Ahmad Shah of Pahang

Sultan of Pahang (1930-2019)

Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah[2] (24 October 1930 – 22 May 2019) was the fifth Sultan of Pahang from 1974 until his abdication in 2019. He was the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1979 to 25 April 1984. He was born in Pekan, Pahang.[3]

Ahmad Shah
أحمد شاه المستعين بالله
Al-Musta'in Billah (He who seeks help from God)
Yang di-Pertuan Agong VII
Sultan of Pahang
Paduka Ayahanda Sultan of Pahang
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Reign26 April 1979 – 25 April 1984
Installation10 July 1980
PredecessorSultan Yahya Petra
SuccessorSultan Iskandar
Sultan of Pahang
Reign8 May 1974 – 11 January 2019
Installation6 May 1975
PredecessorSultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah
SuccessorAl-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah
Born(1930-10-24)24 October 1930
Istana Manggal Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Died22 May 2019(2019-05-22) (aged 88)
National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[1]
Burial23 May 2019
Spouse
Tengku Ampuan Afzan
(m. 1954; died 1988)

Sultanah Kalsom
(m. 1991; his death 2019)
IssueTengku Meriam
Tengku Muhaini
Tengku Aishah Marcella
Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah
Tengku Abdul Rahman
Tengku Nong Fatimah
Tengku Shahariah
Tengku Abdul Fahd Mu’adzam Shah
Full name
Tengku Ahmad ibni Tengku Abu Bakar
Regnal name
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah
HouseBendahara
FatherSultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Mu’azzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdullah Al-Mu’tassim Billah Shah
MotherTengku Ampuan Besar Raja Fatimah binti Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Shah Kaddasullah
ReligionSunni Islam

Sultan Ahmad Shah died on 22 May 2019 at the National Heart Institute in Kuala Lumpur from a long-illness at the age of 88.[4]

Foreign Honours change

References change

  1. "Agong's father, former Pahang Sultan, dies at age 88". The Star Online. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. Information Malaysia (1989), pg 123
  3. High noon at FAM Congress as TM Pahang takes over, Eric Samuel, 2014/05/25, The Star Online
  4. Sean, Ong. "Agong's father, former Pahang Sultan, dies at age 88 - The Star Online". The Star Online. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. DECRETO NACIONAL 1.256/2006
  6. "Pahang". Archived from the original on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  7. Royal Ark