Kurshiah قرشية | |||||||||
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Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaya | |||||||||
Tenure | 31 August 1957 – 1 April 1960 | ||||||||
Successor | Raja Jemaah | ||||||||
Tunku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan | |||||||||
Tenure | 21 April 1934 – 1 April 1960 | ||||||||
Successor | Tunku Ampuan Durah | ||||||||
Tunku Puan Besar of Negeri Sembilan | |||||||||
Tenure | 1 April 1960 – 2 February 1999 | ||||||||
Born | Istana Baroh, Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan, Federated Malay States, British Malaya | 16 May 1911||||||||
Died | 2 February 1999 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | (aged 87)||||||||
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Spouse | |||||||||
Issue | Tuanku Bahiyah Tunku Shahariah | ||||||||
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House | Pagaruyung - House of Yamtuan Raden | ||||||||
Father | Tunku Besar Burhanuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah | ||||||||
Mother | Che Puan Sharifah Alawiyah | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni 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.