Tunku Besar Burhanuddin ibni Almarhum Yamtuan Antah (22 September 1878 – 5 July 1961) was a member of the Negeri Sembilan royal family and once served as regent of

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

. His father was Yamtuan Antah ibni Yamtuan RadIn, who served as the 6th

Yamtuan Besar Yamtuan, also known officially as Yang di-Pertuan Besar and unofficially as Grand Ruler, is the royal title of the ruler of the states and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The Grand Ruler of Negeri Sembilan is ...

(now known as

Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Yamtuan, also known officially as Yang di-Pertuan Besar and unofficially as Grand Ruler, is the royal title of the ruler of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The Grand Ruler of Negeri Sembilan is elected by a council of ruling chiefs in the ...

) from 1869 to 1888. Tunku Burhanuddin's elder brother, Tuanku Muhammad became the 7th Yamtuan Besar and the first to use the title Yang di-Pertuan Besar upon Yamtuan Antah's death.

The title

Tunku Besar (Malay literally meaning "great prince") is the title of the heir presumptive of the throne of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. In ancient times it was also the title of the heir apparent of Melaka, Johor, Pahang (all in Malaysia) as well as several Malay sultanates in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Genealogy

Tunku Burhanuddin is best known as father of

queens. Three of his daughters served as Tunku Ampuan or Queen consorts. His eldest daughter,

Tunku Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin Tunku Puan Besar Hajah Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin ( Jawi: تونكو ڤوان بسر قرشية بنت المرحوم تونكو بسر برهان الدين; 16 May 1911 – 2 February 1999) was the Tunku Ampuan Besar or Que ...

was married to

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Tuanku Sir Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad ( Jawi: ; 24 August 1895 – 1 April 1960) was the first Paramount Ruler or Yang di-Pertuan Agong of the Federation of Malaya, eighth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Seri Menanti and second Yang d ...

and was Tunku Ampuan from 1933. She was succeeded as Tunku Ampuan by her sister and Tunku Burhanuddin's second daughter, Tunku Ampuan Durah, who was married to Tunku Munawir. Tunku Burhanuddin's youngest daughter,

Tuanku Najihah Tunku Ampuan Najihah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin ( Jawi: تونكو امڤوان ناجحة بنت المرحوم تونكو بسر برهان الدين; born 1 September 1923) is the Tunku Ampuan of Negeri Sembilan. She was formerl ...

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. She was formerly the Tunku Ampuan Besar or Queen of Negeri Sembilan from 1967 to 2008, when she ascended to the throne. Both

Tunku Kurshiah Tunku Puan Besar Hajah Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin ( Jawi: تونكو ڤوان بسر قرشية بنت المرحوم تونكو بسر برهان الدين; 16 May 1911 – 2 February 1999) was the Tunku Ampuan Besar or Que ...

and

also served a five-year term as

Raja Permaisuri Agong ''Raja Permaisuri Agong'' ( Jawi: راج ڤرمايسوري اݢوڠ; full title: ''Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Permaisuri Agong''; سري ڤدوک بݢيندا راج ڤرمايسوري اݢوڠ, literally ''The Que ...

or Queen of

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. His granddaughter,

Tuanku Bahiyah Sultanah Hajah Bahiyah binti Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman ( ms, سلطانة حاجة باهية بنت المرحوم توانكو عبدالرحمن, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 24 August 1930 – 26 August 2003) was the Sultanah ...

, daughter of

, was Sultanah of Kedah and also served a term as

. His grandson,

Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir (born 14 January 1948) is the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Besar (Grand Ruler) of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Early life Tunku Muhriz is the only son out of six children of the late Tuanku Munawir ibni A ...

, son of Tunku Ampuan Durah is the current

. Tunku Besar Burhanuddin died in 1961.

Foreign honours

* : ** Honorary

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. ...

(CMG, 3 June 1935){{London Gazette, issue=34166, page=3598 , supp=y, date=3 June 1935

References

Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan 1878 births 1961 deaths Royal House of Negeri Sembilan Sons of monarchs