Najihah
Raja Permaisuri Agong
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
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
Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan
Spouse
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(m. 1942; died 2008)​
IssueTunku Naquiah
Tunku Naquiyuddin
Tunku Imran
Tunlu 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 – House of Yamtuan Raden
FatherTunku Besar Burhanuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
MotherCik Halija binti Haji Umar
ReligionSunni Islam

Tunku Ampuan Najihah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin (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.

Early life

Daughter of Tunku Besar Burhanuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah (sometime Regent of Negeri Sembilan) and born on 1 September 1923, Tuanku Najihah received her formal education at the Tuanku Muhammad School in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan. She graduated from the London School of Oriental Studies. She also attended the special language and training course provided for the wives of diplomats while Tuanku Ja’afar was pursuing a course in diplomatic services in London.

Tuanku Najihah binti Tunku Besar Burhanuddin. The Tuanku Ja'afar Royal Gallery, Seremban

Social contributions

Tuanku Najihah was made a committee member of the Associated Country Women of the World. She was the patron of various women's organizations such as the Girl Guides of Negeri Sembilan, the Islamic Women's Welfare Council and the Women's Institute.

She was also the president of the Tuanku Ampuan Badminton Team, the Patron of the Malaysian Women's Hockey Team, Malaysian Women's Football Team, Malaysian Women's Golf Team and the Malaysian Women's Golf Association (MALGA).

She also served as the first Chancellor of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia.

Family life

The royal couple had three sons and three daughters :

Tuanku Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman with his wife Tuanku Najihah binti Tunku Besar Burhanuddin. The Tuanku Ja'afar Royal Gallery, Seremban

Death

Tuanku Najihah died at the Cardiac Vascular Central Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 8 September 2023, one week after celebrating her 100th birthday.[2] Her remains were laid to rest at Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum and buried next to her husband Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar, who died in 2008.[3]

Awards and recognitions

She was awarded :[4]

Honours of Negeri Sembilan

  • Member of the Royal Family Order of Negeri Sembilan (DKNS)[5]
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Grand Order of Tuanku Ja'afar (SPTJ) – Dato' Seri

Honours of Malaysia

Foreign honours

Places named after her

Several places were named after her, including:

  • Tuanku Ampuan Najihah Hospital in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan
  • Kompleks Sukan Tunku Najihah, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan
  • SMK Tunku Ampuan Najihah, a secondary school in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
  • Taman Sinar Harapan Tuanku Ampuan Najihah in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
  • Taman Tuanku Ampuan Najihah, a residential area in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

See also

References

Sources

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