Sultan Zainal Abidin III Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Muadzam Shah II, , (12 April 1866 – 26 November 1918) was Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the state of

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from 1881 to 1918. Succeeding on the death of his father Sultan Ahmad, under his reign Terengganu became a British

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under the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909. In 1911, Sultan Zainal Abidin III issued Terengganu's first constitution. He died in

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on 26 November 1918, aged 52, after a nearly 37-year reign and was buried in the Zainal Abidin mosque. He was succeeded by his son, Muhammad Shah II.

Honours

Foreign honours

* : ** Knight Grand Cordon of the

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(April 1887) ** Knight Grand Cross of the

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(GCCT) (April 1896) * : ** UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon

Knight Commander of the

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(KCMG) – Sir (19 June 1911) 1866 births 1918 deaths Sultans of Terengganu Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George 19th-century monarchs in Asia {{Malaysia-royal-stub