Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah

Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah تنكو أمير ناصر إبراهيم شاه
Tengku Panglima Raja
Tenure15 August 2019 – present
Proclamation15 August 2019
BornTengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah bin Tengku Ibrahim
25 August 1986
SpouseCik Puan Panglima Puteri Suraiya Afzan
Issue
  • Tengku Adam Ibrahim Shah
  • Tengku Sulaiman Abdullah Shah
  • Tengku Nuh Mohamed Shah
Names
Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah bin Almarhum Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Ibrahim
Regnal name
Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah ibni Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah
HouseBendahara
FatherTengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Tan Sri Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah
MotherCzarina binti Abdullah
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
AllegianceMalaysia
Service/branchMalaysian Army
Years of service2019–present
Rank Brigadier General
Unit505th Territorial Army Regiment

Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah bin Almarhum Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Ibrahim (born 25 August 1986) is a member of Pahang Royal Family and the Tengku Panglima Raja. He is the adopted son of Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, the current Sultan of Pahang and his wife Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, the Tengku Ampuan of Pahang.

Background

Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah was born on 25 August 1986. He is the youngest of ten children of the late Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Tan Sri Ibrahim Ibni Sultan Abu Bakar. Tengku Amir is also his father's youngest son from his third wife, Puan Sri Czarina binti Abdullah who is of Filipino descent. Tengku Amir has an elder biological brother, Tengku Arif Fahad born on 12 September 1984 and an elder biological sister, Tengku Chanela Jamidah born on 20 May 1983.

Tengku Amir is the grandson of Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abdullah Al-Mu’tassim Billah Shah, the fourth Sultan of modern Pahang.

In 1987, at the age of one, he was adopted by his cousin the Tengku Mahkota of Pahang at that time, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah to be his adopted son. He was raised along with Tengku Abdullah's children, namely Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah, the current Tengku Mahkota of Pahang.

Military career

Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah had undergone military training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom. He was commissioned as lieutenant colonel on 21 January 2020. He was promoted to colonel on 7 April 2022 and again to Brigadier General on 27 October 2023. He currently serves as Commander of Regiment 505 of the Territorial Army.

Marriage

Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah married Yang Hormat Mulia Cik Puan Panglima Puteri Suraiya Afzan binti Mohamed Moiz on 19 December 2013. Puteri Suraiya Afzan is the daughter of the Tengku Puteri Seri Lela Manja Tengku Dato' Sri Hajjah Nong Fatimah binti Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah who is Tengku Amir's first cousin.

Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah and his wife have three sons; Tengku Adam Ibrahim Shah (born on 27 December 2015), Tengku Sulaiman Abdullah Shah (born on 25 June 2018) and Tengku Nuh Mohamed Shah (born on 31 January 2022).

Tengku Panglima Raja

On 15 August 2019, upon the accession of his adoptive father as Sultan of Pahang, Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah was conferred the title Tengku Panglima Raja.

In his capacity as Tengku Panglima Raja, Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah also serves as Deputy President of the State Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MUIP).

Honours