In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Tengku Ahmad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Zanariah. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Zanariah زانريه
Tunku Puan
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Raja Permaisuri Agong VIII
Tenure
26 April 1984 – 25 April 1989
Installation
15 November 1984
Predecessor
Tengku Ampuan Afzan
Successor
Tuanku Bainun
Sultanah of Johor
Tenure
29 April 1981 – 22 January 2010
Proclamation
11 May 1981
Predecessor
Sultanah Nora
Successor
Raja Zarith Sofiah (as Permaisuri)
Consort of the Crown Prince of Johor
Tenure
20 August 1961 – 29 April 1981
Predecessor
Che’ Puan Khalsom
Successor
Raja Zarith Sofiah
Born
(1940-07-05)5 July 1940 Istana Dusun Green, Pasir Mas, Kelantan
Died
17 March 2019(2019-03-17) (aged 78) Johor Bahru, Johor
Burial
18 March 2019
Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum, Johor Bahru, Johor
Spouse
Sultan Iskandar
(m. 1961; died 2010)
Issue
Tunku Mariam Zaharah
Tunku Noraini Fatimah
Tunku Maimunah Ismailiah
Tunku Abdul Majid Idris Ismail Ibrahim
Tunku Muna Najiah
Tunku Aminah Kalsum Masera Marian Zahira Iskandariah[1][2]
Names
Tengku Zanariah binti Tengku Ahmad (at birth)
Regnal name
Tunku Puan Zanariah Iskandar
House
Temenggong (by marriage) Long Yunus (by birth)
Father
Tengku Long Ahmad bin Tengku Abdul Ghaffar (Tengku Panglima Raja of Kelantan)
Mother
Che Puan Hajah Fatimah binti Dato' Abdul Hamid
Religion
Sunni Islam
Royal family of Johor
The King The Queen
The Crown Prince and Regent The Crown Princess
Tunku Khalsom Aminah Sofiah
The Raja Muda
Tunku Abu Bakar Ibrahim
Tunku Zahrah Zarith Aziyah
Tunku Tun Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Dato' Dennis Muhammad Abdullah
Layla Sofiah
Second child (unknown name)
The Tunku Temenggong
The Tunku Panglima
The Tunku Putera
Tunku Puteri Kamariah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, the Tunku Puteri and Tengku Puan Laksamana of Selangor Tengku Sulaiman Shah, the Tengku Laksamana of Selangor
Tengku Shakirinal Amin Mahmud Ismail Ahmad Shah
Tengku Salehuddin Ismail Shah, the Tengku Indera Bijaya Diraja of Selangor
Tengku Shahrain Ismail Ibrahim Iskandar Hishamuddin Shah
Tengku Sharifuddin Ibrahim Ismail Iskandar Abdul Aziz Shah
Tengku Kathira Zanariah Ihsan Maimunah Aminah Iskandar Putri
Tunku Besar Zabedah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, the Tunku Besar
Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, the Tengku Ampuan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, the Sultan of Pahang
Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim, the Tengku Mahkota of Pahang
Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri'ayatuddin Shah, the Tengku Arif Bendahara of Pahang
Tengku Ahmad Ismail Mu'adzam Shah, the Tengku Panglima Perang of Pahang
Tengku Puteri Afzan Aminah Hafidzatullah, the Tengku Puteri Raja of Pahang
Tengku Puteri Jihan Azizah Athiyatullah, the Tengku Puteri Raja of Pahang
The Tunku Aris Bendahara Tunku Teh Mazni of Kedah and Kelantan
Tunku Mahmood Iskandar
Tunku Aisha Menjalara Iskandar
Tunku Abdul Mateen Idris Ismail Ibrahim Iskandar
Tunku Mariam Zahrah
Tunku Noraini Fatimah
Tunku Maimuna Ismailiah
Tunku Muna Najiah
Tunku Amina Kalsom Masera Marian Zahira Iskandariah
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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]
^JOHOR (Sultanate)
^Rahman, Solomon, pg 21
^"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)
^Information Malaysia (1985), pg 58
^Tan Chee Khoon, pg 25
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