Sultan Ali Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah (24 January 1914 – 17 May 1996) was the fifteenth

Sultan of Terengganu Sultan of Terengganu () is the title of the constitutional head of Terengganu state in Malaysia. The current Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, is the 18th sultan and 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 2006 to 2011. He is the head ...

. He was the son of the fourteenth Sultan,

Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III (1 December 1895 – 25 September 1942) was the fourteenth Sultan of Terengganu from 21 May 1920 to 25 September 1942. Life Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah was born as T ...

and the legitimate heir to the throne of

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. Sultan Sulaiman died on 25 September 1942 of blood poisoning. The Japanese Military Administration, which at that time occupied

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, proclaimed Sultan Ali as the Sultan of Terengganu. On 18 October 1943, the

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government under Prime Minister Field Marshal

Plaek Pibulsonggram Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram ( th, แปลก พิบูลสงคราม ; alternatively transcribed as ''Pibulsongkram'' or ''Pibulsonggram''; 14 July 1897 – 11 June 1964), locally known as Marshal P. ( th, จอมพล � ...

took over the administration of Terengganu from the Japanese and continued to recognize Sultan Ali as the legitimate Sultan. When the British returned after the end of

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, they declined to recognize Sultan Ali. Allegedly, Sultan Ali was too much in debt and had been too close to the Japanese during their occupation. According to Sultan Ali, the British Military Administration wanted him removed for his refusal to sign the

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treaty. The British Military Administration also disapproved of Sultan Ali's character, where he was said to have repudiated his official consort Tengku Putri Hajjah ‘Ain ul-Jamal, ''Tengku Sri Nila Utama'' of Pahang (the daughter of Sultan Abu Bakar of

Pahang Pahang (;Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a ...

) and had contracted an unsuitable second marriage to a former prostitute. On 5 November 1945 the Terengganu State Council, of which consisted thirteen members, announced the dismissal of Sultan Ali and the appointment of Tengku Ismail as the sixteenth Sultan of Terengganu. Tengku Ismail became known as

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Zainal Abidin III Mu’azzam Shah (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ; 27 January 1907 – 20 September 1979) was the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and the sixteenth ...

and was installed on 6 June 1949 at

Istana Maziah Istana Maziah is the official palace of the Sultan of Terengganu. It is located at the foot of Bukit Puteri in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. The palace is the official venue for important functions such as royal birthdays, weddings, con ...

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. Sultan Ismail's descendants have since ruled Terengganu. Sultan Ali continued to dispute his dismissal until his death on 17 May 1996.Wan Ramli Wan Mohamad (1993) Op Cit

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