Tengku Ampuan Bariah

Tengku Ampuan Hajah Bariah binti Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (31 August 1933 – 21 March 2011) was the Tengku Ampuan Besar (Queen consort) of Terengganu from 1979 to 1998 as the wife of Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah. She was the sister of late Sultan Selangor, Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah and the stepmother of the current sultan, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin.

In this Malay name, the name Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Bariah. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Bariah
Tengku Ampuan Besar of Terengganu Tengku Ampuan of Terengganu
Tengku Ampuan Besar of Terengganu
Reign	21 September 1979 – 14 May 1998
Coronation	21 March 1981
Predecessor	Tengku Ampuan Intan Zaharah
Successor	Sultanah Nur Zahirah
Tengku Ampuan of Terengganu
Reign	14 May 1998 - 21 March 2011
Successor	Tengku Ampuan Intan Zaharah
Born	(1933-08-31)31 August 1933 Klang, Selangor, Malaya
Died	21 March 2011(2011-03-21) (aged 77) Seri Kota Specialist Hospital, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
Burial	21 March 2011 Royal Mausoleum, Masjid Al-Muktafi Billah Shah, Kuala Terengganu
Spouse	Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
Full name Tengku Bariah binti Tengku Alam Shah (as birth)
House	Daeng Chelak
Father	HRH Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah
Mother	Y.A.B Cik Puan Hajah Kalsum binti Haji Mahmud
Religion	Sunni Islam

Biography

Tengku Bariah was born on 31 August 1933 in Klang, Selangor, to Tengku Alam Shah of Selangor (later Sultan Hisamuddin) and his second wife, Cik Puan Kalsum binti Mahmud.[1] She was educated at Malay School, Klang, Malay Girls' College (now known as Kolej Tunku Kurshiah), Kuala Lumpur, and then Cuckfield Park College, Sussex.

On 22 March 1951, she married Tengku Mahmud Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin, the then-Yang di-Pertuan Muda (Crown Prince) of Terengganu, in Kuala Lumpur. She was granted the title Tengku Puan Muda (roughly Crown Princess) on 7 April 1954.[1]

In 1979, Tengku Mahmud became Sultan of Terengganu. She became the Tengku Ampuan Besar (Queen) on 20 September 1979.[1] Her husband reigned until 1998, and was succeeded by her stepson Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin.

After her husband's death, she became known as the Tengku Ampuan (Dowager Queen), while her mother-in-law, Tengku Intan Zaharah, became the Tengku Ampuan Tua (more senior title).[2] She retained her position as a senior member of the Selangor royal court. She attended the coronation ceremony of her nephew, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah on 8 March 2003.[3]

Tengku Ampuan Bariah died on 21 March 2011 at Seri Kota Hospital, Klang, during her stepson's reign as Yang di-Pertuan Agong. She was buried at the royal mausoleum near Masjid Al-Muktafi Billah Shah in Kuala Terengganu, next to her husband.[1][4] Her funeral was attended by the Raja Perempuan of Perlis, Tengku Fauziah Tengku Abdul Rashid, the Tengku Puan of Pahang, Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, and members of the Selangor, Johor, Kedah and Negeri Sembilan royal families.[5]

Honours

Honours of Terengganu

• Family Order of Terengganu : First Class (DK I, 16.9.1979)

• Order of Sultan Mahmud I of Terengganu : Member Grand Companion (SSMT)

• Order of the Crown of Terengganu : Knight Grand Commander (SPMT,26.6.1964)

Honours of Malaysia

•  Selangor :
  • First Class of the Royal Family Order of Selangor (DK, 10.10.1985)

References

1. A. Azam Idris (22 March 2011). "King's mother laid to rest". New Straits Times. Local p. 11.
2. Finestone, Jeffrey and Shaharil Talib (1994) Op Cit
3. "Selangor Sultan crowned". New Straits Times. 9 March 2003.
4. "Tengku Ampuan Bariah selamat disemadi". Berita Harian (in Malay). 22 March 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
5. "Tengku Ampuan Bariah laid to rest next to her husband's tomb". New Straits Times. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.

Malaysian royalty
Preceded by Tengku Intan Zaharah Tengku Ampuan Besar	Consort of the Sultan of Terengganu Tengku Ampuan Besar 1979–1998	Succeeded by Sultanah Nur Zahirah Sultanah