1881 - 1918 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 (19.6.1911). b. 12th April 1866, eldest son 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 first wife, H.H. Tengku Kulsum binti al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Mu’azzam Shah, Tengku Ampuan Besar, educ. privately. Raised to the title of Tengku Besar, and invested as Deputy Ruler with the title of Yang di-Pertuan Muda, before 15th January 1877. Succeeded on the death of his father, 18th December 1881. Crowned at Kuala Trengganu, 10th April 1882. Trengganu was transferred to British Protection under the terms of the Anglo-Siamese Treaty, 10th July 1909 (formally handed over ceremonially 14th July 1909). Entered into an agreement with Britain, at Singapore, 22nd April 1910. Introduced the first constitution for the state (Undang-Undang Tuboh Negri), 2nd November 1911. Rcvd: GC of the Order of the Crown (April 1896), and KC of the Order of the White Elephant (April 1887) of Siam. m. (first) 1878, Cik Teh binti Abu Bakar (b. 1864; d. at Kuala Trengganu, 3rd October 1938), daughter of Inche’ Abu Bakar, of Lingga. m. (second) Cik Kulsum binti Haji Daud (d. at Kuala Trengganu, 12th February 1936). m. (third) Cik Amina binti ‘Abdu’llah (d. 15th February 1892), a Siamese convert to Islam. m. (fourth) Cik Aisha binti Ismail (d. ca. 1934). m. (fifth) at Istana Besar, Pekin, Pahang, 16th January 1886 (div. 1895), Y.A.M. Tengku Long binti al-Marhum Sultan Sir Ahmad al-Mu’azzam Shah (b. 13th October 1864; m. second, Che’ Wan Ngah Abu Bakar bin Che’ Engku Mahmud, and d. 1952, leaving issue by her second husband), eldest daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Baginda Al-Sultan Besar Sir Ahmad Mua’azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Bendahara Sri Maharaja Tun ‘Ali, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Pahang, KCMG, by his first wife, H.H. Tun Besar Fatima binti Tun Muhammad, Tengku Ampuan Tua, daughter of daughter of Y.M. Tun Muhammad bin Raja Bendahara Tun Koris. m. (sixth) 7th July 1892, Y.M. Tengku Putri binti Tengku Muhammad Said (d. 5th December 1895), daughter of Y.A.M. Tengku Muhammad Said ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Mu’azzam Shah, of Lingga. m. (seventh) before 1906, Cik Maimuna binti ‘Abdu’llah (d. ca. 1918), a Siamese convert to Islam. m. (eighth) before 1913, Cik Zainab binti Salleh. m. (ninth) 17th April 1917, Y.M. Tengku Hajjah Aisha Mandak binti Tengku Mustafa, Tengku Sri Kemala (b. at Kampung Tok Sheikh, Bukit Bayas, Kuala Trengganu, 1902, m. second, Y.M. Tengku Cik Haji Ahmad bin Tengku Long ‘Abdu’l Rahman, Tengku Sri Bijaya Raja. m. third, 1928, Y.A.M. Tengku Muhammad ibni al-Marhum Al-Sultan Sir Ahmad al-Mu’azzam Shah, Tengku Panglima Parang, CBE, and d. at Pekan, Pahang, 30th August 1988), daughter of Y.B.M. Tengku Mustafa bin Tengku Muda Idris, Tengku Sri Wangsa Raja. m. (tenth) a daughter of Sayyid Muhammad bin Ahmad Al-Idrus. He d. at Kuala Trengganu, 26th November 1918 (bur. Zainal Abidin Mosque, Kuala Trengganu), having had issue, eight sons and twelve daughters:
1) Y.A.M. Tengku Endut ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin (s/o Cik Amina). He d. 5th February 1888, having had issue, an only son:
a) Y.M. Tengku ‘Abdu’l Rahman bin Tengku Endut.
2) Y.A.M. Tengku Cik Muda Muhammad, Yang di-Pertuan Muda, who succeeded as H.H. Paduka Sri 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 (s/o Cik Kulsum) - see below.
