1808 - 1830 H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Ahmad Shah I ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal-Abidin [al-Marhum Parit], Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Trengganu, eldest son of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Zainal-Abidin II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mansur Riayat, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Trengganu, by his first wife, Inche' Wan Zainab, Cik Puan Besar, educ. privately. Proclaimed on the death of his father, 1808. m. (first) Perempuan Cina, a Chinese lady. m. (second) before 1808, Y.A.M. Tengku Putri binti al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Shah Alam, Tengku Besar Perempuan, daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri al-Wakil al-Imam Sultan Mahmud Ri'ayat Shah Zilu'llah fil'Alam Khalifat ul-Muminin ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Abdu'l Jalil Shah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Johor and Pahang. m. (third) Cik Hajar binti 'Abdu'llah, Cik Puan Besar (bur. Perkuboran Sheikh Ibrahim, Kuala Trengganu), second daughter of a travelling Chinese Minora player from Patani. He d. at Parit, 4th July 1830 (bur. Sheikh Ibrahim Cemetery, Kuala Trengganu), having had issue, four sons and four daughters:
1) H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Daud ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Shah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Trengganu (s/o the Perempuan Cina) - see below.
2) H.H. Sri Paduka Baginda Tuanku Sultan 'Umar ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Shah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Trengganu (s/o Cik Hajar) - see below.
3) H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Mahmud ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Shah, Yang di-Pertuan Muda (s/o Cik Hajar), educ. privately. Fled to Lingga with his brother, Sultan 'Umar, in 1832. Returned with him and appointed Heir Apparent and deputy ruler with the title of Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Muda 1839. Chief Minister of Trengganu 1862-1864. m. (first) before 1839, Y.M. Tengku Dalam binti al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Mu'azzam Shah, eldest daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Muhammad II Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Abdu'l-Rahman Mu'azzam Shah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Lingga, Riau and dependencies, by his first wife, Y.A.M. Tengku Kulsum binti al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad, daughter H.H. Sultan Ahmad I Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal-Abidin, Sultan of Trengganu. m. (second) before 1839, Y.M. Tengku Neng binti Tengku Ismail, daughter of Y.A.M. Tengku Ismail ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal-Abidin [Tengku Masjid], by his first wife, Y.M. Tuan Cik Seni binti Datuk Temenggong Mat Tahir, daughter of Y.M. Tuan Muhammad Tahir [Mat Tahir] bin Engku Tanang Wangsa, Datuk Temenggong. He d. before 26th May 1865, having had issue, four sons and three daughters:
a) H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Ahmad, Yang di-Pertuan Muda, who succeeded as 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 (s/o Tengku Dalam) - see below.
b) H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Abbas ibni al-Marhum Yam Tuan Muda Tuanku Mahmud, Yang di-Pertuan Muda (s/o Tengku Neng). Contested the succession on the death of his brother in December 1881, but was overlooked by the Chief Minister and nobles. Granted the title of Tengku Besar before 15th January 1877, and prom. to Yang di-Pertuan Muda 10th April 1882. Rcvd: Cdr. of the Order of the Crown of Siam (x.4.1887). m. (first) Y.M. Tengku Cik Fatima binti al-Marhum Yang di-Pertuan Muda Tengku 'Abdu'llah [Tengku Cik Putri Pantai] (d. before 18th March 1904), daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku 'Abdu'llah ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Abdu'l-Rahman, Yang di-Pertuan Muda, by his second wife, Y.M. Tengku Ning binti Tengku Wuk Ismail, daughter of Y.B.M. Tengku Wuk Ismail, the Chief Minister. m. (second) Wan Hamida [Midah], Che Puan Muda (m. second, after 1890, …, by whom she had further issue), a commoner from Manir. He d. 8th November 1889 (bur. Royal Cemetery, Kuala Trengganu), having had issue, two sons and six daughters:
