Zainal Abidin Syah

Zainal Abidin Alting
Sultan of Tidore
Reign1947-1967
PredecessorInterregnum (preceded by Iskandar Sahajuhan)
SuccessorSultanate lapsed
Born5 August 1912
Soasiu, Tidore
Died4 July 1967
FatherDano Husain (ibn Amir ibn Abi Bakar)
MotherSalma
ReligionIslam

Sultan Zainal Abidin Alting Syah (born Soasiu, Tidore, 5 August 1912—died Ambon, Maluku, 4 July 1967) was the 26th Sultan of Tidore in Maluku Islands, reigning from 1947 to 1967. He was also the appointed Governor of Irian Barat (West Papua) in 1956–1962 before the actual inclusion of Irian Barat in Indonesia, serving official Indonesian claims against Dutch colonial rule.