4) Y.A.M. Tengku Ahmad ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin (s/o Cik Amina). He d. young, before 1913.
5) Y.A.M. Tengku Sulaiman, Tengku Muda, who succeeded as H.H. Sultan Sulaiman Badr ul-‘Alam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the State of Trengganu Dar al-Iman (s/o Cik Aisha) - see below.
6) Y.A.M. Tengku Ismail bin Sultan Zainal Abidin, Tengku Sri Paduka Raja, who succeeded as H.R.H. Sultan Ismail Nasir ud-din Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, Sultan of Trengganu (s/o Cik Maimuna) - see below.
7) Y.A.M. Tengku Ahmad ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin. b. 10th November 1913 (s/o Cik Zainab). m. (first) (div.) Y.M. Tengku Hajjah Anjang Zahab binti Tengku Wuk ‘Abdu’l Rahman (m. second, Y.B.M. Tengku Hitam Husain bin Tengku Wuk Khazaki, Tengku Asmara di-Raja. m. third, Y.M. Tengku Sulaiman bin Tengku Ismail, and d. 1987), elder daughter of Y.M. Tengku Wuk ‘Abdu’l Rahman bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf, sometime Trengganu Council Clerk, by his wife, Y.M. Tengku Nit Sapiah binti Tengku Long Besut, daughter of Y.M. Tengku Long bin Tengku Ngah, Tengku Sri Indra Segara, of Besut. m. (second) Y.M. Sharifa Nong binti Sayyid Muhammad. He d. 1985, having had issue, four sons and four daughters:
a) Y.M. Tengku Hashim bin Tengku Ahmad.
b) Y.M. Tengku Muhammad Ariff bin Tengku Ahmad.
c) Y.M. Tengku Danial Zainal Abidin bin Tengku Ahmad.
d) Y.M. Tengku Mahmud bin Tengku Ahmad.
a) Y.M. Tengku Fatima Zahara binti Tengku Ahmad. m. Y.A.M.Tengku Dato’ Sri ‘Abdu’l-Malik Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ismail Nasir ud-din Shah, Tengku Kechil Muda, son 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 second wife, Y.M. Tengku Tengah Zahara binti Tengku ‘Umar, elder daughter of Y.A.M. Tengku ‘Umar ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir Ahmad al-Mu’azzam Shah, Tengku Setia di-Raja, of Pahang. She had issue, two sons and two daughters – see below
b) Y.M. Tengku Azlah binti Tengku Ahmad. m. Y.M. Engku Sayyid Muhammad bin Engku Cik Sayyid Abu Bakar al-Idrus, son of Y.M. Engku Cik Sayyid Abu Bakar bin Engku Sayyid Mustafa al-Idrus, by his wife, Y.M. Tengku Petri Kalthum binti Tengku Muda Muhammad, daughter of Y.M. Tengku Muda Muhammad bin Tengku Muda Abbas.
c) Y.M. Tengku Zailah Habibah binti Tengku Ahmad. b. 4th June 1948. m. as his fourth wife, Y.M. Tengku Petra Zainal-Abidin bin Tengku Muhammad, Tengku Sri Aria Raja (b. 31st October 1930; d. June 1995), only son of Y.M. Tengku Muhammad bin Tengku Long, sometime DH of Kemaman & Kijal, by his wife, Y.A.M. Tengku Wuk Amina binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, Tengku Kusuma Puri, daughter of H.H. Sultan Haji Zainal-Abidin III Mu’azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Trengganu, KCMG. She had issue, one daughter - see above.
