Sultan of Terengganu

Sultan of Terengganu
Provincial/State
Arms of His Royal Highness the Sultan of Terengganu
Incumbent
Mizan Zainal Abidin since 15 May 1998
Coronation 4 March 1999
Details
Style	His Royal Highness
Heir apparent	Tengku Muhammad Ismail
First monarch	Zainal Abidin I
Formation	1725; 297 years ago (1725)
Residence	Istana Syarqiyyah, Kuala Terengganu

The Terengganu Sultan's Headgear (Solek Belalai Gajah). This woven songket headgear is worn by the Sultan of Terengganu. The songket is folded like a leaf bud pointing upwards, resembling an elephant tusk from which it takes its name. This headdress is folded in three layers with its point wounded to the right, which signifies the wearer is royal.

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 of the religion of Islam in the state and the source of all titles, honours and dignities in the state.

List of office bearers[]

Sultan Muhammad Shah II, then a Raja Muda in 1909.

1. 1725–1733: Zainal Abidin I
2. 1733–1793: Mansur Shah I
3. 1793–1808: Zainal Abidin II
4. 1808–1830: Ahmad Shah I
5. 1830–1831: Abdul Rahman
6. 1831 (jointly): Omar Riayat Shah and Mansur Shah II
7. 1831–1837: Mansur Shah II
8. 1837–1839: Muhammad Shah I
9. 1839–1876: Omar Riayat Shah
10. 1876-1877: Mahmud Mustafa Shah
11. 1876–1881: Ahmad Shah II
12. 1881–1918: Zainal Abidin III
13. 1918–1920: Muhammad Shah II
14. 1920–1942: Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
15. 1942–1945: Ali Shah
16. 1945–1979: Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
17. 1979–1998: Mahmud al-Muktafi Billah Shah
18. 1998–present: Mizan Zainal Abidin

See also[]

• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
• Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq

External links[]

• WorldStatesmen.org