Uphold the royal institution

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HRH Sultan Azlan Shah and HRH Tuanku Bainun in his speech during the ceremony held at Iskandariah Palace

In conjunction of the Sultan of Perak 83^rd Birthday Celebration, the Sultan of Perak, HRH Sultan Azlan Shah gave his consent to bestow the States Award and Honorary Titles in a ceremony held at Iskandariah Palace. In the ceremony, Sultan Azlan Shah has urges the citizens to not play up a sensitive issue such as racial and religious issue for political gains but adopt a political culture based on simplicity and unity. Thus, the Sultan urges all influential racial and religious leaders to plays a part in that respect. In his speech, His Royal Highness has ensured that the Monarchy fully understands the responsibility to be fair and equitable to all citizens and willing to help develop the best formula to ensure a harmonious relationship between race and religion remain secure.

In the same function, the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah has repeated his vowed to uphold the royal institution from any act of contempt. In his speech, the crown prince has stated that, as the State’s Protector, the royal institutions must stand firm to ensure the king remains above politics. Thus, it is the responsibilities of the reigning King to show to his citizens the importance of the royal institutions especially to become the role of check and balance in governance that centered on a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy.

Also in the same tune with the Raja Muda of Perak is the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Perak, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir. He also vowed to fights any elements that will tarnish the dignity and sovereignty of the Malay Rulers. He said, the Malay Rulers who are recognized as the leader of Islam in the country must be respected and should never be refuted in any way. In the ceremony, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry received Darjah Seri Paduka Sultan Azlan Shah Perak Yang Amat Dimulia (SPSA) which bring the title ‘Datuk Seri Diraja’.

Sultan of Perak's Birthday Celebration

19th April 2011 - Today is the 83rd Birthday Celebration of HRH the Sultan of Perak, HRH Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuf.

Congratulations to the Sultan of Perak in conjunction of His Royal Highness 83rd Birthday Celebration. Wishing His Royal Highness may reign in peace and harmony, with fair and justice.

Daulat Tuanku

Long Live the King

2/3 majority

Barisan Nasional succeed in winning the 10^th Sarawak State Election on 16^th April 2011, thus renew the 5-year mandate from the people for the ruling government. BN succeed in winning 2/3 majority of the total contested seats in the election. In this year election, 71 seats are contested where BN wins 55 of them while the opposition parties gather 16 seats. DAP wins 12 seats, PKR with 3 and one independent candidate. PAS, SNAP and Parti Cinta Malaysia failed to win a seat in any constituency.

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Taib Mahmud during the sworn in ceremony as the Chief Minister of Sarawak for the eight term before the Governor of Sarawak

After the announcement was made, the Chief Minister of Sarawak, Tan Sri Taib Mahmud sworn in as the Chief Minister of Sarawak for a new term before the Yang Dipertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak, HE Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin bin Abang Barieng. This is the eight term of Taib Mahmud since he became the Chief Minister of Sarawak in 1981. The Chief Minister previously has stated his willingness to step down as the Chief Minister and the 10^th State Election will be his last.

The downfall of SUPP.

SUPP, among the oldest political party in Sarawak.

Even though BN still able to retain its 2/3 majority in the State Assembly, this year election has seen the downfall of Sarawak’s oldest political party, Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP). The Chinese dominated party in Sarawak suffers the same fate with their MCA and Gerakan counterpart in the peninsular when the Chinese voters switch sides to DAP. SUPP in 2006 was the second largest party in the BN Sarawak’s Government. Nevertheless, it has become the weakest party in new government after only capable of winning 6 seats from 19 constituency its contested in the election. The President of SUPP, Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak was defeated in the election.

In the PR’s side, even though failed to at least denied 2/3 BN majority in the Assembly, the success of DAP to securing 12 seats in the election is surprising when the party only won 6 seats in 2006 election. Based on the party's performance, the party Parliamentary Leader, Lim Kit Siang has openly announced that, even though PR have failed to captured Sarawak, the state is no longer the fixed-deposit of BN.

The Royal Crown

Most reigning monarch in the world shall have in their possessions, The Royal Crown as a symbolic of their authority as the reigning King or Queen. In Malaysia however, Royal Crown is not the very symbol of our Malay Monarch as the monarch has an especially design Malay headdress called as The Tengkolok. Each state has its own unique designed for the reigning Sultan. Nevertheless, there are 4 Sultans in Malaysia which has a Royal Crown in their possession.

The States which have the Royal Crown is Johor, Terengganu, Kelantan and Selangor.

