Tengku Ampuan Tua Tengku Intan Zaharah binti Almarhum Tengku Seri Setia Raja Tengku Hitam Omar ( Jawi: ; 13 April 1928 – 24 January 2015) was the Tengku Ampuan Tua (grand queen dowager) of

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. She was formerly the Tengku Ampuan Besar (queen consort) of Terengganu from 1945 to 1979, the Tengku Ampuan (queen dowager) of Terengganu from 1979 to 1998 and Tengku Ampuan Tua (grand queen dowager) of Terengganu from 1998 until her death in 2015. She also served as the fourth

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from 1965 to 1970.

Early life

Tengku Intan was born in

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on 13 April 1928. Her father, Tengku Seri Setia Raja Terengganu Tengku Hitam Omar, was a member of the Singapore (Johor Bendahara Horeh) royal family, serving in the

State Civil Service as the State Secretary of Terengganu; he was exiled since the death of the last Sultan of Singapore, Alauddin Alam Shah, in 1897. Her mother was Raja Zainab binti Raja Alang (second wife of her father). Tengku Intan received her education at the Malay School in Telok Kurau and Katong Convent,

Royal life

Tengku Intan married Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III (then Tengku Paduka Raja of Terengganu) on 3 April 1944 as his second wife. She had no children with him. On 5 November 1945 the Terengganu State Council of thirteen members announced the dismissal of Sultan Ali Shah and the appointment of Tengku Ismail as the fifteenth

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. Tengku Ismail became known as

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Sultan Sir Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Zainal Abidin III Mu’azzam Shah ( Jawi: ; 24 January 1907 – 20 September 1979) was the Sultan of Terengganu from 1945 until his death in 1979, and the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong ...

and was installed on 6 June 1949 at

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. Accordingly, Tengku Intan Zaharah became Tengku Ampuan Besar (Queen) of Terengganu. Tengku Intan served as

during her husband's reign as the fourth

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or King of

. In 1979, upon her husband's death she was created Tengku Ampuan (Queen Dowager) of Terengganu. In 1998, on the death of her stepson,

Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ( Jawi: سلطان محمود المكتفي بالله شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان إسماعيل ناصر الدين شاه; April 1930 – 14 May 19 ...

, she became Tengku Ampuan Tua (Grand Queen Dowager) of Terengganu.

Death

Tengku Ampuan Tua Tengku Intan Zaharah died on 24 January 2015 at 3:30 pm in Hospital Pantai,

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due to

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. She was 86 years old. Her body was brought back to Terengganu and was laid to rest beside her husband’s grave,

at the Royal Mausoleum near Abidin Mosque,

Awards and recognitions

National honours

Honours of Terengganu

MY-TER Family Order of Terengganu 1st class - DK I

Member 1st Class of the Most Distinguished Family Order of Terengganu (DK) * MY-TER Order of Sultan Mahmud I of Terengganu - SSMT

Member Grand Companion of the Most Revered Order of Sultan Mahmud I of Terengganu (SSMT) * MY-TER Order of the Crown of Terengganu - SPMT - SMT - AMT

Knight Grand Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of the Crown of Terengganu (SMPT)

Honours of Malaysia

* Recipient of the Most Exalted Order of the Crown of the Realm (DMN, 6 April 1966)

Foreign honours

*: ** Dame Grand Cordon of the

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Grand Cross Special Class of the

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(9 March 1967) *: ** Bintang Mahaputera Adipurna rib

First Class of the Order of Mahaputera (16 March 1970) *

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: **

Order of the Pleiades Ribbon Bar - Imperial Iran

Member 1st Class of the Order of the Pleiades (17 January 1968) *: ** JPN Hokan-sho 1Class BAR

Dame Grand Cross (Paulownia) of the

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(19 February 1970) *: ** PHI Order of the Golden Heart var2 Grand Collar BAR

First Class of the Golden Heart Medal (9 February 1968) *: ** Dame of the

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(7 February 1966) ** Grand Gwanghwa Medal of the

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(7 February 1966)

Places named after her

Several places were named after her, including: * Jalan Tengku Ampuan Intan Zaharah ( Federal Route 3685) in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu * SMK Tengku Intan Zaharah in Dungun, Terengganu *SK Tengku Ampuan Intan in Kuala Berang, Terengganu * SMK Tengku Ampuan Intan in Kuala Berang, Terengganu * Tengku Ampuan Intan Zaharah Mosque in Dungun, Terengganu

References

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