Azlan Shah
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| Al-Maghfur-Lah (The Forgiven One) | |||||||||||||||
.JPG) Azlan Shah in 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Yang di-Pertuan Agong IX | |||||||||||||||
| Reign | 26 April 1989 – 25 April 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Installation | 18 September 1989 | ||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Iskandar | ||||||||||||||
| Successor | Ja'afar | ||||||||||||||
| Sultan of Perak | |||||||||||||||
| Reign | 3 February 1984 – 28 May 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Installation | 9 December 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Idris Shah II | ||||||||||||||
| Successor | Nazrin Shah | ||||||||||||||
| Lord President of the Supreme Court | |||||||||||||||
| In office 12 November 1982 – 2 February 1984 | |||||||||||||||
| Nominated by | Mahathir Mohamad | ||||||||||||||
| Appointed by | Ahmad Shah of Pahang | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Salleh Abas | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1928 Batu Gajah, Perak, Federated Malay States | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 May 2014 (aged 86) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||
| Burial | 29 May 2014 Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||
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| Issue | Sultan Nazrin Shah Raja Azureen Raja Ashman Shah Raja Eleena Raja Yong Sofia | ||||||||||||||
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| House | House of Siak-Perak | ||||||||||||||
| Father | Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Jalil Karamatullah Nasiruddin Mukhtaram Shah Radziallah Hu'an-hu | ||||||||||||||
| Mother | Toh Puan Besar Hatijah binti Toh Indera Wangsa Ahmad | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||
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Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah (Jawi: سلطان ازلن محب الدين شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان يوسف عز الدين شاه غفر ﷲ له; 19 April 1928 – 28 May 2014) was Sultan of Perak from 1984 until his death in 2014, and the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia), from 1989 to 1994.
The child of a royal father and a commoner mother, he grew up in Perak, Malaysia. During school he played field hockey, subsequently playing for the Perakian team. He trained to be a lawyer in the United Kingdom. Upon returning to Malaysia, he soon became a judge and quickly rose through the legal ranks. In 1965, he became the youngest person appointed to the High Court of Malaya, and in 1982 he became the youngest ever Lord President of the Federal Court, the country's highest judicial rank.
He became Sultan of Perak in 1984 after the death of his first cousin once removed Sultan Idris Shah II. Subsequently, he was elected to be the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 1989, serving a five-year term before returning to his post as Sultan of Perak. In 2009, he exercised his royal authority to prevent the dissolution of the Perak State Legislative Assembly, sparking a constitutional crisis. Ultimately, the legal system ruled Sultan Azlan had acted properly.
During his career, Sultan Azlan Shah was awarded more than three dozen Malaysian and foreign honours. Dozens of buildings and other projects were named after him, including a genus of insects. He was known as the "Father of Malaysian Hockey" for furthering field hockey at home and abroad and was the patron of dozens of organisations. With his wife Tuanku Bainun Binti Mohd Ali, Sultan Azlan had five children.