The Selangor Royal Family consists of the family members of the

Sultan of Selangor Sultan of Selangor (سلطان سلاڠور) is the title of the constitutional ruler of Selangor, Malaysia who is the head of state and head of the Islamic religion in Selangor. The current monarch, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah ascended the t ...

. It currently consists of

Sharafuddin of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ( Jawi: ; born 24 December 1945) is the ninth and current Sultan of the Malaysian state of Selangor. He ascended the throne on 22 November 2001, succeedi ...

and his close relations. The Sultan and his family belong to the House of Daeng Chelak. The ruling house had founded the

monarchy A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy) ...

in 1745 and continues to be in power to this day.

Background

Members of Selangor Royal Family are descendants of the first Sultan of Selangor, Salehudin of Selangor. He is the eldest son of Daeng Chelak, one of the five

Bugis The Bugis people (pronounced ), also known as Buginese, are an ethnicity—the most numerous of the three major linguistic and ethnic groups of South Sulawesi (the others being Makassar and Toraja), in the south-western province of Sulawe ...

warriors that rose into power in the Malay Kingdom during the

Bendahara dynasty The Bendahara dynasty ( ms, Wangsa Bendahara, Jawi:) is the current ruling dynasty of Pahang Sultanate, a constituent state of Malaysia. The royal house were of noble origin, holding the hereditary position of ''Bendahara'' (the highest rank in ...

. They are considered as the

viceregal A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning "k ...

house of Riau in

Riau-Lingga Sultanate Riau-Lingga Sultanate (Malay language, Malay/Indonesian language, Indonesian: کسلطانن رياوليڠݢ, ''Kesultanan Riau-Lingga''), also known as the Lingga-Riau Sultanate, Riau Sultanate or Lingga Sultanate was a Malay people, Malay ...

, and can trace their ancestry from the Bugis Royal House in

Luwu The Kingdom of Luwu (also Luwuq or Wareq) was a polity located in northern part of South Sulawesi. province of Indonesia, on Sulawesi island. It is considered one of the earliest known Bugis kingdom in Sulawesi, founded between 10th and 14th cen ...

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

. On 5 November 1903, upon ascending the throne as the fifth Sultan,

Sulaiman of Selangor Sultan Sir Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah Ibni Al-Marhum Raja Musa (11 September 1863 – 31 March 1938) was the fifth Sultan of Selangor from 1898 until 1938. He was previously known as Raja Sulaiman before being crowned Sultan. Sultan Sulaiman was a ...

decreed that all his descendants will carry the hereditary first name ''Tengku'' instead of ''Raja''. The naming tradition was kept to this day.

Roles

Several members of the royal family are also the members of the

Selangor Council of the Royal Court Selangor Council of the Royal Court, established in 1959, serves as an advisory council to the head of Selangor state government, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj. There are 22 members of the council, which is made up of Selangor royal family ...

. The council role is to assist the Sultan in carrying out his duty to the state by acting as an advisory body to the Sultan. Some members are made ''Orang Besar Istana'' or in English, palace dignitaries, whom are responsible for any engagement involving the palace.

Titles and styles

The full title of the Sultan of Selangor is ''Sultan dan Yang di-Pertuan Selangor Darul Ehsan Serta Segala Daerah Takluknya'', or in English, The Sultan and Sovereign Ruler of Selangor Abode of Sincerity and its Sovereign Dependencie. The title ''Tengku Ampuan Selangor'' may be conferred to a spouse of the Sultan, given that she is of a royal descent. The title ''Tengku Permaisuri Selangor'' can be conferred instead to the spouse that is not of royal descent. The regnal name of the consort of the Sultan will be the title, followed by her given name. For example:

Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Tengku Ampuan Hajah Rahimah binti Almarhum Sultan Abdul Aziz Langkat (4 August 1929 – 27 June 1993) was the ''Tengku Ampuan of Selangor'', Malaysia during the reign of her husband, Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor. Biography She was born on 4 ...

and

Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin (born Norashikin binti Abdul Rahman; 4 June 1971) is the queen consort of the 9th Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, making her the current Tengku Permaisuri of Selangor. Background Norashikin ...

.See chapter 6, Consorts of the Sultan and Raja Muda, in

Laws of the Constitution of Selangor 1959 The Laws of the Constitution of Selangor 1959 is the fundamental law of the state of Selangor and establishes the state as a constitutional monarchy with the Sultan of Selangor as the Head of State. It came into force in April 1959 following the I ...