The Crown of Johor

The Crown of Johor probably the most exclusives and rarely showed in the public. It is also known as the crown of Emerald, Ruby and Diamond. The Crown was originally used for the Coronation ceremony of the Sultan of Johor. Nevertheless, the last Sultan ever to be officially crowned was HRH Sultan Ismail Al-Khalidi. The Sultan of Johor does not have any Tengkolok for any official function.

The Crown of Terengganu

The Crown of Terengganu is a Gold coloured Crown. Also used during the coronation ceremony of the Sultan of Terengganu. Depicted in the State’s coat of arm, it is the very symbol of the Terengganu Royal Family. The Sultan also have a specially design Royal Tengkolok for official functions.

The Crown of Kelantan

The Crown of Kelantan has a similar design with the Crown of Terengganu. It is also been used during the coronation ceremony of the Sultan. The Sultan of Kelantan also has its own Designated Tengkolok for official function. It is unknown if the reigning Sultan Muhammad V will be officially crowned in the coronation ceremony.

The Crown of Selangor

The Crown of Selangor, unlike any other has a similar shape with the Malay Songkok. In the front, there exists a unique shape of feather-like ornament. It is used during the coronation ceremony of the Sultan of Selangor. Just like Terengganu and Kelantan, The Sultan of Selangor also have a designated Tengkolok for the Sultan official functions.

RM80 mil target for MUIP

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HRH Tengku Abdullah receives the zakat in the ceremony.

Majlis Ugama Islam Pahang, MUIP or also known as Pahang Islamic Council has target to gain Zakat (tribute) collection around RM80mil for this year. The Crown Prince of Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah has expressed his faith that the council can actually passed the target. In previous year, MUIP gain a collection of almost RM74.6mil. It is a 12.3% increase from the collection in 2009 which is around RM66.4mil.

HRH Tengku Abdullah who is also the Chaiman of MUIP receives the Zakat from Lembaga Tabung Haji, worth of RM2.08mil, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (RM1.6mil), Bank Rakyat (RM1.3mil), TH Travel Sdn Bhd (RM150,000), Affin Fund Management (RM100,000) and Perbadanan Nasional Bhd (RM100,000). Tengku Abdullah also said, to meet the target, the MUIP shall concentrate on corporate bodies and government link company (GLC) as the main contributor.

Opening Ceremony of Perak State Assembly Seating

The Regent of Perak, HRH Raja Nazrin Shah ibni Sultan Azlan Shah has gave his consent to proclaim the opening ceremony of Perak State Assembly Seating. In his speech, the Regent has :-

• Praised the State Government due to their success of increased the interest of the Investor to invest in the state, thus lead to the increasing of investment value in the state. It has increase from RM893mil in 2009 to RM3.039bil in 2010.
• Advised the government staff and civil services to perform their duties with full commitment, trust and reject corruption.

The Nomination Day

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Finally, the nomination day of Sarawak State Elections begins smoothly yesterday without any incidents throughout the day. With the ending of nomination day, it is a signal of 9-days elections campaign for the 10th Sarawak State Election. It is held to renew the mandate from the people as the last election was held in 2006. And, compare to the state election in 2006, this is the most fierce election ever been held. There are all together 71 contested seats, where there are 213 candidates participate in the elections. It is a tough battle for BN to renew its mandates to continue its undisturbed rules in Sarawak.

For BN, all contested parties are Sarawak based parties, which Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) is in the lead. Other BN component parties include SUPP, SPDP and PRS. BN contest in all contested seats. Nevertheless, unlike 2006, there are no ‘uncontested win’ for BN yet.

For PR on the other hand, there are problems occur especially between Peninsular based party, PKR with Sarawak based party of SNAP regarding the seats allocation. The plans supposedly that DAP contested in Chinese majority area, PAS in Muslim majority area, SNAP in Dayak majority area while PKR in Malay-Melanau area. Nevertheless, the unsolved problems let to a failure to plans a straight fight between BN and PR.

With a exceptional numbers of independence candidate, there are about 23 seats of 3-cornered fights, 17 seats of 4-cornered fights, 2 seats of 5-cornered fights and 2 area of 6-cornered fights. Thus, BN has a tough fight to renew its fresh mandate for this upcoming election on 16^th April. Even the Chief Minister of Sarawak are challenge in a three cornered fights in this election.

Shall BN win the election? Or shall PR form a new government just like it did to 4 peninsular states in 2008? Lets we wait and see in this upcoming 16th April 2011.

