Tengku Abdullah

Tengku Abdullah
Tengku Mahkota of Pahang
Born	30 July 1959 Istana Mangga Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang
Spouse	Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah of Johor Cik Puan Julia Aishah Abdul Rais
Issue	Tengku Hassanal Shah Tengku Muhammad Shah Tengku Ahmad Shah Tengku Afzan Tengku Jihan Tengku Iman Tengku Illisha Tengku Ilyana
Full name Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah
House	Istana Abu Bakar, Pekan, Pahang
Father	Ahmad Shah of Pahang
Mother	Tengku Afzan
Religion	Sunni Islam

Pahang Royal Family
HRH Sultan Ahmad Shah, The Sultan HRH Sultanah Kalsom, The Sultanah HH Tengku Abdullah, The Crown Prince HH Tunku Azizah Amina Maimuna Iskandariah of Johor, The Crown Princess Tengku Hassanal Tengku Muhammad Tengku Ahmad Ismail Tengku Putri Nur Jihan Tengku Putri Afzan Amina HH Che Puan Julia Rais Tengku Puteri 'Iman Afzan Tengku Ilisha Ameera Tengku Ilyana HH Tengku Abdul Rahman, Tengku Muda HH Che Puan Julita Aisha Tengku Eddie Akasya Tengku Ahmad Firhan Shah Tengku Armaan Tengku Ameera Asya HH Tengku Abdul Fahd Muadzam, Tengku Arif Temenggong HH Tengku Meriam, Tengku Putri Sri Lela Wangsa HH Tengku Muhaini, Tengku Putri Sri Teja HH Tengku Aishah Marcella, Tengku Putri Sri Kamala HH Tengku Nong Fatimah, Tengku Putri Sri Setia Bakti HH Tengku Shahariah, Tengku Putri Sri Bongsu

Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah (born 30 July 1959 in Pekan, Pahang) is the Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of Pahang, Malaysia.

Early life

He is the first son of Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang and Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Ampuan Afzan. He is the fourth child among eight siblings. His eldest sibling is Tengku Meriam. Tengku Abdullah started his education at St. Thomas School, Kuantan and continued to Aldenham School and Davis College, London.

Family

His first married at the Istana Bukit Serene, Johor Bahru, 6 March 1986 to the third daughter of Sultan Iskandar of Johor with his first wife, Enche' Besar Kalsom Binti Abdullah (née Josephine Treverrow)^[1] K.D.Y.T.M. Tunku Hajjah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah binti Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj, (born at the Istana Bukit Stulang, Johor Bahru, 5 August 1960). She has been created Tengku Puan Paduka Putri in 1986. She is one of the sisters of the current Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor. They have four sons and two daughters together.^[2][3]

He married, secondly, in 1993 with Cik Puan Julia Rais (born at Kota Bharu, Kelantan, 19 February 1971), a former actress, daughter of Abdul Rais. They have three daughters together.^[3]

Sons

• a) late Yang Mulia Tengku Ahmad Iskandar Shah, born and dead on 24 July 1990, son of Azizah
• b) Yang Mulia Tengku Hassanal-Ibrahim Alam Shah (shortly Tengku Hassanal) born at Kuantan Hospital on 17 September 1995, son of Azizah^[4][5]
• c) Yang Mulia Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri’ayat ud-din Shah (shortly Tengku Muhammad), born on 3 August 1997, son of Azizah^[5]
• d) Yang Mulia Tengku Ahmad Ismail Mu’adzam Shah (shortly Tengku Ahmad Ismail), born on 11 September 2000, twin with his sister Afzan, son of Azizah^[5]

As of 2013, his sons Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim (who currently is his heir as Tengku Mahkota Pahang) studying at Sherborne School, Tengku Muhammad (Addin) studying at Harrow School and Tengku Ahmad is currently studying at Caldicott School all of them in England.

