatima). He d. 22^nd March 1897.
  • a) Y.M. Tengku Halima binti al-Marhum Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi [Tengku Bilik] (d/o Tengku Fatima). m. Y.M. Engku Sayyid ‘Abdu’l Kadir al-bin Sayyid Sheikh al-Qudsi, son of Y.M. Sayyid Sheikh bin Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah al-Qudsi. She d. at Penyengat Island, Riau, having had issue, six sons – see Indonesia (Riau).
  • b) Y.M. Tengku Enteh binti al-Marhum Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi (d/o Tengku Fatima). m. Y.M. Tengku Omar bin Tengku Mahmud, son of Y.M. Tengku Mahmud bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Hitam, of Johor-Singapore, by his first wife, Y.M. Encik Wan Sri Banun binti Ungku Haji ‘Abdu’llah, daughter of his maternal uncle, Y.M. Sri Paduka Ungku Haji ‘Abdu’llah bin Dato’ Temenggong Sri Maharaja Daing ‘Abdu’l Rahman, Dato’ Temenggong Sri Maharaja. She had issue, one son and one daughter - see Malaysia (Johor).
  • c) Y.M. Tengku Selamah binti al-Marhum Raja Muhammed Yusuf al-Mahdi. b. 23^rd July 1870 (d/o Tengku Fatima). She d. 27^th July 1870.
  • d) Y.M. Tengku Maimuna binti al-Marhum Raja Muhammad Yusuf al-Mahdi [Tengku Hitam] (d/o Tengku Fatima). m. Y.B.M. Tengku Chik Abu Bakar bin Tengku ‘Abdu’l Jalil, Tengku Bikrama Jaya (b. at Pulau Tekong, Singapore, 1853; d. at Kuala Trengganu, 1933, bur. at Masjid Zainal Abidin Cemetery, Kuala Terengganu), sometime State Cmsnr of Dungun, son of Y.A.M. Tengku ‘Abdu’l Jalil ibni al-Marhum Sultan Husain Mu’azzam Shah, of Johor-Singapore, by his first wife, Y.M. Tengku Halima binti Tengku Wuk, daughter of Y.M. Tengku Wuk Ismail, of Kemaman – see Malaysia (Johor).

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