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Mahmud
محمود‎
Al-Muktafi Billah (He who God is Content with)
Sultan of Terengganu
Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
Sultan of Terengganu
Reign21 September 1979 – 14 May 1998
Coronation21 March 1981
PredecessorSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
SuccessorSultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
Born(1930-04-29)29 April 1930
Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Unfederated Malay States
Died14 May 1998(1998-05-14) (aged 68)
Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Newton, Central Area, Singapore
Burial15 May 1998
Royal Mausoleum, Masjid Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
Spouses
Tengku Ampuan Bariah binti Al-Marhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah ​ ​(m. 1951)​
Tengku Besar Terengganu Fatimah Sharifah Nong Alsagoff binti Abdillah ​ ​(m. 1959)​
Cik Khadijah ​(divorced)​
Issue
HouseBendahara dynasty
FatherSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
MotherTengku Tengah Zaharah
ReligionSunni Islam

Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah KStJ (Jawi: سلطان محمود المكتفي بالله شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان إسماعيل ناصر الدين شاه; April 1930 – 14 May 1998) was the 17th Sultan of Terengganu reigning from 21 September 1979 to 14 May 1998.

Life

Sultan Mahmud was born on 29 April 1930 in Kuala Terengganu. He was married polygamously to both Tengku Besar Terengganu Fatimah Sharifah Nong Alsagoff binti Abdillah (1938–2023) and Tengku Ampuan Bariah (1933–2011), sister of Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor.

Mahmud's father Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin died in 1979. He was crowned 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 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 the Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque (Floating Mosque).

He performed the hajj pilgrimage with Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor in 1984.

Death

On 14 May 1998, he died in Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore and was replaced by his son Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin. His body was then laid to rest in the new Royal Mausoleum near Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Mosque in Kuala Terengganu. In addition, he was the first sultan of Terengganu to be buried there.

Honours

Honours of Terengganu

Honours of Malaysia

Foreign Honours

Legacy

Educational institutions

Buildings, Bridges and Roads

Others

References

  1. "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1981" (PDF).
  2. Trengganu Ruler tops awards list. 24 October 1981. p. 4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. "DK II 1978". awards.selangor.gov.my.
Mahmud of Terengganu Bendahara DynastyBorn: 1930 Died: 1998
Regnal titles
Preceded bySultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Sultan of Terengganu
1979-1998 		Succeeded bySultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
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