PAHANG

Bendahara Dynasty
GENEALOGY
1932 - 1974 Colonel H.R.H. Paduka Sri Baginda Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Riayat ud-din al-Mu’azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir ‘Abdu’llah al-Muhtasim Billah Shah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Pahang Dar ul-Mukmar, GCMG (1.6.1953, KCMG 3.6.1935, CMG 2.1.1933). b. at Istana Hinggap, Pekan Lama, 29th May 1904, second son of Colonel H.H. Paduka Sri Baginda Sultan Sir ‘Abdu’llah al-Muhtasim Billah Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir Ahmad Mua’azzam Shah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Pahang, KCMG, by his second wife, H.H. Tengku Hajjah Kalsum binti Tun ‘Abdu’llah [Som binti Tun], Tengku Ampuan Besar, educ. Malay Sch, Pakan, and Malay Coll, Kuala Kangsar. Land Officer at Kuala Kangsar and Telok Anson 1928-1929, Asst. Collector of Land Revenue at Temerloh 1929-1930, cmsnd. 2nd-Lieut 4th (Pahang) Btn, The FMS Volunteer Force 1931. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Tengku Mahkota, 4th June 1930. Succeeded on the death of his father, 23rd June 1932. Proclaimed at Pekan, 24th June 1932. Installation at Kota Istana Pantei, Pekan, 28th May 1933. Secretly supported the operations of “Force 136” during the Japanese occupation. Hon Col The Royal Malay Regt, 3/9/1959-1974. Hon Col 4th (Pahang) Btn, The Federated Malay States Volunteer Force (FMSVF), 23rd June 1932-1942. Patron: Pahang Branch BRCS, Pahang Cricket and Football Assoc, Patron Royal Malaysian Polo Assoc, Malayan Anti-Tuberculosis Assoc, etc. Rcvd: Silver Jubilee (1935) and Coron medals (1937 and 1953), DMN of Malaysia (31.8.1958), DK of Brunei (23.9.1958), DK I of Johor (27.10.1965), Kedah and Perak, SPDK of Sabah. m. (first) at Istana Merchu, Kuala Kangsar, 23rd May 1926, H.R.H. Raja Hajjah Fatima binti al-Marhum Sultan Sir Iskandar Shah al-Kaddasu’llah, Tengku Ampuan Besar (b. 1910; d. the Istana Indira Puri, 23rd June 1988 bur. at the Royal Cemetery, Pekan), granted the title of Tengku Puan 4th June 1930, and installed as Tengku Ampuan at the Istana Sri Terentang, Pekan, 28th May 1933, eldest daughter of Colonel H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Sir Alang IskandarShah II al-Kaddasu’llah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir Idris Murshid al-Azzam Rahmatu’llah Shah, Sultan of Perak, GCMG, KCVO, by his first wife, Y.A.M. Tengku Nong Fatima binti al-Marhum Al-Sultan Sir Ahmad Mua’azzam Shah, third daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Baginda Sultan Sir Ahmad Mua’azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Dato’ Bendahara Sri Maharaja Tun ‘Ali, Sultan of Pahang, KCMG. m. (second) Cik Siti Nah (d. at Istana Sa’adah, 1984). m. (third) at Pekan Lama, 1938, Y.A.M. Tengku Hajjah Azam binti Tengku Umar (b. at Pekan, 1922), Presdt Women’s Institute (WI) of Pahang, rcvd: AMN (7.6.1967), PJK (29.5.1962), daughter of Y.A.M. Tengku Umar ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir Ahmad Mua’azzam Shah, Tengku Setia di-Raja, by his second wife, Che’ Engku Umaiyah binti Tun Mansur [Ku Yah], fourth daughter of Y.M. Tun Mansur bin Dato’ Bendahara Sri Maharaja Tun ‘Ali, Engku Muda, of Kampung Marhum. m. (fourth) (div. 1953) Cik Mek Mas. m. (fifth) at the Istana Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, 19th April 1953 (div.), Cik Habsah binti Lebai Mat (b. 1931), a former dancer with the Sentosa Joget at Lucky World, Kuala Lumpur. m. (sixth) Cik Siti Zainab binti Shaikh Ahmad. m. (seventh) at Bentong, 10th April 1957 (div.), Cik Lathifah binti ‘Abdu’l Rashid Alias (b. 1937). m. (eighth) 1963, Y.H. Dato’ Maria Menado (b. at Menado, North Sulawesi, 1931), née Liesbet Dotulong, a former screen actress, MD Maria Menado Productions 1958-1963, and former wife of Inche ‘Abdu’l Razak bin Shaikh Muhammad. He d. at the Istana Kota Beram, Pekan, 7th May 1974 (bur. at the Royal Cemetery, Pekan), having had issue, eighteen sons and seventeen daughters:
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