Tengku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan

The Queen of Negeri Sembilan is styled according to her bloodline. A royal-born consort is styled as :-

Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan

A commoner-born consort is styled as :-

Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Che’ Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan

Her Royal Highness the Queen of Negeri Sembilan

Here is the list of Tengku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan since 1888.

(1888 - 1933)

It is unclear who was been styled as Tuanku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan during the reign of Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah. Nevertheless, there are three of his consorts who been styled as Tunku Ampuan and Cik Ampuan. It is HH Tunku Chik, HH Tunku Halija binti Tunku Muda Chik and HH Cik Rahah binti Tia.

TUANKU AMPUAN KURSHIAH
(1933 - 1960)

HRH Tuanku Ampuan Kurshiah was the third wife of Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad Shah. She was born at Istana Baroh, Seri Menanti on 16^th May 1911. She was married with Tuanku Abdul Rahman at Seri Menanti on 21^st March 1929. She was proclaimed as the Tuanku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan at Istana Lama Seri Menanti on 21^st April 1934.

She holds the title and also the first Raja Permaisuri Agong (the Supreme Queen) of Malaya during her husband reign as the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya, and officially installed at Kuala Lumpur on 2^nd September 1957. She holds the title until the death of her husband on 1^st April 1960. She died on 2^nd February 1999.

TUANKU AMPUAN DURRAH
(1960 - 1967)

HRH Tuanku Ampuan Durrah binti Tunku Besar Burhanuddin was the wife of Tuanku Munawir ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman. She was born at Istana Baroh, Seri Menanti on 25th June 1922. She was married with Tuanku Munawir at Istana Besar Seri Menanti on 1st January 1940. She was bestowed the title as Tunku Ampuan Muda on 6th October 1957. She was proclaimed as Tuanku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan by her husband at the throne chamber of Istana Besar Seri Menanti on 14th April 1961. She was installed alongside with her husband at Istana Besar Seri Menanti on 17th April 1961. She died on 8th August 1999 and buried at the Royal Cemetery, Seri Menanti.

TUANKU AMPUAN NAJIHAH

(1967 - 2008)

HRH Tuanku Ampuan Najihah binti Tunku Besar Burhanuddin was the wife of Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman. She was born at Istana Baroh, Seri Menanti on 11^th September 1924. She was married with Tuanku Jaafar on 8^th August 1942. She was proclaimed as Tuanku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan by her husband at the throne chamber of Istana Besar Seri Menanti on 19^th July 1967. She was installed alongside with her husband at Istana Besar Seri Menanti on 8^th April 1968.

She holds the title as HM Raja Permaisuri Agong (Supreme Queen) of Malaysia during her husband reign as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (The Supreme Ruler) of Malaysia from 16^th April 1994 until April 1999.

TUANKU AMPUAN AISHAH ROHANI

(2008 - present)

HRH Tuanku Ampuan Aishah Rohani ibni Almarhum Tengku Besar Mahmud is the wife of Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir. She was born at Batu Gajah, Perak on 19^th June 1952. She married with Tuanku Muhriz at Istana Maziah, Kuala Terengganu on 25^th April 1974. She was proclaimed as the Tuanku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan by her husband at the throne chamber of Istana Besar Seri Menanti on 14^th February 2009. She was installed alongside with her husband at Istana Besar Seri Menanti on 26^th October 2009.

The Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan

Negeri Sembilan literally means “The Nine States”, a federation states which traditionally consist of Nine States in its peak. Nevertheless, only 5 remain in the states today. Some of the other states currently became districts in the neighboring states. Negeri Sembilan stands as the only elective monarchy state in Malaysia. Officially, the ruler of Negeri Sembilan is styled as :-

Ke Bawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku (personal name) ibni (father’s name) Yang Dipertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus

His Royal Highness, the Highest Lord of Negeri Sembilan

Here is the list of the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan since 1888.

TUANKU MUHAMMAD SHAH
(1888 - 1933)

HRH Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah was the seventh Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan. He was born at Istana Lama Seri Menanti on 25^th April 1865. He was the eldest son of Tuanku Antah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Nasiruddin by his first wife, Cik Halima. He was bestowed the title of Tunku Putra by his father in 1870. Later, he was promoted as Tunku Besar in 1882. He succeeded the throne on the death of his father as Yang Dipertuan Besar of Sri Menanti, Johol, Ulu Muar, Jempol, Terachi, Gunung Pasir and Inas on 22^nd October 1888. During his reign, his concluded the Treaty of Friendship and Protection with the British Crown on 18^th March 1889. Later, he signed the treaty of establishing a confederacy of Negeri Sembilan comprising of Sri Menanti, Johol, Ulu Muar, Jempol, Terachi, Gunung Pasir, Inas, Rembau and Tampin on 13^th July 1889. He was installed as the Yang di-Pertuan of Negeri Sembilan at Istana Lama Seri Menanti at 8^th December 1889.

