Salahuddin of Malaysia
| Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah | |||||
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| Yang di-Pertuan Agong XI Sultan of Selangor |
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| 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 |
8 March 1926 Kuala Langat, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya |
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| Died | 21 November 2001 (aged 75) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| Burial | 22 November 2001 Royal Mausoleum, Klang |
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| Spouse | Raja Nur Saidatul-Ihsan (div. 1946) Che' Mahiran (div. 1954) Sharifa Salmah (div. 1962) Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (died. 1993) Permaisuri Siti Aishah |
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| 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 |
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| House | House of Salahuddin | ||||
| Father | Sultan Hisamuddin | ||||
| Mother | Tengku Ampuan Jemaah | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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| 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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