Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah

Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
Sultan of Terengganu
Reign	21 September 1979 – 14 May 1998
Coronation	21 May 1980
Predecessor	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
Successor	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
Born	29 April 1930 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
Died	14 May 1998 (aged 68) Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore
Spouse	Sharifa Nong Fatima binti Sayyid Abdullah Tengku Besar Terengganu Tengku Ampuan Bariah Tengku Ampuan Besar Terengganu
Issue	Tengku Mizan
House	Bendahara
Father	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
Mother	Tengku Tengah Zaharah
Religion	Sunni Islam

Almarhum 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 21 September 1979 to 14 May 1998.

Sultan Mahmud was born on 29 April 1930 in Kuala Terengganu. He was married to Sharifah Nong Fatima As-Saggoff binti Sayyid Abdullah As-Saggoff and Tengku Ampuan Bariah binti Almarhum Sultan Sir Hisamuddin Alam Shah, sister of late Sultan Selangor, Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah in 1951. He was a cousin to the late Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor.

Twenty eight years later, his father Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah died in 1979. He was installed as the Sultan of Terengganu in 1981 and Tengku Ampuan Bariah became Tengku Ampuan Besar of Terengganu.

Sultan Mahmud was the colonel for the Royal Armoured Corps (KAD) from 1979 until 1998.

He was a close friend of his advisor Tan Sri Wan Mokhtar Ahmad, the former Menteri Besar (chief minister) of Terengganu from 1974 to 1999. His main goal was to make Terengganu a developed state. Major state projects and developments under his reign including Petronas Petroleum Complex in Kerteh, Sultan Ismail Power Station at Paka the largest power station in Malaysia, Kenyir Dam, Sultan Mahmud Bridge, the bridge linking Kuala Terengganu to Pulau Duyong and Kuala Nerus, Wisma Darul Iman and Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque (Floating Mosque).

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