Pahang Royal Family

Malacca conquered the Pahang form a Siamese local ruler during the early fifteenth century. The country was initially placed under the rule of the Bendahara family, but was later erected into a tributary Sultanate in the person of Muhammad Shah I.  The eldest son and heir apparent of Sultan Mansur Shah I of Malacca, he had been disinherited after committing murder. His Johor dynasty ruled the state until a series of onslaughts from Aceh during the early seventeenth century. Johor eventually annexed the state outright during the reign of a cruel and despotic Sultan. History does not record his name, only his misdeeds.

The modern Royal house of Pahang is also an offshoot of the Royal house of Johor, but of the second, or Bendahara dynasty. They are descended from one Sayyid 'Aidarus of Aceh in Sumatra, originally from the Hadramaut in Southern Arabia (see Johor). His descendants eventually came to rule over four states, Johor, Trengganu and Pahang, in Malaysia, and Lingga, in Indonesia. The family held the ancient Johor title of Bendahara. The area around Pahang formed a part of the hereditary domains attached to this title and administered directly by the Bendahara. The weakening of the Johor sultanate and the disputed succession to the sultanate was matched by an increasing independence of the great territorial magnates. In 1853, Tun Muhammad Tahir, renounced his allegiance to the Sultan of Johor and became independent ruler of Pahang. His brother Ahmad had disputed his succession to the Bendahara title for many years. Ahmad, successfully conquered Pahang and expelled his brother in 1863. He assumed the title of Sultan in 1884, seven years after the death of the last Sultan of the old Johor Royal House. 

The current Sultan of Pahang is HRH Sultan Ahmad Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Shah. He is the 5th Sultan of Modern Pahang. His reign start since 1974.

The consort of Sultan of Pahang is style as Tengku Ampuan Pahang, but the current consort is styled as Sultanah of Pahang. The current consort is HRH Sultanah Kalthom.

PALACE
Officials Palace for Sultan of Pahang is Istana Abu Bakar located at Pekan, Pahang. Its very grand and pretty. 


Sultan Ahmad Shah married twice. First with Almarhumah Tunku Ampuan Afzan binti Tengku Muhammad and second with Sultanah Kalthom. He has 3 sons and 5 daughters.

(with Tengku Ampuan Afzan)

Tengku Meriam (1955) 

Tengku Muhaini (1956)

Tengku Aishah Marcella (1957)

Tengku Abdullah (1959), Tengku Mahkota

Tengku Abdul Rahman (1960), Tengku Muda 

Tengku Nong Fatimah (1962) 

Tengku Shahariah (1964)

(with Sultanah Kalthom)

Tengku Abdul Fahd Muadzam (1994), Tengku Arif Temenggung