i) Y.M. Tengku Haji 'Abdu'llah bin Tengku Muda 'Abbas [Ku Busu], Tengku Sri Wak Raja (cre. 1923) (s/o Wan Hamida). ADC to the Sultan 1921. m. (first) Y.A.M. Tengku Busu Zainab Putri binti al-Marhum Sultan 'Ali Iskandar Shah [Tengku Bongsu] (d.s.p.), youngest daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Muhammad 'Ali Iskandar Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Husain Mu'azzam Shah, Sultan of Johor and all its dependencies, by his third wife, Cik Sembuk binti Mu'min, a commoner. m. (second) Y.M. Tengku Maimuna binti Tengku Ngah Muhammad Yusuf, former wife of Y.M. Tengku Masud bin Tengku Husain, and of Y.M. Tunku Khalid, and daughter of Y.M. Tengku Ngah Muhammad Yusuf bin Tengku Jusoh 'Abdu'llah, by his wife, Y.M. Tengku Tengah Fatima binti Tengku Hitam 'Umar, daughter of Y.B.M. Tengku Hitam 'Umar bin Tengku Muda 'Usman, Tengku Sri Setia di-Raja, sometime State Sec. of Trengganu. m. (third) Che' Fatima, former wife of Y.M. Tengku Hitam 'Abdu'l Majid bin Tengku Mahmud, of Singapore-Johor, and younger sister of Datuk Biji Sura. m. (fourth) Cik Aisha. m. (fifth) Mek Chendering (d.s.p. February 1996). He had issue by two of his wives, including:
(2) Y.M. Tengku Mahmud bin Tengku Haji 'Abdu'llah (s/o Tengku Maimuna). He d. young.
(1) Y.M. Tengku Mariam binti Tengku Haji 'Abdu'llah (d/o Tengku Maimuna). m. Inche' Zakaria. She had issue, one son and two daughters.
(2) Y.M. Tengku Aisha binti Tengku Haji 'Abdu'llah (d/o Tengku Maimuna). m. Y.M. Tengku Muhammad Yusuf bin Tengku Su 'Abdu'l Rahman, fifth son of Y.M. Tengku Su 'Abdu'l Rahman bin Tengku Husain, by his wife, Y.M. Tengku Aziza binti Tengku Muda Haji Ahmad, daughter of Y.M. Tengku Muda Haji of Riau-Lingga. She had issue, one son and four daughters - see Malaysia (Johor).
ii) Y.M. Tengku Muda Muhammad bin Tengku Muda 'Abbas [Tengku Musa] (s/o Tengku Cik Fatima). m. (first) Y.A.M. Tengku Puteh Aisha binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin (b. 1881), 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 the State of Trengganu Dar al-Iman, KCMG, by his third wife, Cik Amina binti 'Abdu'llah. m. (second) … He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
(1) Y.M. Tengku Embong Mahmud bin Tengku Muda Muhammad (s/o Tengku Aisha). m. (first) Y.M. Tengku Dalam Kalsum binti Tengku Wuk Khazaki (b. before 29th November 1913; d.s.p.), historian and writer, former wife of his younger brother, Y.M. Tengku Petra Haji bin Tengku Muda Muhammad, and former wife of Y.M. Tengku Usman bin Tengku Ngah Omar, younger daughter of Y.B.M. Tengku Wuk Khazaki bin Tengku Cik '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 the State of Trengganu Dar al-Iman, KCMG. m. (second) Y.M. Tengku Teh Mariam binti Tengku Wuk Khazaki (b. at Singapore, 1907; d.s.p.), former wife of Y.M. Tengku Husain bin Tengku 'Ali, and elder daughter of Y.B.M. Tengku Wuk Khazaki bin Tengku Cik '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 the State of Trengganu Dar al-Iman, KCMG. m. (third) Cik Amina binti 'Abdu'llah. He had issue, two daughters by his third wife:
(a) Y.M. Tengku Kalsum binti Tengku Embong Mahmud (d/o Cik Amina). m. Y.M. Tengku 'Abu Bakar bin Tengku Sembuk 'Ali, second son of Y.M. Tengku Sembuk 'Ali bin Tengku 'Abdu'l Kadir, by his wife, Y.M. Tengku Ruqiya binti Tengku Haji Mansur, daughter of Y.M. Tengku Haji Mansur, of Pulau Tekung, Singapore. She had issue, four sons and two daughters - see above.
