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Najihah ناجحة | |||||||||
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Raja Permaisuri Agong X | |||||||||
Tenure | 26 April 1994 – 25 April 1999 | ||||||||
Installation | 22 September 1994 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Tuanku Bainun | ||||||||
Successor | Tuanku Siti Aishah | ||||||||
Tunku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan | |||||||||
Tenure | 18 April 1967 – 27 December 2008 | ||||||||
Installation | 8 April 1968 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Tunku Ampuan Durah | ||||||||
Successor | Tuanku Aishah Rohani | ||||||||
1st Chancellor Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia | |||||||||
Tenure | 2003 - 2 December 2011 | ||||||||
Successor | Tuanku Aishah Rohani | ||||||||
Born | Tunku Najihah binti Tunku Burhanuddin 1 September 1923 Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan, Federated Malay States | ||||||||
Died | 8 September 2023 Cardiac Vascular Sentral Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | (aged 100)||||||||
Burial | 8 September 2023 Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan | ||||||||
Spouse | |||||||||
Issue | Tunku Naquiah Tunku Naquiyuddin Tunku Imran Tunku Jawahir Tunku Irinah Tunku Nadzaruddin | ||||||||
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Dynasty | Pagaruyung | ||||||||
Father | Tunku Besar Burhanuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah | ||||||||
Mother | Cik Halija binti Haji Umar | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni 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.