Tengku Raihani

Tengku Raihani (11 October 1911 – 22 September 1993) was Queen of Brunei as the wife of the 27th Sultan of Brunei, Ahmad Tajuddin.^[1] She is the daughter of Sultan Sulaiman of Selangor and one of his consorts, Cik Puan Maimunah binti Abdullah.

Raihani ريحانا
Tengku Raihani and Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin in c. 1934
Queen consort of Brunei
Tenure	30 April 1934 – 4 June 1950
Installation	17 March 1940
Born	11 October 1911 Istana Bandar Temasha, Kuala Langat, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Died	22 September 1993(1993-09-22) (aged 81)
Burial	Sultan Sulaiman Mosque, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
Spouse	Ahmad Tajuddin ​ ​ (m. 1934; died 1950)​ Raja Kameludin ​ (m. 1956)​
Issue	Princess Nor Ehsani
Names Tengku Hajah Raihani binti Sultan Ala’eddin Sulaiman Shah
House	Opu Daeng Chelak (by birth) Bolkiah (by marriage)
Father	Sultan Sulaiman Shah
Mother	Cik Anjung Negara Cik Puan Maimunah Abdullah
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life

Tengku Raihani was born on 11 October 1911, at Istana Bandar Temasya in Jugra, Kuala Langat, Selangor, Malaysia (then located in the Federated Malay States).^[2]

Marriage

Tengku Raihani married Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin on 30 April 1934, at Istana Mahkota Puri in Klang in accordance with Selangor and Brunei's royal traditions. The relationship between the Malay dynastic royal families of Selangor in Malaysia and Brunei was created as a result of this marriage. The Jami'ah Al-Rahmah Mosque in Klang hosted the wedding ceremony on 6 May 1934.^[3] The prince's bridal party included Raihani's mother-in-law Pengiran Anak Fatimah, his younger brother Prince Omar Ali Saifuddien, as well as state dignitaries, members of the royal family of Brunei, including bearers of grandeur, and a group of naubats.^[4] On 17 March 1940, Tengku Raihani was appointed Tengku Ampuan Raihani and had one daughter with him, Princess Nor Ehsani, born 1935.^[2] Her tenure came to an end after the sudden death of her husband in Singapore on 4 June 1950.^[5] She immediately relayed the news through telegram to his brother Omar Ali Saifuddien.^[6]

She married Raja Kameludin ibni Raja Harun Al-Rashid, a son of Raja Harun Al-Rashid, on Saturday, 18 August 1956, at the Istana Bukit Kota in Klang, at the age of 45, following the passing of Ahmad Tajuddin. She married a member of the Perak state royal family when he was 38 years old. Kamaluddin is the brother to her first husband, grandson of Sultan Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah of Perak.^[7]

Death

Kidney cancer claimed the life of Tengku Ampuan Raihani on 22 September 1993, and she was laid to rest in the Tengku Ampuan Tomb Building at the Sultan Sulaiman Mosque in Kelang.^[2]