In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Tunku Besar Burhanuddin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Kurshiah. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Kurshiah قرشية
Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaya
Tenure
31 August 1957 – 1 April 1960
Successor
Raja Jemaah
Tunku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Tenure
21 April 1934 – 1 April 1960
Successor
Tunku Ampuan Durah
Tunku Puan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Tenure
1 April 1960 – 2 February 1999
Born
(1911-05-16)16 May 1911 Istana Baroh, Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Died
2 February 1999(1999-02-02) (aged 87) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Burial
Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum, Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Spouse
Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad
(m. 1929; died 1960)
Issue
Tuanku Bahiyah Tunku Shahariah
Names
Tunku Kurshiah binti Tunku Burhanuddin
Regnal name
Tunku Ampuan Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin
House
Pagaruyung - House of Yamtuan Raden
Father
Tunku Besar Burhanuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
Mother
Che Puan Sharifah Alawiyah
Religion
Sunni Islam
Tunku Puan Besar Hajah Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin (Jawi: تونكو ڤوان بسر حاجه قرشية بنت المرحوم تونكو بسر برهان الدين; 16 May 1911 – 2 February 1999) was the Tunku Ampuan Besar or Queen of Negeri Sembilan. She also served as the first Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaya between 1957 and 1960.
Tunku Kurshiah's sister, Tunku Durah married her stepson Tuanku Munawir Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman and succeeded her as Tunku Ampuan Besar in 1960.
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