The

heir apparent An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...

is conferred the title ''Raja Muda Selangor'' or in English, the Crown Prince of Selangor. His wife will received the title ''Raja Puan Muda Selangor'' if she is of royal descent. The Sultan's mother will received the title ''Paduka Bonda Raja'' upon his ascension to the throne. For example,

's mother is styled ''Paduka Bonda Raja'', Raja Nur Saidatul Ehsan binti Tengku Badar Shah. The members of the royal family are style as such:

Members

, the members are:

Immediate family

and

, ''Tengku Permaisuri Selangor'' (the Sultan and his consort) **Tengku Zerafina and Colin Salem Parbury (the Sultan's daughter and son-in-law) **

Tengku Zatashah Tengku Zatashah binti Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (born 12 October 1973) is a member of the Selangor royal family who is the second daughter of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, the current and ninth Sultan of Selangor. Early life Zatashah was ...

and Aubry Rahim Mennesson (the Sultan's daughter and son-in-law) **

Tengku Amir Shah Tengku Amir Shah ibni Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (born 12 December 1990) is the current Crown Prince of the Malaysian state of Selangor. He is the son and heir apparent to the current Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and a ...

, ''Raja Muda Selangor'' (the Sultan's son and

) * Permaisuri Siti Aishah (the Sultan's step-mother and

Salahuddin of Selangor Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ( Jawi: ; 8 March 1926 – 21 November 2001) was the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor. Early life Born on at 3:30 pm. ...

's widow) *

Tengku Sulaiman Shah Tengku Sulaiman Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj (born 17 June 1950) is a Malaysian corporate figure and a member of the Selangor Royal Family. He is the second son of eighth Sultan, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz ...

, ''Tengku Laksamana Selangor'' and Tunku Kamariah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah of Johor, ''Tengku Puan Laksamana Selangor'' (the Sultan's brother and sister-in-law) **Tengku Shakirinal Amin Mahmood Ismail Alam Shah and Che' Puan Nadiah Khan (the Sultan's nephew and niece-in-law) ***Tengku Mahmood (the Sultan's grandnephew) ***Tengku Sulaiman (the Sultan's grandnephew) ***Tengku Abdul Aziz (the Sultan's grandnephew) ***Tengku Kamariah Khaleiyah Khadijah Kathirah Zanariah Ihsan (the Sultan's grandniece) **Tengku Salehuddin Ismail Iskandar Ibrahim Hishamuddin Shah, ''Tengku Indera Bijaya Diraja Selangor'' (the Sultan's nephew) ***Tengku Ibrahim (the Sultan's grandnephew) **Tengku Shahrain Iskandar Ismail Abdul Majid and Che' Puan Melati Artia (the Sultan's nephew and niece-in-law) **Tengku Sharifuddin Ibrahim Ismail Iskandar Abdul Aziz Shah and Che' Puan Juliana Sophie Evans (the Sultan's nephew and niece-in-law) ***Tengku Kamiliah Zanariah Josephine Ehsan Shah (the Sultan's grandniece) **Tengku Puteri Kathira Zanariah Ihsan Maimunah Aminah Iskandar (The Sultan's niece) *Tengku Puteri Zahariah or Ku Yah (the Sultan's sister) **Syed Budriz Putra Jamalullail of Perlis, ''Engku Maharaja Lela Setia Paduka Selangor'' and Tengku Aressa Helanie of Kelantan (the Sultan's nephew and niece-in-law) ***Syed Aqil Harryth Jamalullail of Perlis (the Sultan's grandnephew) ***Sharifah Allyssa Hanis of Perlis (the Sultan's grandniece) **Sharifah Rima Irwani Jamalullail of Perlis and Wan Muhammad Shazly (the Sultan's niece and nephew-in-law) ***Wan Mohammad Khalil Putra Jamalullail of Perlis (the Sultan's grandnephew) ***Wan Puteri Khadijah Jamalullail of Perlis (the Sultan's grandniece) **Sharifah Emilia Safina Jamalullail of Perlis (the Sultan's niece) **Raja Sheena Frida of Perak and Iskandar Alam bin Zainal Abidin (the Sultan's niece and nephew-in-law) **Megat Muhammad Faez and An-Nuura Nasuha Rasnatrazia (the Sultan's nephew and niece-in-law) *Tengku Abdul Samad Shah, ''Tengku Panglima Besar Selangor'' (the Sultan's brother) **Tengku Musahiddin Shah, ''Tengku Seri Perkasa Diraja Selangor'' (the Sultan's nephew) **Tengku Munazirah and Izzat Ilyas bin Muhammad Nasir (the Sultan's niece and nephew-in-law) *Tengku Puteri Arafiah and Abdul Aziz bin Shariff (the Sultan's sister and brother-in-law) **Putera Azamuddin Shah (the Sultan's nephew) *Tengku Ahmad Shah, ''Tengku Panglima Raja Selangor'' and Tunku Irinah of Negeri Sembilan, ''Tengku Puan Panglima Raja Selangor'' (the Sultan's brother and sister-in-law) **Tengku Alam Shah Amiruddin (the Sultan's nephew) **Tengku Alana Iman Shahirah and Faiz Dhiyaulhaq bin Suffian (the Sultan's niece and nephew-in-law) *Tengku Puteri Nur Marina and Haldun Elci (the Sultan's sister and brother-in-law) **Hiko Momoji, born Atilla Elci (the Sultan's nephew) • Tengku Puteri Sofiah °Raja Jasrill Ashrul Raja Jaafar(the Sultan's nephew) °Raja Jasrina Ashrinn Raja Jaafar (the Sultan's niece) *Tengku Puteri Nor Zehan, ''Tengku Puan Panglima Perlis'' and

