Tengku Ampuan Afzan

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Afzan
افزان
Raja Permaisuri Agong VII
Tenure26 April 1979 – 25 April 1984
Installation10 July 1980
PredecessorTengku Zainab
SuccessorTengku Zanariah
Tengku Ampuan of Pahang
Tenure8 May 1974 – 29 June 1988
Coronation6 May 1975
PredecessorTengku Ampuan Fatimah
SuccessorSultanah Kalsom (as Sultanah)
BornTengku Afzan binti Tengku Muhammad
(1932-12-04)4 December 1932
Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, British Malaya
(now Malaysia)
Died29 June 1988(1988-06-29) (aged 55)
Istana Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1954)
Issue
  • Tengku Meriam
  • Tengku Muhaini
  • Tengku Aishah Marcella
  • Tengku Abdullah
  • Tengku Abdul Rahman
  • Tengku Nong Fatimah
  • Tengku Shahariah
Regnal name
Tengku Ampuan Hajah Afzan Rahimahallah binti Almarhum Tengku Panglima Perang Tengku Muhammad
HouseHouse Bendahara of Pahang
FatherTengku Panglima Perang Tengku Muhammad ibni al-Marhum Sultan Haji Sir Ahmad al-Mu’azzam Shah
MotherTengku Puan Muda Hajah Aishah Mandak binti Almarhum Tengku Mustafa
ReligionSunni Islam

Tengku Ampuan Hajah Afzan Rahimahallah binti Almarhum Tengku Panglima Perang Tengku Muhammad (Jawi: تڠكو امڤوان حاجه افزان رحمة ﷲ بنت المرحوم تڠكو ڤڠليما ڤراڠ تڠکو محمد; born Tengku Afzan binti Tengku Muhammad; 4 December 1932 – 29 June 1988) was the Malaysian Tengku Ampuan (Queen consort) of Pahang. She served as Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia between 26 April 1979 and 25 April 1984.

Early life[edit]

Born on 4 December 1932 in Kuala Terengganu, she was the fourth child of Tengku Panglima Perang Tengku Muhammad Mu’azzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Sir Ahmad al-Mu’azzam Shah and Tengku Hajah Mandak binti Tengku Haji Mustaffar, and the granddaughter of Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Shah, the first Sultan of Pahang.

Her father, the son of Sultan Ahmad of Pahang, served as Chief Minister of Terengganu and Pahang before returning to Pahang to hold the same post.

Tengku Hajah Afzan received her early education at the Malay Girls’ School in Pekan. She also received private tuition in English.

Marriage and becoming queen[edit]

On 22 April 1954, at the age of 22, she married Ahmad Shah,[1] Crown Prince of Pahang, at Kuala Lipis and became the Tengku Puan (Crown Princess) of Pahang. She gave birth to seven children, two boys and five girls,[2] including the sixth and current Sultan of Pahang and the sixteenth Yang Di Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, Tengku Tan Sri Meriam, Tengku Datuk Seri Muhaini, Tengku Datuk Seri Aishah Marcella, Tengku Abdul Rahman, Tengku Datuk Nong Fatimah and Tengku Datuk Shahariah.[3]

In 1974 when Ahmad Shah ascended to the throne of Pahang, she became his queen consort styled as Tengku Ampuan of Pahang. She was Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia (queen consort of the elected leader) between 1979 and 1984.

Death[edit]

Tengku Afzan died on 29 June 1988 at 8:42 am at Istana Pahang, Kuala Lumpur at the age of 55 due to cancer. She was laid to rest at the Pahang Royal Mausoleum near Abu Bakar Royal Mosque in Pekan, Pahang.

Awards and recognitions[edit]

She has been awarded :

Honours of Pahang[edit]

National and Sultanal honour[edit]

Foreign honour[edit]

Places named after her[edit]

Several places named after her, including:

  • Tengku Ampuan Afzan Mosque in Kuantan, Pahang
  • Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan, Pahang
  • Institut Tengku Ampuan Afzan, a child development centre in Kuala Lumpur
  • Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Tengku Ampuan Afzan in Kuala Lipis, Pahang
  • SM Tengku Ampuan Afzan, a secondary school in Chenor, Pahang
  • SMK Tengku Afzan, a secondary school in Kuantan, Pahang
  • SMKA Tengku Ampuan Hajjah Afzan, a secondary school in Jerantut, Pahang
  • Maahad Tahfiz Al Quran Wal Qiraat Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Pekan, Pahang
  • Taman Tengku Ampuan Afzan, a residential area in Lanchang, Pahang

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sultan Ahmad Shah reigned for almost 45 years". Malay Mail. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Former ruler of Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah, dies". The Straits Times. 22 May 2019. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Agong's father Sultan Ahmad Shah dies". Yahoo Finance. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
Malaysian royalty
Preceded by
Tengku Zainab
(Raja Perempuan of Kelantan)
Raja Permaisuri Agong
(Queen of Malaysia)
Succeeded by
Tengku Zanariah
(Sultanah of Johor)
Preceded by
Sultanah Fatimah
Sultanah of Pahang Succeeded by