(b) Y.M. Tengku Khadija binti Tengku Embong Mahmud (d/o Cik Amina). m. Inche' Rosli. She had issue, two sons and two daughters:
(2) Y.M. Tengku Petra Haji bin Tengku Muda Muhammad (s/o Tengku Aisha). m. (div.) Y.M. Tengku Dalam Kalsum binti Tengku Wuk Khazaki (b. before 29th November 1913; m. second, his elder brother, Y.M. Tengku Embong Mahmud bin Tengku Muda Muhammad - see above), historian and writer, former wife of Y.M. Tengku Usman bin Tengku Ngah Omar, and younger daughter of Y.B.M. Tengku Wuk Khazaki bin Tengku Cik '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 the State of Trengganu Dar al-Iman, KCMG. He d.s.p.
(3) Y.M. Tengku Petri Kalsum binti Tengku Muda Muhammad (d/o Tengku Aisha). m. Y.M. Engku Cik Sayyid Abu Bakar bin Engku Sayyid Mustafa al-Idrus, son of Y.M. Sayyid Mustafa bin Sayyid Muhammad Al-'Idrus, Tuk Ku Tuan Dalam, sometime MSC, sometime MSC. She had issue, two sons and five daughters.
ii) Y.M. Tengku Ngah Putri binti Tengku Muda 'Abbas (d/o Tengku Cik Fatima). m. Y.M. Tengku Embong Musa bin Tengku Ngah Sulaiman (d. at Istana Maziah, Kuala Trengganu, before 3rd September 1921), sometime Dir. Trengganu PWD, son of Y.M. Tengku Ngah Sulaiman bin Tengku Haji 'Abdu'l Kadir Jamal ud-din, Tengku Dawud, by his wife, Y.A.M. Tengku Maimuna binti al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad, second 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 had issue, two sons and two daughters - see above.
iii) Y.M. Tengku Putri Amina binti Tengku Muda 'Abbas, Tengku Bentara Puan. b. 1903 (d/o Wan Hamida). m. Y.M. Tengku Ibrahim bin Tengku Long 'Abdu'l Rahman, Tengku Bentara Dalam (d.s.p. 31st October 1961), son of Y.M. Tengku Long 'Abdu'l Rahman bin Tengku Embong Mustafa. She d. 1965, having adopted two sons and three daughters - see above.
iv) Y.M. Tengku Hitam Pantai binti Tengku Muda 'Abbas (d/o Tengku Cik Fatima). m. (first) Y.A.M. Tengku Mansur Putra ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Ali Iskandar Shah (d.s.p.), son of H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Muhammad 'Ali Iskandar Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Husain Mu'azzam Shah, Sultan of Johor and all its dependencies, by his third wife, Inche' Sembuk binti Mu'min, a commoner. m. (second) Y.M. Tengku 'Abdu'l-Rahim bin Tengku 'Abdu'l Jalil (b. at Pulau Tekong, Singapore, 1857; d. at Singapore, 1921, bur. there the Masjid Sultan Cemetery), son of Y.A.M. Tengku 'Abdu'l Jalil ibni al-Marhum Sultan Husain Mu'azzam Shah, of Singapore, by his third wife, Cik Amina, a commoner. She d.s.p. - see Malaysia (Johor).
v) Y.M. Tengku Hitam Dalam Batar binti Tengku Muda 'Abbas. m. as his third wife, 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.s.p. - see Indonesia (Lingga).
vi) Y.M. Tengku Dalam Putri binti Tengku Muda 'Abbas (d/o Tengku Cik Fatima). m. Y.A.M. Tengku Mahmud Putra ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Ali Iskandar Shah [Tengku Selat Cik Melaka], Tengku Besar Paduka Raja (b. 1866), third son of H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Muhammad 'Ali Iskandar Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Husain Mu'azzam Shah, Sultan of Johor and all its dependencies, by his third wife, Inche' Sembuk binti Mu'min, a commoner. She had issue, three sons - see Malaysia (Johor).
