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Ahmad Shah
7th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
Sultan of Pahang
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
Reign26 April 1979 - 25 April 1984
Installation10 July 1980
PredecessorYahya Petra of Kelantan
SuccessorIskandar of Johor
Sultan of Pahang
Reign8 May 1974 - present
Installation6 May 1975
PredecessorAbu Bakar of Pahang
Born (1930-10-24) 24 October 1930 (age 94)
Istana Manggal Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
SpouseSultanah Kalsom binti Abdullah (m. 1991)
Tengku Ampuan Afzan (m. 1954-1988)
IssueTengku Meriam
Tengku Muhaini
Tengku Aishah Marcella
Tengku Abdullah
Tengku Abdul Rahman
Tengku Nong Fatimah
Tengku Shahariah
Tengku Fahad Mu'adzam Shah
Names
Tengku Ahmad Shah ibni Tengku Abu Bakar Shah (at birth)

Tuanku Ahmad Shah Al Musta'in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Mu'adzam Shah (as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong)

Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Mu'adzam Shah ( as Sultan of Pahang)
FatherAbu Bakar of Pahang
MotherTengku Ampuan Raja Fatimah
ReligionSunni Islam

Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Mu'adzam Shah[2] is the fifth Sultan of Pahang, and also served as the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1979 to 25 April 1984.

Biography

Born 24 October 1930 at Istana Mangga Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang. he was the only son of Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdullah Al-Mutassimu Billah Shah (reigned 1932–1974) by his official and royal consort, Tengku Ampuan Besar Fatimah binti Almarhum Sultan Sir Alang Iskandar Shah II Kaddasullah.

A student of the Malay College Kuala Kangsar, he received diplomas in public administration from Worcester College, Oxford and the University of Exeter. He succeeded his father as sultan in 1974.

His election as the 7th Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 1979 was marked with controversy as he was said to be at odds with the incoming prime minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. However, the rumours proved to be untrue and he proved to be a keen admirer of the prime minister. Twenty-two years earlier, his father Abu Bakar had failed five times to be elected as the first Agong.

A controversial, headstrong personality, he has often forced his chief ministers in Pahang to resign over minor differences.

His favourite hobby was playing football, golf, polo, and equestrian.

Sultan Ahmad Shah is a keen sportsman and was the President of the Malaysian Football Association (FAM) from 1984 until 2014,[3] the President of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) until 2002 and Asean Football Federation (AFF) 2011.

His official and royal consort, Tengku Ampuan Afzan binti Tengku Panglima Perang Muhammad, a member of the Terengganu royal family, served as his Raja Permaisuri Agong but died of cancer on her return to Pahang on 29 June 1988. Sultan Ahmad Shah's second wife Kalsom binti Abdullah (nee Anita), was designated as the Sultanah of Pahang in 1991.

Honours

Building of the Sultan Ahmad Shah Mosque in Kuantan, Pahang

As the Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1979 to 1984, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah was automatically designated under constitutional provisions as the Supreme Commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces, holding the rank of the Field Marshal of the Royal Malaysian Air Force, Admiral of the Royal Malaysian Navy and Field Marshal of the Army.[4]

He is today the RMAF's Colonel in Chief and appears in RMAF ceremonies.

He has been awarded :[5]

Honours of Pahang

National and Sultanal Honours

Foreign Honours

Legacy

Several projects and institutions were named after the Sultan, including:

Educational institutions

Buildings, Bridges and Roads

Others

Ancestry

See also: Sultan of Pahang
Family of Ahmad Shah of Pahang
16. Ali, Bendahara Sri Maharaja of Pahang
8. Sultan Ahmad al-Muadzam Shah of Pahang (= 14)
17. Encik Long Khitab, Encik Puan Lingga
4. Sultan Abdullah al-Mutasim of Pahang
18. Tok Minal Daeng Koro bin Daeng Merak
9. Cik Kusuma binti Tok Minal Daeng Koro
19. Tok Yah
2. Sultan Abu Bakar of Pahang
20. Y.Bhg. Tun ‘Abdu’l Rauf, of Pulau Duyung, Terengganu
10. Y.Bhg. Tun ‘Abdu’llah, of Pulau Duyung (Terengganu)
5. Kalsum, of Pulau Duyung (Terengganu)
1. Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang
24. Raja Alang Iskandar of Perak, Raja Bendahara
12. Sultan Idris Shah I of Perak
25. Cik Ken Uda Sari binti ‘Abdu’l Rahman
6. Sultan Iskandar of Perak
26. Manda Duwayat
13. Cik Ngah Manah binti Manda Duwayat
27. ?
3. Fatima, Princess of Perak
28. Ali, Bendahara Sri Maharaja of Pahang
14. Sultan Ahmad al-Muadzam Shah of Pahang (= 8)
29. Encik Long Khitab, Encik Puan Lingga
7. Nong Fatima, Princess of Pahang (half-sister of 4.)
30. Muhammad of Pahang (brother of Ali)
15. Fatima, Princess of Pahang (1st cousin of husband)
31. ?

Notes

  1. ^ The Europa Year Book 91984), pg 1991
  2. ^ Information Malaysia (1989), pg 123
  3. ^ High noon at FAM Congress as TM Pahang takes over, Eric Samuel, 2014/05/25, The Star Online
  4. ^ Alagappa, pg 267
  5. ^ The Royal Ark, Pahang genealogical details, p.10
  6. ^ DECRETO NACIONAL 1.256/2006
  7. ^ Pahang
  8. ^ Royal Ark

References

  • Coercion and Governance: The Declining Political Role of the Military in Asia, Muthiah Alagappa, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-4227-8
  • Information Malaysia, Published by Berita Publ. Sdn. Bhd., 1989
  • The Europa Year Book, Europa Publications Limited, 1984, ISBN 0-905118-96-0
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Sultan Yahya Petra
(Sultan of Kelantan)
 Yang di-Pertuan Agong
(King of Malaysia)
1979–1984 		Succeeded by
Sultan Iskandar
(Sultan of Johor)
Preceded by Sultan of Pahang
1974–present 		Succeeded by
Civic offices
Preceded by President of Asian Football Confederation
1994–2002 		Succeeded by
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