The Tengku Ampuan (Sultanah) of Pahang

Here is the list of the Queen of Pahang since 1884. Officially, only the first consort of the ruling Sultan is styled as :-

Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Ampuan Pahang

HRH Queen of Pahang

Only a Royal-Born consort can be bestowed the title of Tengku Ampuan of Pahang.


TENGKU AMPUAN FATIMAH
(1884 - 1914)

Tengku Ampuan Fatimah was the first Queen of Pahang. She was the first wife of Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah of Pahang. She married with Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah in 1863 and granted the title as Encik Puan Bongsu. In 1884, she was promoted the title as Tengku Ampuan. After the death of Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah in 1914, she was styled as Tengku Ampuan Tua (Queen Dowager). She died at Kuala Pahang on 22nd March 1929.


TENGKU AMPUAN MARIAM
(1914 - 1917)

Tengku Ampuan Mariam is the consort to Sultan Mahmud Shah of Pahang. She was an eldest daughter to Sultan Sir Abu Bakar of Johor by his second wife, Che Zubaidah (Cecilia Cartharina Lange). She married with Sultan Mahmud Shah at Johor Bahru on 14th September 1897 and was granted the title as Tengku Ampuan Besar of Pahang (Crown Princess of Pahang). She was promoted at Tengku Ampuan (Queen of Pahang) in 1914. She died at Johor Bahru on 25th October 1952.


(1917 - 1932)

No consorts of Sultan Abdullah Al-Mu'tasim Billah Shah were confered the title as Tengku Ampuan of Pahang as all of his consorts were born as commoner. The second wife of Sultan Abdullah, HH Hjh Kalsom was confered the title as Tengku Ampuan Besar (Queen Dowager) of Pahang upon the proclamation of his son as the Sultan of Pahang.


TENGKU AMPUAN FATIMAH
(1932 - 1974)

Tengku Ampuan Fatimah was the first wife to Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin al-Muazzam Shah. She was a daughter to Sultan Sir Alang Iskandar Shah al-Kaddasullah of Perak by his first wife, Tengku Nong Fatima binti Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah of Pahang. She married with Sultan Abu Bakar on 23rd May 1926 at Kuala Kangsar, Perak. On 4th June 1930, she was granted the title as Tengku Puan of Pahang (Crown Princess of Pahang). On 28th May 1933, she was installed as Tengku Ampuan of Pahang at Istana Sri Terentang. She was granted the title as Tengku Ampuan Besar of Pahang. She died on 23rd June 1988 at Istana Sri Terentang, Pekan, Pahang.


TENGKU AMPUAN AFZAN
(1974 - 1988)

Tengku Ampuan Afzan was the first wife to Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang. She was born at Kuala Terengganu on 4th December 1932 and a daughter to Tengku Muhammad ibni almarhum Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah. She married with Sultan Ahmad Shah at Istana Hinggap, Kuala Lipis, Pahang on 22nd April 1954 and was granted the title as Tengku Puan Besar (Crown Princess) of Pahang. She was installed as the Tengku Ampuan of Pahang on 7th May 1974. She serves as Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen) of Malaysia from 1979 until 1984. She died out of cancer at Istana Pahang, Kuala Lumpur on 29th June 1988.


SULTANAH KALSOM
(1992 - present)

Sultanah Kalsom is the second wife of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang. She married with Sultan Ahmad Shah on 14th March 1991 and was granted the title as Cik Puan Kalsom (nee Anita). She later granted the title as Sultanah of Pahang on 30th September 1992.