Sultan of Terengganu
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Sultan of Terengganu is the title
of the constitutional head of Terengganu
state in Malaysia. The current sultan, Mizan Zainal Abidin, is the seventeenth Sultan of Terengganu. He is the Head of the Religion of Islam in the state and the source of all titles, honours and dignities in the state.
Title
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of the constitutional head of Terengganu
Terengganu
Terengganu is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Iman...
state in Malaysia. The current sultan, Mizan Zainal Abidin, is the seventeenth Sultan of Terengganu. He is the Head of the Religion of Islam in the state and the source of all titles, honours and dignities in the state.
List of sultans
- 1725-1733: Zainal Abidin I
- 1733-1793: Mansur Shah I
- 1793-1808: Zainal Abidin II
- 1808-1830: Ahmad Shah I
- 1830-1831: Abdul Rahman
- 1831 (jointly): Baginda OmarBaginda OmarSultan Omar Riayat Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah I, also known as Baginda Omar, was both the 6th and 9th Sultan of Terengganu, having ascended to the throne twice, first in 1831 and again from 1839 to 1876. Baginda means "the Fortunate" but in its actual use in Malay history is...
and Mansur Shah II - 1831-1837: Mansur Shah II
- 1837-1839: Muhammad Shah I
- 1839-1876: Baginda OmarBaginda OmarSultan Omar Riayat Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah I, also known as Baginda Omar, was both the 6th and 9th Sultan of Terengganu, having ascended to the throne twice, first in 1831 and again from 1839 to 1876. Baginda means "the Fortunate" but in its actual use in Malay history is...
- 1876: Mahmud Shah
- 1876-1881: Ahmad Muadzam Shah II
- 1881-1918: Zainal Abidin IIIZainal Abidin IIISultan Sir Zainal Abidin III Muazzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah II, KCMG, was Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the state of Terengganu from 1881 to 1918. Succeeding on the death of his father Sultan Ahmad, under his reign Terengganu became a British protectorate by the...
- 1918-1920: Muhammad Shah II
- 1920-1942: Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
- 1942-1945: Sultan Ali ShahSultan Ali ShahSultan Ali Shah, also known as Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah Ali was the fourteenth Sultan of Terengganu. He was the son of the thirteenth Sultan, Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah and the legitimate heir to the throne of Terengganu....
- 1945-1979: Ismail Nasiruddin ShahSultan Ismail Nasiruddin ShahIn full, Almarhum Sultan Sir Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III KCMG was the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, and the fifteenth Sultan of Terengganu.-Early career:...
- 1979-1998: Mahmud al-Muktafi Billah ShahSultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah ShahAlmarhum Al-Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Al-Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Al-Haj was the 16th Sultan of Terengganu from 1979 to 1998.-Life:Sultan Mahmud was born in 29 April 1930 in Kuala Terengganu...
- 1998-present: Mizan Zainal Abidin