Tunku Puan Besar Kurshiah

Kurshiah
قرشية
Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaya
Tenure31 August 1957 – 1 April 1960
SuccessorRaja Jemaah
Tunku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Tenure21 April 1934 – 1 April 1960
SuccessorTunku Ampuan Durah
Tunku Puan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Tenure1 April 1960 – 2 February 1999
Born(1911-05-16)16 May 1911
Istana Baroh, Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Died2 February 1999(1999-02-02) (aged 87)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1929; died 1960)
IssueTuanku Bahiyah
Tunku Shahariah
Names
Tunku Kurshiah binti Tunku Burhanuddin
Regnal name
Tunku Ampuan Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin
HousePagaruyung - House of Yamtuan Raden
FatherTunku Besar Burhanuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
MotherChe Puan Sharifah Alawiyah
ReligionSunni Islam

Tunku Puan Besar Hajah Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin (Jawi: تونكو ڤوان بسر حاجه قرشية بنت المرحوم تونكو بسر برهان الدين; 16 May 1911 – 2 February 1999) was the Tunku Ampuan Besar or Queen of Negeri Sembilan. She also served as the first Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaya between 1957 and 1960.

Tunku Kurshiah's sister, Tunku Durah married her stepson Tuanku Munawir Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman and succeeded her as Tunku Ampuan Besar in 1960.