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Salahuddin of Malaysia

Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Yang di-Pertuan Agong XI
Sultan of Selangor
Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor.JPG
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Reign 26 April 1999 – 21 November 2001
Installation 23 September 1999
Predecessor Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan
Successor Sirajuddin of Perlis
Sultan of Selangor
Reign 3 September 1960 – 21 November 2001
Coronation 28 June 1961
Predecessor Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor
Successor Sharafuddin Idris Shah of Selangor
Born (1926-03-08)8 March 1926
Kuala Langat, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Died 21 November 2001(2001-11-21) (aged 75)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Burial 22 November 2001
Royal Mausoleum, Klang
Spouse Raja Nur Saidatul-Ihsan (div. 1946)
Che' Mahiran (div. 1954)
Sharifa Salmah (div. 1962)
Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (died. 1993)
Permaisuri Siti Aishah
Issue Tengku Nor Halija
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
Tengku Sofiah
Tengku Sulaiman Shah
Tengku Zahariah
Tengku Fatimah
Tengku Abdul Samad
Tengku Arafiah
Tengku Aishah
Tengku Ahmad Shah
Tengku Nor Marina
Tengku Nor Zehan
Full name
Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Tengku Alam Shah (at birth)
House House of Salahuddin
Father Sultan Hisamuddin
Mother Tengku Ampuan Jemaah
Religion Sunni Islam
Full name
Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Tengku Alam Shah (at birth)

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (8 March 1926 – 21 November 2001) was the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor.

Born Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah on 8 March 1926 at Istana Bandar Temasya, Kuala Langat, he is the eldest son of Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah by his royal consort Tengku Ampuan Raja Jemaah binti Raja Ahmad.

He received his early education at the Pengkalan Batu Malay School in Klang in 1934. In 1936, he furthered his studies at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar until 1941 when World War II began. After World War II, he went to England in 1947 and studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London for two years.

Upon his return from the United Kingdom, he served with the Civil Service Department as a Trainee Officer with the Selangor Survey Department. He later served as an Inspector of Schools for eight years.

In 1952, he attended a short-term course at the Malay Military Troop in Port Dickson for six months and was commissioned with the Queen Commission in the rank of captain. Thereafter, he was promoted to the rank of major.

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah married at least four wives.

His first wife and cousin, Raja Nur Saidatul Ihsan binti Tengku Bendahara Badar, whom he later divorced, bore:

Che Maheram binti Muhammad Rais, his second wife, bore him:

His royal consort, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah binti Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah of the Sultanate of Langkat royal family in Sumatra died in 1993 before his election as Yang di-Pertuan Agong. She was the mother of:

His last wife, commoner Tuanku Siti Aishah binti Abdul Rahman, served as his Raja Permaisuri Agong. Being fifty years younger than him, she was also the youngest ever occupant of that office - only 29 at her succession to the throne.


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