8) Captain Y.A.M. Tengku Besar Mahmud ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, Tengku Sri Utama Raja. b. at Istana Kechik, Kuala Terengganu, 21st May 1918 (s/o Tengku Aisha Mandak), educ. Malay Coll, Kuala Kangsar, and St Edward’s Sch, Oxford. Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut. (EC) British Army 23/7/1945, served in WW2 1945-1946, prom Hon Capt 24/11/1946. Principal Assist Sec in the Ministry of Defence until 1972, Grand Chamberlain to the King of Malaysia 1974-1984. Rcvd: PSD (1978). m. (first) June 1939 (div.), Joyce Mabel Blencowe (b. 1917; m. second, Eric Thomas John Manning, ex-Flight Sgt. and Pilot Officer RAFVR, and d. 9th June 1996, bur. Taunton Cemetary, Somerset, having had further issue one daughter by her second husband). m. (second) Y. Bhg. To’ Puan Hajjah Zain un-Mariam binti Haji Su Mahmud (b. at Kuala Terengganu, 10th July 1928; d. there at Istana Kechik, 28th December 2001, bur. beside her late husband at Masjid Zainal Abidin Cemetery), granddaughter of Haji Ngah Muhammad bin Yusof, Dato’ Sri Amar di-Raja, CBE, sometime Chief Minister of Trengganu, and daughter of Haji Su Mahmud bin Dato’ Sri Amar di-Raja Haji Ngah Muhammad, sometime DO of Kuala Berang during the Japanese occupation. He d. at Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, 4th December 1989 (bur. at Masjid Zainal Abidin Cemetery, Kuala Terengganu), having had issue, one son and two daughters by his first wife, and two sons and two daughters by his second wife:
a) Y.M. Tengku Andrew Clive Cyrus bin Tengku Besar Mahmud [Andrew Clive Cyrus Manning]. b. at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, 13th October 1940 (s/o Joyce). Adopted by Eric Manning. Research scientist, employed with the Houghton Poultry Research Station 1984-1989. m. at Great St.Marys Church, Cambridge, 26th March 1966, Gillian Margaret (b. at Mepal, Cambridge, 3rd October 1944), née Seymour. He d. at St Ives. Huntingdon, Cambs., 25th November 2007, having had issue, two daughters:
ii) Caroline Elizabeth Manning. b. at the Cambridge Maternity Hospital, 18th February 1974.
b) Y.M. Tengku Muhammad Zainal Abidin Petra bin Tengku Besar Mahmud. b. at Batu Gajah, Perak, 18th August 1951 (s/o To’ Puan Hajjah Zain un-Mariam). Bank employee 1972-1975, since when a self employed businessman. m. (first) at Seremban, Negri Sembilan, 1978 (div. 1982) Siti Rotiah binti Syed Harun. m. (second) 9th July 1982, Siti Fatima binti ‘Abdu’llah (b. at Bangkok, Thailand, 17th November 1955), née Phenkhae Kaewmane, a Thai convert to Islam, who has no issue. m. (third) 11th July 1994, Zarina Shariza binti Johari (b. at Kuala Terengganu, 31st May 1973). He has issue, one son and three daughters:
i) Y.M. Tengku Muhammad Kamal Hisham ud-din bin Tengku Muhammad Zainal Abidin Petra. b. at Kuala Terengganu, 18th April 1995 (d/o Zarina Shariza).
i) Y.M. Tengku Nur Radhiat ul-Khalilah binti Tengku Muhammad Zainal Abidin Petra (d/o Siti Rotiah). m. at Kuala Terengganu, 17th December 2000, Noor Azmi bin ‘Abdu’l Aziz.
ii) Y.M. Tengku Amirah Nur Hidayah binti Tengku Muhammad Zainal Abidin Petra. b. at Kuala Terengganu, 1st October 1996 (d/o Zarina Shariza).
iii) Y.M. Tengku Hanisah Nur Athirah binti Tengku Muhammad Zainal Abidin Petra. b. at Kuala Terengganu, 25th June 1998 (d/o Zarina Shariza).