He acceded to treaty of establishing the Federated Malay States, together with the Ruler of Sungai Ujong and Jelebu on 28^th July 1895. Later, the confederation converted into a unitary state on 29^th April 1898. He was formally installed as the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan at Istana Lama Seri Menanti on 7^th May 1898. He ruled Negeri Sembilan for 45 years. He died at Istana Besar Seri Menanti on 1^st August 1933 and was buried at Royal Cemetery, Seri Menanti.

TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN
(1933 - 1960)

HRH Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad was the eighth Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan. He was born at Istana Lama Seri Menanti on 24^th August 1895. He was the second son of Tuanku Muhammad ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah by his second wife, Tunku Halija ibni Tunku Muda Chik. He was granted the title as Tunku Muda Serting in 1912. He was elected as the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan on the death of his father on 2^nd August 1933. He was installed at Istana Lama Seri Menanti on 25^th April 1934. During his reign, Negeri Sembilan was transferred to Malayan Union on 1^st April 1946 and later Federation of Malaya on 21^st January 1948.

He was elected as the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong (the Supreme Ruler) of Malaya on 31^st August 1957. He was installed at Kuala Lumpur on 2^nd September 1957. He ruled Negeri Sembilan for 27 years. He died at Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur on 1^st April 1960 and buried at Royal Cemetery, Seri Menanti.

TUANKU MUNAWIR
(1960 - 1967)

HRH Tuanku Munawir ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman was the ninth Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan. He was born at Kuala Pilah on 29th March 1922. He was the eldest son of Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad by his first wife, Tunku Maharunnisa binti Tunku Membang. He was granted the title as Tunku Muda Serting on 6^th July 1934. He was promoted as Tunku Laksamana on 25^th April 1937. He served as the Regent of Negeri Sembilan during the absence of his father overseas from 31^st August 1954 until November 1954, and again in Kuala Lumpur from 3^rd September 1957 until 5^th April 1960. He was proclaimed as the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan on the death of his father on 5^th April 1960. He was installed at Istana Besar Seri Menanti on 17^th April 1961. He ruled Negeri Sembilan for 7 years. He died at Istana Hinggap, Seremban on 14^th April 1967 and buried at Royal Cemetery, Seri Menanti.

TUANKU JAAFAR
(1967 - 2008)

HRH Tuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman was the tenth Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan. He was born at Klang, Selangor on 19^th July 1922. He was the second son of Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad by his second wife, Cik Engku Maimunah binti Abdullah. He was granted the title as Tunku Muda Serting in 1947. He was proclaimed as the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan on the death of his brother on 19^th April 1967. He was installed at Istana Besar Seri Menanti on 8^th April 1968.

He was elected as the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia on 19^th June 1979 until 1984. He was re-elected again as the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia for the second term on 2^nd March 1989. He was elected as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Supreme Ruler) of Malaysia on 16^th April 1994. He serves as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Supreme Ruler) for full 5-year term until 24ft April 1999, and returned to rule Negeri Sembilan. He ruled Negeri Sembilan for 41 years. He died in Tuanku Jaafar General Hospital, Seremban on 27^th December 2008 and buried at the Royal Cemetery, Seri Menanti.

TUANKU MUHRIZ
(2008 - present)

HRH Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir is the eleventh Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan. He was born at Kuala Pilah on 14^th January 1948. He was an only son of Tuanku Munawir ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman by his first wife, Tengku Durratun Nafisa Aziba binti Tunku Besar Burhanuddin. In 1960, he was appointed as Tunku Laksamana. He was promoted to the title of Tunku Besar Seri Menanti on 26^th December 1961. He was proclaimed as the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan on the death of his uncle on 29^th December 2008. He was installed at Istana Besar Seri Menanti on 26^th October 2009.

The new month

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Welcome to my blog.

First of all, I want to say sorry because my post has stopped abruptly in past week. This is due to several issues that I need to handle, not to mention exhaustion because of working. 8 hours in the office and need to wake up early in the morning, needs me to sleep early at night. Not to mention, I need to spend almost an hour to finish any of my topic for the day. So, there are indeed several articles that I supposedly post it earlier.

Nevertheless, Saturday and Sunday is more than enough time for me to handle the problem. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be a nice day for me to work on the lineage of Negeri Sembilan Royal Family, among the most unique royal family in Malaysia.

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