Raja Permaisuri Bainun

Royal family of Perak
HRH Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, The Sultan HRH Tuanku Zara Salim, Raja Permaisuri HH Raja Azlan Muzzaffar Shah, Raja Kechil Besar HH Raja Nazira Safya HH Raja Jaafar bin Almarhum Raja Muda Musa, Raja Muda HH Raja Shah Azman HH Raja Nor Azwina HH Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain, Raja Di-Hilir HH Tunku Soraya of Kedah, Raja Puan Muda HH Raja Nabil Imran HH Raja Idris Shah HH Raja Siffuddin HH Raja Sarina Intan Bahiyah HH Raja Safia Azizah HH Raja Ahmad Nazim Azlan Shah, Raja Kechil Sulong HH Raja Iskandar, Raja Kechil Tengah HH Che Puan Rokiak Binti Haji Ibrahim HH Raja Muhammad Azryn HH Che Puan Hezrin Nazlin Binti Muhammad HH Raja Muhammad Ibrahim HH Che Puan Sazelinoor Binti Rosli HH Raja Ahmad Zarif Iskandar HH Raja Ahmad Zakwan IImi HH Raja Anis Azyarina HH Raja Izuddin Chulan, Raja Kechil Bongsu HH Raja Arbi Binti Raja Amir Shah HH Raja Shamir HH Che Fadzliza Hamin Binti Zulkifli HH Raja Amaluddin Chulan HH Raja Zara Dariah The Hon. Muhammad Rizal Bin Yaakob HH Raja Zana Nadiah The Hon. Shahzan Bin Dato' Shamsul Bahari HH Raja Dara Zaliah The Hon. Meor Faizal Bin Sairi HH Raja Dana Afzan
Azlan Shah's family
HRH Tuanku Bainun, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah's widow HH Raja Azureen The Hon. Muhammad Saleh Latiff Mohd Saleh Nurlin Mohd Saleh Azlin Mohd Saleh Azim Mohd Saleh Noraini Jane, Raja Ashman Shah's widow HH Raja Eminah Alliyah HH Raja Bainunnisa Safia HH Raja Eleena The Hon. Ismail Farouk Omar Ismail Farouk Imran Ismail Farouk Ashman Ismail Farouk Alia Ismail Farouk Sofia Ismail Farouk HH Raja Yong Sofia HH Tunku Kamil of Kedah HH Tunku Aznal Shahabudin of Kedah HH Tunku Amira Shahabudin of Kedah HH Tunku Maisara Shahabudin of Kedah

Raja Permaisuri Bainun (Jawi: راج ڤرماءيسوري باينون; née Bainun binti Muhammad Ali; born 7 November 1932) is the former Raja Permaisuri of Perak the (Queen) Malaysian state of Perak. She was also the ninth Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen) of Malaysia, the first commoner to be installed as Queen. She is the widow of Sultan Azlan Shah and the mother of the incumbent Sultan Nazrin Shah. She is now styled as Yang Maha Mulia Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun.

Background

Tuanku Bainun was born on 7 November 1932 in Penang, Malaysia and received her early education at the St. George’s Girls School, Penang. She was selected to further her studies at the prestigious Teacher’s Training College, Kirkby, England from 1952 to 1954.

A year after returning from England, she married Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah of Perak in 1955. The Sultan was then a Magistrate in Kuala Lumpur, while Tuanku Bainun was teaching at her former school. She has taught in various schools in Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, Raub, Taiping and Kuantan.

Queen consort

Upon her husband's accession to the Perak throne in 1984, she became Raja Permaisuri of Perak with the title of Tuanku. In Perak, Queens of royal blood are known as Raja Perempuan, while the title of Raja Permaisuri was reserved for commoner consorts. Her Royal Highness was officially proclaimed the Raja Permaisuri Perak Darul Ridzuan on February 19, 1988 in a historic ceremony at Istana Kinta in Ipoh.

Sultan Azlan Shah was selected as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong and during the Oath Taking and Signing Ceremony on April 26, 1989, Tuanku Bainun was proclaimed Raja Permaisuri Agong. Tuanku Bainun is the first commoner ever to become Queen of Malaysia. She was crowned Raja Permaisuri Agong on a new throne made of silver that replaced the ancient wooden throne used by Malaysia's eight previous Queens of royal blood, adding another first to her crown. They held these titles until the end of Azlan Shah's term on April 25, 1994.

She ceased to be Raja Permaisuri on May 28, 2014, after her husband died. She was succeeded a month later by her daughter in-law, Tuanku Zara Salim.

Royal family

The royal couple had five children, two princes and three princesses. The eldest is Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, the current Sultan of Perak. The others are Raja Dato’ Seri Azureen Binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, Raja Dato’ Seri Ashman Shah Ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, Raja Dato' Seri Eleena Binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah and Raja Dato' Seri Yong Sofia Binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah.^[2]

Titles and styles

• 12 November 1982 – 30 June 1983: The Honourable (Yang Amat Berbahagia) Toh Puan Datin Seri Bainun binti Mohd Ali
• 1 July 1983 – 3 February 1984: Her Royal Highness (Duli Yang Teramat Mulia) Che Puan Besar Datin Seri Bainun binti Mohd Ali, The Che' Puan Besar of Perak
• 3 February 1984 – 24 April 1989: Her Royal Highness (Duli Yang Maha Mulia) Tuanku Bainun, The Raja Permaisuri of Perak
• 25 April 1989 – 26 April 1994: Her Majesty (Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda) Tuanku Bainun, The Raja Permaisuri Agong IX
• 27 April 1994 – 28 May 2014: Her Royal Highness (Duli Yang Maha Mulia) Tuanku Bainun, The Raja Permaisuri of Perak
• 29 May 2014 - Present: Her Royal Highness (Yang Maha Mulia) Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun, The Dowager Raja Permaisuri of Perak

Awards and recognitions

She was awarded:^[3]

See also

• Yang Di-Pertuan Agong
• Raja Permaisuri Agong

References