Tengku Raihani (11 October 1911 – 22 September 1993) was Queen of Brunei as the wife of the 27th Sultan of Brunei, Ahmad Tajuddin.[1] She is the daughter of Sultan Sulaiman of Selangor and one of his consorts, Cik Puan Maimunah binti Abdullah.

Raihani
Tengku Raihani in 1945
Queen consort of Brunei
Tenure30 April 1934 – 4 June 1950
Installation17 March 1940
PredecessorPengiran Anak Siti Fatimah
SuccessorPengiran Anak Damit
BornTengku Raihani
11 October 1911
Istana Bandar Temasha, Kuala Langat, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Died22 September 1993(1993-09-22) (aged 81)
BurialSultan Sulaiman Mosque, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
Spouse
(m. 1934; died 1950)

Raja Kameludin
(m. 1956)
IssuePrincess Nor Ehsani
Names
Tengku Hajah Raihani binti Sultan Ala’eddin Sulaiman Shah
HouseOpu Daeng Chelak (by birth)
Bolkiah (by marriage)
FatherSultan Sulaiman Shah
MotherCik Anjung Negara Cik Puan Maimunah Abdullah
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life edit

Tengku Raihani was born on 11 October 1911, at Istana Bandar Temasya in Jugra, Kuala Langat, Selangor, Malaysia (then located in the Federated Malay States).[2]

Marriage edit

Tengku Raihani married Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin on April 30, 1934, at Istana Negara in Klang in accordance with Selangor and Brunei's royal traditions. The relationship between the royal families of Selangor and Brunei was created as a result of this marriage. The Jami'ah Al-Rahmah Mosque in Klang hosted the wedding ceremony on 6 May 1934.[3] The prince's bridal party included Raihani's mother-in-law Pengiran Anak Fatimah, his younger brother Prince Omar Ali Saifuddien, as well as state dignitaries, members of the royal family of Brunei, including bearers of grandeur, and a group of naubats.[4] On March 17, 1940, Tengku Raihani was appointed Tengku Ampuan Raihani and had one daughter with him, Princess Nor Ehsani, born 1935.[2] Her tenure came to an end after the sudden death of her husband in Singapore on 4 June 1950.[5] She immediately relayed the news through telegram to his brother Omar Ali Saifuddien.[6]

She married Raja Kameludin ibni Raja Harun Al-Rashid, a son of Raja Harun Al-Rashid, on Saturday, August 18, 1956, at the Istana Bukit Kota in Klang, at the age of 45, following the passing of Ahmad Tajuddin. She married a member of the Perak state royal family when he was 38 years old. Kamaluddin is the brother to her first husband, grandson of Sultan Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah of Perak.[7]

Death edit

Kidney cancer claimed the life of Tengku Ampuan Raihani on September 22, 1993, and she was laid to rest in the Tengku Ampuan Tomb Building at the Sultan Sulaiman Mosque in Kelang.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Pusaka: Berita Jabatan Pusat Sejarah Kementerian Kebudayaan Belia dan Sukan Negara Brunei Darussalam (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah. 1988. p. 48.
  2. ^ a b c Bumi, Tok Bentara Mangku (16 September 2022). "BENTARA MANGKUBUMI: TENGKU RAIHANI, TENGKU AMPUAN BRUNEI". BENTARA MANGKUBUMI. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ^ Daulat (in Malay). 46: Jabatan Pusat Sejarah, Kementerian Kebudayaan Belia dan Sukan. 1992.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ ""The little sultan": Ahmad Tajuddin II of Brunei, Gerard MacBryan, and Malcolm Macdonald'. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  5. ^ Melayong, Muhammad Hadi bin Muhammad (2009). Memoir seorang negarawan (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah Brunei, Kementerian Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan. p. 76. ISBN 978-99917-34-69-9.
  6. ^ "Liku-liku perjuangan ke arah negara Melayu Islam Beraja » Media Permata Online". Liku-liku perjuangan ke arah negara Melayu Islam Beraja. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Perkahwinan Bekas Raja Isteri Brunei di Malaya" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 16 August 1956. p. 5. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
Royal titles
Preceded by
Pengiran Anak Siti Fatimah
Queen consort of Brunei
1934–1950
Succeeded by