c) Y.M. Tengku Zain ul-Akmal bin Tengku Besar Mahmud. b. at Kuala Trengganu, 8th June 1960 (s/o To’ Puan Hajjah Zain un-Mariam), educ. Gloscestershire Coll. of Art & Technology (dipl.), and Schiller International Univ., London (BBA). m. (first) 26th June 1986, Adlin binti Masood (b. 27th May1961), daughter of Masood bin ‘Abdu’l Rashid and Hapipah [Khalijah] binti Ahmad. m. (second) 4th December 1991, Wan Malati binti Wan Salleh Wanmu (b. 29th June 1966), daughter of Wan Salleh Wanmu, by his wife, Fatima. He had issue, one son and three daughters by his first wife, and three sons and two daughters by his second:
i) Y.M. Tengku ‘Ala ud-din Mahmud bin Tengku Zain ul-Akmal. b. 9th January 1994 (s/o Adlin).
ii) Y.M. Tengku Ahmad Safwan bin Tengku Zain ul-Akmal. b. 9th January 1994 (s/o Malati).
iv) Y.M. Tengku Irsyad Kamil bin Tengku Zain ul-Akmal. b. 21st May 2005 (s/o Malati).
i) Y.M. Tengku Aisha Munira binti Tengku Zain ul-Akmal. b. 14th March 1988 (d/o Adlin).
ii) Y.M. Tengku Afiah Mardhia binti Tengku Zain ul-Akmal. b. 28th May 1990 (d/o Adlin).
iii) Y.M. Tengku Adila Mastura binti Tengku Zain ul-Akmal. b. 9th December 1991 (d/o Adlin).
iv) Y.M. Tengku Putri Nadia binti Tengku Zain ul-Akmal. b. 27th December 1997 (d/o Wan Malati).
v) Y.M. Tengku Mariah Eilyah binti Tengku Zain ul-Akmal. b. 8th January 2008 (d/o Wan Malati).
a) Y.M. Tengku Afzan Joy Elizabeth binti Tengku Besar Mahmud [Afzan Joy Elizabeth Manning] (d/o Joyce). Adopted by Eric Manning. m. Leonard Alwyn Barrett. No issue.
b) Y.M. Tengku Angela Meriam binti Tengku Besar Mahmud. b. at Oxford, 12th April 1944 (d/o Joyce). m. Encik Ibrahim Ariffin, son of Encik Muhammad Zain Ariffin. She d. at Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, 26th December 2003, having had issue, an only daughter.
d) Y.M. Tengku Dato’ Aisha Rohani binti Tengku Besar Mahmud [H.R.H. Tengku Dato’ Aisha Rohani binti Tengku Besar Mahmud, of Negri Sembilan]. b. at Batu Gajah, 19th June 1952 (d/o To’ Puan Hajjah Zain un-Mariam), educ. Bukit Ninas Convent, Kuala Lumpur. Mbr Kuala Lumpur Speakers’ Club, Inner Wheel Club (KL), Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur, etc. Rcvd: DPTJ. m. 25th April 1974, H.R.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Muhriz ibni al-Marhum Tuanku Munawir, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan (b. at Kuala Pilah, 14th January 1948), only son of H.R.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Munawir ibni al-Marhum Tuanku ‘Abdu’l Rahman Shah, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, by his first wife, H.R.H. Tunku Durat un-Nafisa Aziba binti Tunku Besar Burhan ud-din, TuankuAmpuan, second daughter of Y.A.M. Tunku Burhan ud-din ibni al-Marhum Tuanku Antah, Tunku Besar, CMG. She had issue, three sons - see Malaysia (NegriSembilan).
1) Y.A.M. Tengku Hajjah Ngah Aisha binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin. b. 1879 (d/o Cik Kulsum). m. (first) Y.M. Engku Sulong Sayyid Muhammad al-Idrus. m. (second) (div.) Y.A.M. Tengku Puteh ‘Abdu’llah ibni al-Marhum Sultan ‘Ali Iskandar Shah (d. 4th April 1915), sometime MSC Trengganu and DO of Paka, son of H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan ‘Ali Iskandar Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Husain Mu’azzam Shah, Sultan of Johor, by his third wife, Inche’ Sembuk binti Mokmin. m. (third) January 1916, Y.M. Tengku Muda Haji Ahmad bin Tengku Yahya (d. 1943), eldest son of Y.M. Tengku Yahya bin Tengku Haji Muhammad Said, of Lingga. She d. 1964, having had issue, a daughter by each of her three husbands - see Malaysia (Johor) and Indonesia(Lingga).
