Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu
Ismail Nasiruddin إسماعيل ناصرالدين | |||||||||
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Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah | |||||||||
Born | Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Unfederated Malay States | 27 January 1907||||||||
Died | 20 September 1979 Istana Badariah, Padang Seri Negara, Mukim Batu Burok, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia | (aged 72)||||||||
Burial | 21 September 1979 , Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia | ||||||||
Spouse | Che Wan Aminah Binti Wan Cik Tengku Tengah Zaharah Binti Tengku Umar Tengku Intan Zaharah (m. 1944)Che Jarah Binti Abdullah | ||||||||
Issue | Tengku Wuk Fatima Sabariah Tengku Zaharah Putri Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Tengku Abdul Malik Shah Tengku Ibrahim Shah Tengku Abdullah Sulaiman Shah Tengku Zaleha Putri Tengku Noor Azia Iman Putri Tengku Zainah Putri Tengku Maria Norshiah Putri Tengku Ruqiya Tengku Ramlah Azizah Putri | ||||||||
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House | House of Bendahara | ||||||||
Father | Sultan Haji Zainal Abidin III Mu’azzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad | ||||||||
Mother | Cik Maimunah Binti Abdullah | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Sultan Sir Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Zainal Abidin III Mu’azzam Shah
Early career
The date of his birth has been given as either 16 March 1906
Educated at the Kuala Terengganu Malay School, he then went to the
In 1935, he became aide-de-camp to his elder half brother
Succession dispute
When the British returned after the end of
The British Military Administration also disapproved of Sultan Ali's character, where he was said to have repudiated his official consort, Tengku Seri Nila Utama Pahang (the daughter of Sultan Abu Bakar of Pahang) and had contracted an unsuitable second marriage to a former prostitute.[9]
On 5 November 1945 the Terengganu State Council of thirteen members announced the dismissal of Sultan Ali and the appointment of Tengku Ismail as the fifteenth
Sultan Ali continued to dispute his dismissal until his death on 17 May 1996.[11]
Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Sultan Ismail served as Deputy
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Sultan Ismail was elected the fourth
Sultan Ismail's reign was at a time when Malaysia began to be active in making its presence felt in the international arena, having secured a more solid foundation and confidence as a Federation of Malay States, Sabah and Sarawak. There were many visits by important world and South East Asian leaders, including US President
Sultan Ismail was reigning as
Death and funeral
Sultan Ismail died at Istana Badariah, Padang Seri Negara, Mukim Batu Burok,
Family and personal life
Sultan Ismail married four times:
- Che Wan Aminah binti Che Wan Chik, by whom he had two daughters
- in 1928 to Tengku Tengah Zaharah binti Tengku Setia Raja Pahang Tengku Umar bin Sultan Ahmad Pahang (1912–1977; divorced) by whom he had eight children including his successor as sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mahmud
- in 1944 to Raja Permaisuri Agong and eventually made Tengku Ampuan Tua of Terengganu[16]
- Che Jarah binti Abdullah, by whom he had one daughter
Ismail was an amateur photographer.[17] His photographic works date from 1923 to 1979. A monograph of his life as photographer was written and published in August 2013 by his grandson and heir of his photograph archives, Raja Mohd Zainol Ihsan Shah.[18]
Awards and recognitions
National and Sultanal Honours
- Terengganu
- Founding Grand Master of the Family Order of Terengganu
- Founding Grand Master of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong) :
- Founder and Recipient of Order of the Royal House of Malaysia(born 18 April 1966)
- Grand Master (1965–1970) of the Order of the Crown of the Realm
- Founding Grand Master (15 April 1966 – 1970) of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
- Grand Master (1965-1970) of the Order of the Royal Household of Malaysia
- Founder and Recipient of
- Malaya
- Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (DMN) (1958)[19]
- Malaysia :
- Recipient of the Malaysian Commemorative Medal (Gold) (PPM) (1965)
- Kelantan :
- Recipient of the Royal Family Order or Star of Yunus (DK)
- Pahang :
- Member 1st class of the Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang (DK I)
- Perak :
- Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Perak (DK) (1976)[20]
- Selangor :
- First Class of the Royal Family Order of Selangor (DK I) (1962)[21]
Foreign Honours
- United Kingdom :
- Recipient of the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal (1935)
- Recipient of the King George VI Coronation Medal (1937)
- Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) (1948)
- Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) - Sir (1951)[22]
- Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (1953)
- Philippines :
- Grand Collar of the Order of Sikatuna (GCS) (1966)
- West Germany :
- Bundesverdienstkreuz(1966)
- South Korea :
- Recipient of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa (1966)
- Japan :
- Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (1968)
- Iran :
- Collar of the Order of Pahlavi (1968)
- Ethiopia :
- Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of the Queen of Sheba (1968)[23]
- Indonesia :
- 1st Class of the Star of the Republic of Indonesia
Places named after him
Several places were named after him, including:
- Jalan Sultan Ismail, formerly known as Treacher Road in Kuala Lumpur
- Sultan Ismail LRT Station in Kuala Lumpur
- Jalan Sultan Ismail in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
- Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
- SK Sultan Ismail, a primary school in Kemaman, Terengganu
- SM Agama Sultan Ismail, a secondary school in Dungun, Terengganu
- SMK Sultan Ismail 1, a secondary school in Kemaman, Terengganu
- SMK Sultan Ismail II, a secondary school in Kemaman, Terengganu
- SMK Nasiruddin Shah, a secondary school in Besut, Terengganu
- Sultan Ismail Power Station in Paka, Terengganu
Notes
- ^ Finestone, Jeffrey and Shaharil Talib (1994) The Royal Families of South-East Asia Shahindera Sdn Bhd
- ^ Buyong Adil (1974) Sejarah Terengganu p 205 DBP
- ^ Buyong Adil (1974) p 140
- ^ mir.com.my
- ^ Buyong Adil (1974) p. 205
- ^ Willan, HC (1945) Interviews with the Malay rulers CAB101/69, CAB/HIST/B/4/7
- ^ Willan (1945)
- ^ Wan Ramli Wan Mohamad (1993) Pengakuan Tengku Ali Mengapa Saya Diturunkan Dari Takhta Terengganu Fajar Bakti, Kuala Lumpur
- ^ Willan (1945)
- ^ Buyong Adil (1974) p. 205
- ^ Wan Ramli Wan Mohamad (1993)
- ^ Tunku Abdul Rahman (1977) Looking Back pp 343-344 Pustaka Antara, kuala Lumpur
- ^ The Straits Times, 4 September 1970[full citation needed]
- ^ The Star - Reviews of the First Five Kings (1975)[full citation needed]
- ^ (22 September 1979) New Straits Times
- ^ Finestone, Jeffrey and Shaharil Talib (1994)
- ^ "Home". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ISBN 978-967-11726-0-5)
- ^ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1958" (PDF).
- ^ "DK 1976". pingat.perak.gov.my.
- ^ "Tiga Orang Dato' Baru Negeri Selangor". 13 March 1962. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 39243". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1951. p. 3064.
- ^ Angelfire