Tunku Puan Zanariah

Zanariah
زانريه
Tunku Puan
Official photo
Raja Permaisuri Agong VIII
Tenure26 April 1984 – 25 April 1989
Installation15 November 1984
PredecessorTengku Ampuan Afzan
SuccessorTuanku Bainun
Sultanah of Johor
Tenure29 April 1981 – 22 January 2010
Proclamation11 May 1981
PredecessorSultanah Nora
SuccessorRaja Zarith Sofiah (as Permaisuri)
Born(1940-07-05)5 July 1940
Istana Dusun Green, Pasir Mas, Kelantan
Died17 March 2019(2019-03-17) (aged 78)
Johor Bahru, Johor
Burial18 March 2019
Spouse
(m. 1961; died 2010)
Issue
Names
Tengku Zanariah binti Tengku Ahmad (at birth)
Regnal name
Tunku Puan Zanariah Iskandar
HouseTemenggong (by marriage)
Long Yunus (by birth)
FatherTengku Long Ahmad bin Tengku Abdul Ghaffar (Tengku Panglima Raja of Kelantan)
MotherChe Puan Hajah Fatimah binti Dato' Abdul Hamid
ReligionSunni Islam

Tunku Puan Zanariah Iskandar[3] (Jawi: تونكو ڤوان زانريه إسكندر), formerly known as Sultanah Zanariah (born Tengku Zanariah binti Tengku Ahmad; 5 July 1940 – 17 March 2019),[4] was the second wife of the fourth Sultan of modern Johor, Sultan Iskandar from their marriage in 1961 until his death in 2010. She served as Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen consort of Malaysia) between 1984 and 1989.

Her sister, Tunku Puan Nora formerly Sultanah Nora was married to the third Sultan of modern Johor, Sultan Ismail.[5]

  1. ^ JOHOR (Sultanate)
  2. ^ Rahman, Solomon, pg 21
  3. ^ "No 'sultanah' title or special perks for 2 Johor consorts". New Straits Times. 17 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Information Malaysia (1985), pg 58
  5. ^ Tan Chee Khoon, pg 25