Daughters

• a) Yang Mulia Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan Tengku Abdullah, daughter of Julia Abdul Rais (born 1993) at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
• b) Yang Mulia Tengku Ilisha Ameera Tengku Abdullah, daughter of Julia Abdul Rais (born 1994) Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
• c) Yang Mulia Tengku Ilyana Tengku Abdullah daughter of Julia Rais, born in 1997) born at Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
• d) Yang Mulia Tengku Putri Afzan Amina Hafizatu’llah (shortly Tengku Afzan), born on 11 September 2000, twin with her brother Ahmad, daughter of Azizah.^[5]
• e) Yang Mulia Tengku Putri Nur Jihan Khalsom Athiy’atu’llah (shortly Tengku Jihan), born on 27 April 2001, daughter of Azizah).^[5]

As of 2013, his daughters, the eldest child, Tengku Iman Afzan and Tengku Ilisha Ameera, both studying at University of Nottingham while Tengku Ilyana Abdullah is studying at Down House School also in England.

Adoptive sons

Tengku Mahkota Abdullah also adopted a son before the birth of his own:

• Yang Mulia Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim bin Tengku Arif Bendahara Ibrahim, adopted in 1987. He was born on 25 August 1986 as the youngest son of the late Tengku Arif Bendahara Ibrahim and his third wife, Czarina binti Abdullah.

Yang Mulia Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim and Puteri Suraiya Afzan Binti Mohamed Moiz married on 19 December 2012. The couple's first child, Yang Mulia Tengku Adam Ibrahim Shah, He was (born on 27 December 2015) (age 4 months 14 days)

Patron

He is the president of the Football Association of Malaysia, a vice-president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) executive committee and president of the Asian Hockey Federation.

Honours of Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah

He has been awarded :^[3]

Honours of Pahang

•  Pahang :
  • Member 1st class of the Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang (DK I)
  • Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP, 24.10.1980)
  • Grand Knight (or Datuk Sri) of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP)

National and Sultanal Honours

•  Johor :
  • First Class of the Royal Family Order of Johor (DK I)
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor (SPMJ)
•  Terengganu :
  • Member first class of the Family Order of Terengganu (DK I)

Honours of Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah

She has been awarded :^[3]

Honours of Pahang

•  Pahang :
  • Member 1st class of the Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang (DK I)

National and Sultanal Honours

•  Johor :
  • First Class of the Royal Family Order of Johor (DK I)
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor (SPMJ)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Tengku Abdullah

16. Sultan Ahmad al-Muadzam of Pahang (= 12 = 22)               8. Sultan Abdullah al-Mutasim of Pahang                       17. Cik Kusuma binti Tok Minal Daeng Koro               4. Sultan Abu Bakar of Pahang                             18. Y.Bhg. Tun ‘Abdu’llah, of Pulau Duyung (Terengganu)               9. Kalsum, of Pulau Duyung (Terengganu)                       2. Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang                                   20. Sultan Idris Shah I of Perak               10. Sultan Iskandar of Perak                       21. Cik Ngah Manah binti Manda Duwayat               5. Fatima, Princess of Perak                             22. Sultan Ahmad al-Muadzam of Pahang (= 12 = 16)               11. Nong Fatima, Princess of Pahang (half-sister of 8.)                       23. Fatima, Princess of Pahang (1st cousin of husband)               1. Tengku Abdullah, Crown Prince of Pahang                                         24. Ali, Bendahara Sri Maharaja of Pahang               12. Sultan Ahmad al-Muadzam of Pahang (= 16 = 22)                       25. Encik Long Khitab, Encik Puan Lingga               6. Muhammad, Prince of Pahang, (half-brother of 8.)                             26. Haji Muhammad Talib, of Semantan               13. Cik Hajjah Fatima Talib                       3. Afzan, Princess of Pahang                                   28. Idris, Prince of Terengganu (Grand-son of Zainal Abidin II)               14. Mustafa, Prince of Terengganu, Tengku Muda                       7. Aisha Mandak, Princess of Terengganu                             30. Haji Wan Yusuf Puteh, of Bukit Bayas (Kelantan)               15. Wan Salama Puteh

References

1. "Brigadier-General H.R.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Mahmud Iskandar al-Haj ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir Ismail, Sultan of Johor" as cited in Royal Ark
2. The Royal Ark, Johor genealogical details, p.10
3. The Royal Ark, Pahang genealogical details, p.10
4. Photo of Hassanal with parents Abdullah and Azizah
5. Photo of Azizah with her children : Tengku Muhammad (top left), Tengku Hassanal (top right), Tengku Ahmad Ismail (down left with blue jacket), Tengku Jahan (down center) and Tengku Afzan (down right with glasses).

External links

• Photo of Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah