Tunku Ampuan Najihah

Najihah
ناجحة
Raja Permaisuri Agong X
Tenure26 April 1994 – 25 April 1999
Installation22 September 1994
PredecessorTuanku Bainun
SuccessorTuanku Siti Aishah
Tunku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Tenure18 April 1967 – 27 December 2008
Installation8 April 1968
PredecessorTunku Ampuan Durah
SuccessorTuanku Aishah Rohani
1st Chancellor
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
Tenure2003 - 2 December 2011
SuccessorTuanku Aishah Rohani
BornTunku Najihah binti Tunku Burhanuddin
(1923-09-01)1 September 1923
Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan, Federated Malay States
Died8 September 2023(2023-09-08) (aged 100)
Cardiac Vascular Sentral Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Burial8 September 2023
Spouse
(m. 1942; died 2008)
IssueTunku Naquiah
Tunku Naquiyuddin
Tunku Imran
Tunku Jawahir
Tunku Irinah
Tunku Nadzaruddin
Names
Tunku Najihah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin
Regnal name
Tuanku Najihah (as Queen consort)
Tunku Ampuan Najihah (as Queen dowager)
DynastyPagaruyung
FatherTunku Besar Burhanuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
MotherCik Halija binti Haji Umar
ReligionSunni Islam

Tunku Ampuan Najihah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin (Jawi: تونكو امڤوان ناجحة بنت المرحوم تونكو بسر برهان الدين; 1 September 1923 – 8 September 2023) was the Tunku Ampuan (Queen Dowager)[1] of Negeri Sembilan. She was formerly the Tunku Ampuan Besar or Queen consort of Negeri Sembilan from 1967 to 2008. She also served as Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia between 1994 and 1999.

Tuanku Najihah was married to the former Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman. Tuanku Jaafar is also the stepson of Tuanku Najihah's sister, Tunku Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin, who also served as Tunku Ampuan Besar. Tuanku Najihah succeeded her sister, Tunku Ampuan Durah as Tunku Ampuan Besar in 1967.