Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III ( Jawi: ; 1 December 1895 – 25 September 1942) was the fourteenth

Sultan of Terengganu The Sultan of Terengganu (, Jawi script, Jawi: ) is the title of the constitutional head of Terengganu state in Malaysia. The current sultan, Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, is the 18th sultan and 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 2 ...

from 21 May 1920 to 25 September 1942.

Life

Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah was born as Tengku Sulaiman Shah on 1 December 1895 at the

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. He was the third son of

Sultan Zainal Abidin III Sultan Zainal Abidin III Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Muadzam Shah II, , (Jawi script, Jawi: ; 12 April 1866 – 26 November 1918) was sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the state of Terengganu from 1881 to 1918. He succeeded his fat ...

of Terengganu with his second wife, Cik Aisha binti Ismail.

Sultan of Terengganu

Following the abdication of Sultan Muhammad Shah II of Terengganu in 1920, his younger brother, Tengku Muda Sulaiman ascended the throne on 21 May 1920 as Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah of Terengganu. His reign saw the growth of Malay nationalism in Terengganu. During the 1920s, growing anti-British sentiment in Terengganu led to uprisings in 1922, 1925 and 1928 which were led by

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. The uprisings was later quelled by the British and the leader was exiled to

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, where he died in 1929.

Kesatuan Melayu Muda Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM) ( Jawi: كساتوان ملايو مودا; "Young Malays Union" in Malay) was the first leftist and national political establishment in British Malaya. Founded by Ibrahim Yaacob and Ishak Haji Muhammad, KMM grew ...

, a nationalist organisation in Malaya, was formed during Sultan Sulaiman's reign.

Marriage and children

On 21 July 1911, at the age of 16, Tengku Sulaiman Shah married Tengku Mariam, the daughter of Sultan Ahmad Muad'zam Shah of

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. The marriage strengthened the relationship between Terengganu and Pahang. Sultan Sulaiman and his wife had ten children, five sons and five daughters. The eldest was Tengku Ali who succeeded his father as Sultan

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upon Sultan Sulaiman's death in 1942. The Sultan's daughter, Tengku Asma, was married to

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who would later become the

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Death

Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah died on 25 September 1942 at the Istana Timur Padang Negara. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Tengku Ali as the Sultan of Terengganu. He was buried at Abidin Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Terengganu. Sultans of Terengganu 1895 births 1942 deaths People from Kuala Terengganu Royal House of Terengganu 20th-century Malaysian politicians Sons of sultans {{Malaysia-royal-stub