Ahmad Shah of Pahang
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 | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
26 April 1979 – 25 April 1984 | |||||||||
10 July 1980 | |||||||||
Predecessor | Sultan Yahya Petra | ||||||||
Successor | Sultan Iskandar | ||||||||
Sultan of Pahang | |||||||||
8 May 1974 – 11 January 2019 | |||||||||
Installation | 6 May 1975 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah | ||||||||
Successor | Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah | ||||||||
Born | Istana Manggal Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang, Federated Malay States, British Malaya | 24 October 1930||||||||
Died | 22 May 2019 National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[1] | (aged 88)||||||||
Burial | 23 May 2019 | ||||||||
Spouse | Tengku Ampuan Afzan (m. 1954; died 1988) Sultanah Kalsom (m. 1991; his death 2019) | ||||||||
Issue | Tengku 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 | ||||||||
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House | Bendahara | ||||||||
Father | Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Mu’azzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdullah Al-Mu’tassim Billah Shah | ||||||||
Mother | Tengku Ampuan Besar Raja Fatimah binti Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Shah Kaddasullah | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni 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
- Argentina : Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín (26 September 2006)[5]
- Brunei :
- Recipient of Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei (DKMB)
- Senior (Laila Utama) of the Family Order of Brunei (DK)
- Kuwait : Collar of the Order of Mubarak the Great[6]
- Romania : Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania 1st class (25 November 1982)
- Saudi Arabia : Badr Chain (January 1982)[7]
- South Korea : Grand Order of Mugunghwa
- United Kingdom : Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (2 June 1953)
Ahmad Shah Of Pahang Media
Flag of Pahang is flown at half-mast at the Chin Swee Caves Temple as a mark of respect to the late Sultan.
Building of the Sultan Ahmad Shah Mosque in Kuantan, Pahang
References
- ↑ "Agong's father, former Pahang Sultan, dies at age 88". The Star Online. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ↑ Information Malaysia (1989), pg 123
- ↑ High noon at FAM Congress as TM Pahang takes over, Eric Samuel, 2014/05/25, The Star Online
- ↑ Sean, Ong. "Agong's father, former Pahang Sultan, dies at age 88 - The Star Online". The Star Online. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ↑ DECRETO NACIONAL 1.256/2006
- ↑ "Pahang". Archived from the original on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ↑ Royal Ark