Syed Zainol Anwar Jamalullail Syed Zainol Anwar ibni Syed Putra Jamalullail (born 1952), better known as Syed Anwar Jamalullail is a Malaysian businessman and member of Perlis Royal Family. He is the younger brother of the current Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin. E ...

, ''Tengku Syarif Panglima Perlis'' (the Sultan's sister and brother-in-law) **Syed Haizam Hishamuddin Putra Jamalullail of Perlis, ''Engku Panglima Setia Diraja Selangor'' and Nurlin binti Muhammad Salleh of Perak (the Sultan's nephew and niece-in-law) ***Sharifah Nur Alara Budriah Jamalullail (the Sultan’s Grandniece) ***Syed Azlan Salahuddin Putra Jamalullail (the Sultan’s Grandnephew) ***Sharifah Nur Zahra Hatijah Jamalullail (the Sultan’s Grandniece) **Syed Jufri Dhiauddin Putra Jamalullail of Perlis and Che’ Puan Siti Sarah Noble (the Sultan's nephew and niece-in-law) ***Syed Ayden Husain Mateen Aziz Putra Jamalullail of Perlis (The Sultan’s Grandnephew) **Sharifah Eliza Cornelia Putri Jamalullail of Perlis and YTM Tunku Dato’ Dr Muzaffar Shah Tunku Jaafar Laksmana of Kedah (the Sultan's niece and nephew-in-law) ***Tunku Inaya Rahimah (the Sultan’s Grandniece)

Extended family

Tengku Putra Tengku Malay titles, Dato' Setia Putra Al-Haj bin Tengku Azman Shah Al-Haj (born 22 July 1951) is a Malaysian corporate figure and a member of the Sultan of Selangor, Selangor Royal Family and Sultan of Kelantan, Kelantan Royal Family. He ...

, ''Tengku Indera Pahlawan Diraja Selangor'' and Pengiran Hajah Zaliha of Brunei (the Sultan's first cousin and cousin-in-law) **Tengku Saidatul Rehan (the Sultan's first cousin children) **Tengku Saifan Rafhan Putra (the Sultan's first cousin children) **Tengku Ainul Nur Syuhada (the Sultan's first cousin children) *Tengku Nazri (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Puteri Insani (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Shamsulbhari and Tengku Zubaidah binti Tengku Mohammad (the Sultan's cousin and cousin-in-law) *Tengku Hishamuddin Zaizi and Che Puan Hezeita binti Muhammad Hafidz (the Sultan's cousin and cousin-in-law) *Tengku Puteri Saidatul Aini (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Rashad, ''Engku Orang Kaya Diraja Selangor'' (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Anisha (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Lutfi (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Sakinah (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Shukri (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Narima (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Muhammad Najib (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Iskandar, ''Tengku Seri Andika Diraja Selangor'' (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Badariah (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Aina (the Sultan's cousin) *Tengku Nur Anuwar (the Sultan's grandaunt) *Tengku Mahmud Shah Al-Haj (the Sultan's granduncle) *Tengku Ardy Esfandiari, ''Tengku Seri Paduka Shah Bandar'' and Toh Puan Siti Rahilah Mohd Hashim (the Sultan's first cousin once removed and cousin-in-law) **Tengku Ezrique Ezzuddean, ''Bentara Raja'' and Che Puan Syamim Farid (the Sultan's second cousin and second cousin-in-law) **Tengku Ezzer Ezzaruddean and Che Puan Juliana Razman (the Sultan's second cousin and second cousin-in-law) **Tengku Ezran Ezzaeddean and Che Puan Nur Syazana Mustakim (the Sultan's second cousin and second cousin-in-law)

References

External links

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