2) Y.A.M. Tengku Jebah binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin. b. 3rd August 1879 (d/o Cik Teh). m. 25th January 1893, Y.M. Tengku ‘Ali bin Tengku Besar Muhammad Yusuf, Tengku Kechil Besar, son of Y.A.M. Tengku Muhammed Yusuf ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Muzaffar Shah, Tengku Besar Paduka Indra, of Lingga. She d. 13th August 1898, having had issue, one daughter - see Indonesia (Lingga).
3) Y.A.M. Tengku Dara binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin. b. and d. 1880 (d/o Cik Kulsum).
4) Y.A.M. Tengku Wuk Fatima binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin.
6) Y.A.M. Tengku Wuk Khadija Amina binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin. b. 1881 (d/o Cik Teh). m. Y.M. Tengku Wuk Khazaki bin Tengku Cik Abu Bakar [Who Khajaki] (d. at Kuala Trengganu, 24th January 1912), sometime Postmaster-Gen. of Trengganu, son of Y.B.M. Tengku Cik Abu Bakar bin Tengku ‘Abdu’l Jalil, Tengku Bikrama Jaya, sometime State Cmsnr. of Dungun, by his wife, Y.A.M. Tengku Khadija binti al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Mu’azzam Shah, 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. She d. at Kuala Trengganu, 24th June 1910, having had issue, one son and two daughters - see Malaysia (Johor).
7) Y.A.M. Tengku Hajjah Nik Maimuna binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin. b. 23rd November 1886 (d/o Cik Kulsum). m. (first) 1900, Y.B.M. Tengku Ngah ‘Umar bin Tengku ‘Abdu’l-Rahim, Tengku Sri Utama Raja (d. 14th November 1922), sometime Chief Minister of Trengganu, son of Y.M. Tengku ‘Abdu’l-Rahim bin Yam Tuan Muda Tengku Mahmud. m. (second) Sayyid Mustafa, Engku Dalam Alam. She d. 6th April 1971, having had issue, three daughters - see above.
9) Y.A.M. Tengku Dalam Halima binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, Tengku Lela Kusuma. b. 1898(d/o Cik Aisha). Previously styled Tengku Nila Puri. m. Engku Puteh Sayyid ‘Abdu’l Rahman bin Engku Kecil Sayyid ‘Abdu’l Kadir, son of Y.B.M. Engku Kecil Sayyid ‘Abdu’l Kadir bin Sayyid ‘Abdu’l Rahman, Engku Sri Pangiran Anum, sometime Shaikh al-Sadat, by his wife, Y.M. Tengku Embong Putri binti Tengku Muda Abbas, eldest daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Abbas ibni al-Marhum Yam Tuan Muda Tuanku Mahmud, Yang di-Pertuan Muda. She d. at Istana Ma’aziah, Kuala Trengganu, 22nd May 1958.
10) Y.A.M. Tengku Wuk Maimuna binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, Tengku Kusuma Puri. b. January 1899 (d/o Cik Amina). m. 12th October 1928, …She d. March 1950, having had issue, an only child.
11) Y.A.M. Tengku Mariam binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin. b. and d. 1907 (d/o Cik Maimuna).
12) Y.A.M. Tengku Wuk Amina binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, Tengku Kusuma Puri (d/o Cik Aisha). m. Y.M. Tengku Muhammad bin Tengku Long Besut, son of Y.M. Tengku Long bin Tengku Ngah, Tengku Sri Indra Segara, of Besut, by his wife, Y.A.M. Tengku Embong binti al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad, youngest daughter of H.H. Sultan Muhammad III Bongsu ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad, Sultan of Kelantan. She d. 19th February 1975, having had issue, one son - see above.
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