Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Mohd Ali is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Bainun. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Bainun بعينون‎
Raja Permaisuri Agong IX
Tenure	26 April 1989 – 25 April 1994
Installation	18 September 1989
Predecessor	Sultanah Zanariah
Successor	Tuanku Najihah
Raja Permaisuri of Perak
Tenure	3 February 1984 – 28 May 2014
Installation	9 December 1985
Predecessor	Raja Muzwin (as Raja Perempuan)
Successor	Tuanku Zara Salim
Born	(1932-11-07) 7 November 1932 (age 92) Penang, British Malaya, Straits Settlements
Spouse	Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ​ ​ (m. 1955; died 2014)​
Issue	Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah Raja Azureen Raja Ashman Shah Raja Eleena Raja Yong Sofia
Names Bainun binti Mohd Ali Regnal name Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun
Father	Mohd Ali bin Man[1]
Mother	Che Putih binti Abdullah
Religion	Sunni Islam

Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun (Jawi: راج ڤرمايسوري توانکو بعينون; born Bainun binti Mohd Ali; 7 November 1932) is the former Raja Permaisuri (Queen consort) of Perak. She was also the ninth Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen Consort of Malaysia) and the first commoner ever to be installed as the Raja Permaisuri Agong. She is the widow of the Sultan Azlan Shah and the mother of the incumbent Sultan Nazrin Shah. She is now styled as Yang Maha Mulia Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun.

Background

Tuanku Bainun was born on 7 November 1932 in Penang in the Straits Settlements and received her early education at the St. George's Girls School, Penang. She was selected to further her studies at the prestigious Teacher's Training College, Kirkby, England from 1952 to 1954.

A year after returning from England, she married Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah of Perak on 9 December 1955. The Sultan was then a Magistrate in Kuala Lumpur, while Tuanku Bainun was teaching at her former school. She was a teacher for 22 years and has taught in various schools in Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, Raub, Taiping and Kuantan.

Queen consort

Upon her husband's accession to the Perakian throne on 3 February 1984, she became the Raja Permaisuri of Perak with the honorific prefix of Tuanku before her given name. In Perak a queen consort of royal blood is known as a Raja Perempuan, while the title of Raja Permaisuri was reserved for commoner consorts. Her Royal Highness was officially proclaimed the Raja Permaisuri of Perak Darul Ridzuan on 9 December 1985 in a ceremony at the Istana Iskandariah in Kuala Kangsar.

Sultan Azlan Shah was elected as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong and during the oath taking and signing ceremony on 26 April 1989, Tuanku Bainun was proclaimed Raja Permaisuri Agong. Tuanku Bainun is the first commoner ever to become Queen of Malaysia. She was crowned Raja Permaisuri Agong on 19 February 1988 a new throne made of silver that replaced the ancient wooden throne used by Malaysia's eight previous queens. They held these titles until the end of Azlan Shah's term on 25 April 1994.

She ceased to be Raja Permaisuri of Perak on 28 May 2014, after her husband died. She was succeeded a month later by her daughter in-law, Tuanku Zara Salim.

Royal family

The royal couple had five children, two sons and three daughters. The eldest is Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, the current Sultan of Perak. The others are Raja Dato’ Seri Azureen Binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, Raja Dato’ Seri Ashman Shah Ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, Raja Dato' Seri Eleena Binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah and Raja Dato' Seri Yong Sofia Binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah.^[2]

Orders and recognitions

She was awarded:^{[citation needed]}

Honours of Perak

•  Perak
  • Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Perak (DK)^[3]
  • Member First Class of the Azlanii Royal Family Order (DKA I, 2010)^[4]

Honours of Malaysia

•  Malaysia
  • Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (DMN)^[5]
•  Selangor
  • First Class of the Royal Family Order of Selangor (DK I, 11 December 2005)

Foreign Honours

•  Japan
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown (30 September 1991)
•  Thailand
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Chula Chom Klao (September 1990)

Academic

• Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University

Places named after her

Raja Pemaisuri Bainun Bridge

Several places were named after her, including:

• Raja Pemaisuri Bainun Bridge in Lumut, Perak
• Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh, Perak
• Raja Permaisuri Bainun Mosque in Kuala Kangsar, Perak
• Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun in Ipoh, Perak
• Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Tuanku Bainun in Bukit Mertajam, Penang
• SMK Raja Permaisuri Bainun, a secondary school in Ipoh, Perak
• Tuanku Bainun Library in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim, Perak

See also

• Yang Di-Pertuan Agong
• Raja Permaisuri Agong

References

1. warisanpermaisuri
2. Blazing trails in halls of Academia
3. former DK ribbon and current DK ribbon
4. Tuanku Bainun wearing DKA
5. Tuanku Bainun wearing DMN

Tuanku Bainun Royal House of Perak Born: 7 November 1932
Malaysian royalty
Preceded by Raja Muzwin Binti Almarhum Raja Ariff Shah (as Raja Perempuan of Perak)	Raja Permaisuri of Perak (Consort of Sultan of Perak) 1984–2014	Succeeded by Tuanku Zara Salim
Preceded by Tengku Zanariah (Sultanah of Johor)	Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen of Malaysia)	Succeeded by Tunku Najihah (Tunku Ampuan of Negeri Sembilan)