d) Y.M. Tengku 'Abdu'l-Rahim ibni al-Marhum Yam Tuan Muda Tuanku Mahmud [Derahim] (s/o Tengku Dalam). m. Cik Mek. He d. 1893, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
ii) Y.B.M. Tengku Ngah 'Umar Petra bin Tengku 'Abdu'l-Rahim, Tengku Sri Utama Raja. MSC, DH of Telemong, Cmsnr. for Religion & Justice 1912-1922. m. 1900, Y.A.M. Tengku Hajjah Nik Maimuna binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin (b. 23rd November 1886; m. second, Sayyid Mustafa, Engku Dalam Alam, and d. 6th April 1971), sixth daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Haji Zainal-Abidin III Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad, Sultan of Trengganu, KCMG, by his second wife, Cik Kulsum binti Haji Daud. He d. 14th November 1922, having had issue, a son and three daughters:
(1) Y.M. Tengku Usman bin Tengku Ngah 'Umar. m. Y.M. Tengku Dalam Kalsum binti Tengku Wuk Khazaki (b. before 29th November 1913; m. third, Y.M. Tengku Embong Mahmud bin Tengku Muda), historian and writer, widow of Y.M. Tengku Petra Haji bin Tengku Muda, and younger daughter of Y.M. Tengku Wuk Khazaki bin Tengku Cik 'Abu Bakar, sometime Postmaster-Gen. of Trengganu, by his wife, Y.A.M. Tengku Wuk Khadija Fatima 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 of Trengganu, KCMG.
a) Y.M. Tengku Maimuna binti al-Marhum Yam Tuan Muda Tuanku Mahmud.
b) Y.M. Tengku Fatima binti al-Marhum Yam Tuan Muda Tuanku Mahmud.
c) Y.M. Tengku Cik Bukit binti al-Marhum Yam Tuan Muda Tuanku Mahmud. m. before 1874, Y.B.M. Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin Sayyid Muhammad Zain al-Idrus, Engku Besar Paduka Raja, Chief Minister of Trengganu 1878-1886, son of Y.B.M. Sayyid Muhammad Zain bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Idrus, Engku Sayyid Sri Perdana, sometime Chief Minister of Trengganu. She had issue, a son:
i) Y.Bhg. Engku Ngah Sayyid Husain bin Engku Sayyid 'Abdu'llah al-Idrus, Engku Sri Pangiran Anum. m. Y.M. Tengku Embong Putri binti Tengku Muda 'Abbas (m. second, Y.Bhg. Sayyid 'Abdu'l Kadir bin Sayyid 'Abdu'l Rahman al-Idrus, Tuk Ku Tuan Kecil), daughter of his maternal uncle, H.H. Paduka Sri Tuanku Abbas ibni al-Marhum Yam Tuan Muda Tuanku Mahmud, Yang di-Pertuan Muda - see above.
4) Y.A.M. Tengku Musa ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad. Principal Adviser to Sultan Ahmad II.
2) Y.A.M. Tengku Cit binti al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad (d/o Cik Hajar). m. Y.M. Sayyid Husain (or Hasan) Alsagoff, from Java. She had issue.
3) H.H. Tengku Lebar binti al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad (d/o Tengku Putri). m. as his second wife, H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Muhammad II Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan 'Abdu'l-Rahman Mu'azzam Shah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Lingga, Riau and dependencies (b. 1803; d. at the Kraton, Daik, 20th July 1841), second son of H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan 'Abdu'r Rahman I Mu'azzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Shah Alam, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Lingga, Riau and its dependencies, by his wife, Y.M. Tengku Antiah binti Raja Sulaiman [Engku Dalam], elder daughter of Raja Sulaiman bin Arung Lingga [Enchik Tengku]. She had issue - see Indonesia (Lingga).
4) Y.A.M. Tengku Bukit binti al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad (d/o Cik Hajar). Granted Dungun by her grand-nephew in 1881. She d. in Trengganu, after 1882.
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