Tunku Besar Burhanuddin ibni Almarhum Yamtuan Antah (22 September 1878 – 5 July 1961) was a member of the Negeri Sembilan royal family and once served as regent of

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan''), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia which lies on the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, wes ...

. His father was Yamtuan Antah ibni Yamtuan RadIn, who served as the 6th

Yamtuan Besar The Yamtuan Besar ( Jawi: ), officially Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan (lit. "He Who Is Made a Great Lord", Jawi: ), is the royal title of the ruler of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sem ...

(now known as

Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan The Yamtuan Besar (Jawi script, Jawi: ), officially Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan (lit. "He Who Is Made a Great Lord", Jawi: ), is the royal title of the ruler of the states and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of N ...

) from 1869 to 1888. Tunku Burhanuddin's elder brother, Tuanku Muhammad became the 7th Yamtuan Besar and the first to use the title Yang di-Pertuan Besar upon Yamtuan Antah's death.

Title

Tunku Besar (Malay literally meaning "grand prince") is the title of the heir presumptive of the throne of

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. In ancient times it was also the title of the heir apparent of

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(all in Malaysia) as well as several Malay sultanates in

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Genealogy

Tunku Burhanuddin is best known as father of

queens. Three of his daughters served as Tunku Ampuan or queen consorts. His eldest daughter, Tunku Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin was married to

Tuanku Abdul Rahman '' Tuanku'' Sir Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad ( Jawi: ; 24 August 1895 – 1 April 1960) was the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan from 1933, and the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of the Federation of Malaya from 1957, unt ...

and was Tunku Ampuan from 1933. She was succeeded as Tunku Ampuan by her sister and Tunku Burhanuddin's second daughter, Tunku Ampuan Durah, who was married to Tunku Munawir. Tunku Burhanuddin's youngest daughter, Tuanku Najihah was the Tunku AmpuanThe right royal address, The Star, July 22, 2010
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. She was formerly the Tunku Ampuan Besar or Queen Consort of Negeri Sembilan from 1967 to 2008, when she ascended to the throne. Both Tunku Kurshiah and Tuanku Najihah also served a five-year term as

Raja Permaisuri Agong The Queen of Malaysia, officially ''Raja Permaisuri Agong'' ( Jawi: ) is the consort of the ''Yang di-Pertuan Agong'', the elected, constitutional federal monarch of Malaysia. Title and precedence The queen's full style and title in Mala ...

or Queen of

. His granddaughter, Tuanku Bahiyah, daughter of Tunku Kurshiah, was Sultanah of Kedah and also served a term as

. His grandson,

Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir ( Jawi: ; born 14 January 1948) is the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Besar (Chief Ruler) of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. He is the only son out of six siblings of royal spouse, the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Besa ...

, son of Tunku Ampuan Durah is the current

. Tunku Besar Burhanuddin died in 1961.

Foreign honours

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Honorary

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George I ...

(CMG) (3 June 1935){{London Gazette, issue=34166, page=3598 , supp=y, date=3 June 1935

References

Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan 1878 births 1961 deaths Besar Sons of monarchs