Tengku Ampuan Rahimah

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Rahimah
رحيمة
Tengku Ampuan of Selangor
Tenure29 June 1961 – 27 June 1993
PredecessorTengku Ampuan Jemaah
SuccessorPermaisuri Siti Aishah
Born4 August 1928
Kota Dalam, Langkat, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies
(now Indonesia)
Died27 June 1993(1993-06-27) (aged 64)
Istana Alam Shah, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
Burial
SpouseSultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Issue
  • Tengku Puteri Nor Marina
  • Tengku Puteri Nor Zehan
Names
Tengku Rahimah binti Almarhum Sultan Abdul Aziz (as birth)
HouseLangkat
(by birth)
Selangor
(by marriage and by blood)
FatherSultan Abdul Aziz Abdul Jalil Rahmat Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Haji Musa al-Khalid al-Mu'azzam Shah
MotherTengku Putri Zahra binti al-Marhum Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah
ReligionSunni Islam

Tengku Ampuan Hajah Rahimah binti Almarhum Sultan Abdul Aziz Abdul Jalil Rahmat Shah (Jawi: تڠکو امڤوان حاجه رحيمة بنت المرحوم سلطان عبدالعزيز عبدالجليل رحمت شاه; 4 August 1928 – 27 June 1993) was the Tengku Ampuan of Selangor, Malaysia during the reign of her husband, Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor.

Biography[edit]

She was born on 4 August 1928, as the posthumous daughter of Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Abdul Aziz Abdul Jalil Rahmat Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Haji Musa al-Khalid al-Mu'azzam Shah, Sultan of Langkat and Tengku Putri Zahra binti al-Marhum Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah, daughter of Colonel Paduka Sri Sultan Sir Alauddin Sulaiman Shah ibni al-Marhum Yang di-Pertuan Muda Musa, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Selangor Darul Ehsan, GCMG, KCVO.

She married, as his third chronological wife, at Selangor Palace, Kuala Lumpur, on 11 March 1956, Paduka Sri Sultan Salehuddin 'Abdu'l Aziz Shah Alhaj ibni al-Marhum Sultan Hishamuddin Alam Shah Alhaj, by the Grace of Allah, Sultan and Ruler of the State of Selangor Dar ul-Ihsan and all its dependencies.

She was appointed as Raja Puan Muda (Crown Princess) of Selangor on 13 May 1958, and installed as Tengku Ampuan (Queen Consort) of Selangor at Alam Shah Palace, Klang on 29 June 1961. She was, hence, named Tengku Ampuan Hajah Rahimah binti al-Marhum Sultan 'Abdu'l Aziz 'Abdu'l Jalil Rahmat Shah.

At the morning of 6:00 am she was found dead in bed. She had died in her sleep 2 hours 15 minutes prior, at 3:45 am on 27 June 1993 at the age of 64 and was buried in the Royal Mausoleum near Sultan Sulaiman Mosque in Klang.

Issue[edit]

The royal couple had two daughters:

  • Tengku Puteri Nor Marina (born 15 October 1957).
  • Tengku Puteri Nor Zehan (born 18 November 1959).

Legacy[edit]

Several buildings were named after her;

Honours[edit]

She was awarded:

Honours of Selangor[edit]

Honours of Malaysia and sultanates[edit]

  •  Kelantan :
    • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (SPMK) - Dato'

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