Tengku Ampuan Bariah


Tengku Ampuan Hajah Bariah binti Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj was the Tengku Ampuan Besar of Terengganu from 1979 to 1998 as the wife of Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah. She was the sister of late Sultan Selangor, Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah and the stepmother of the current sultan, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin.

Biography

Tengku Bariah was born on 31 August 1933 in Klang, Selangor, to Tengku Alam Shah of Selangor and his second wife, Cik Puan Kalsum binti Mahmud. She was educated at Malay School, Klang, Malay Girls' College, Kuala Lumpur, and then Cuckfield Park College, Sussex.
On 22 March 1951, she married Tengku Mahmud Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin, the then-Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu, in Kuala Lumpur. She was granted the title Tengku Puan Muda on 7 April 1954.
In 1979, Tengku Mahmud became Sultan of Terengganu. She became the Tengku Ampuan Besar on 20 September 1979. Her husband reigned until 1998, and was succeeded by her stepson Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin.
After her husband's death, she became known as the Tengku Ampuan, while her mother-in-law, Tengku Intan Zaharah, became the Tengku Ampuan Tua. She retained her position as a senior member of the Selangor royal court. She attended the coronation ceremony of her nephew, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah on 8 March 2003.
Tengku Ampuan Bariah died on 21 March 2011 at Seri Kota Hospital, Klang, during her stepson's reign as Yang di-Pertuan Agong. She was buried at the royal mausoleum near Masjid Al-Muktafi Billah Shah in Kuala Terengganu, next to her husband. Her funeral was attended by the Raja Perempuan of Perlis, Tengku Fauziah Tengku Abdul Rashid, the Tengku Puan of Pahang, Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, and members of the Selangor, Johor, Kedah and Negeri Sembilan royal families.

Honours

Honours of Terengganu