Tunku Puan Nora

Names
Tengku Nora binti Almarhum Tengku Panglima Raja Tengku Ahmad
Regnal name
Tunku Puan Nora Ismail

HouseTemenggong (by marriage)
Long Yunus (by birth)FatherTengku Long Ahmad bin Tengku Abdul GhaffarMotherChe Puan Hajah Fatimah binti Dato' Abdul HamidReligionSunni Islam

Royal family of Johor
The King The Queen The Crown Prince and Regent The Crown Princess Tunku Khalsom Aminah Sofiah The Raja Muda Tunku Abu Bakar Ibrahim Tunku Zahrah Zarith Aziyah Tunku Tun Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Dato' Dennis Muhammad Abdullah Layla Sofiah Second child (unknown name) The Tunku Temenggong The Tunku Panglima The Tunku Putera
Tunku Puteri Kamariah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, the Tunku Puteri and Tengku Puan Laksamana of Selangor Tengku Sulaiman Shah, the Tengku Laksamana of Selangor Tengku Shakirinal Amin Mahmud Ismail Ahmad Shah Tengku Salehuddin Ismail Shah, the Tengku Indera Bijaya Diraja of Selangor Tengku Shahrain Ismail Ibrahim Iskandar Hishamuddin Shah Tengku Sharifuddin Ibrahim Ismail Iskandar Abdul Aziz Shah Tengku Kathira Zanariah Ihsan Maimunah Aminah Iskandar Putri Tunku Besar Zabedah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, the Tunku Besar Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, the Tengku Ampuan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, the Sultan of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim, the Tengku Mahkota of Pahang Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri'ayatuddin Shah, the Tengku Arif Bendahara of Pahang Tengku Ahmad Ismail Mu'adzam Shah, the Tengku Panglima Perang of Pahang Tengku Puteri Afzan Aminah Hafidzatullah, the Tengku Puteri Raja of Pahang Tengku Puteri Jihan Azizah Athiyatullah, the Tengku Puteri Raja of Pahang
The Tunku Aris Bendahara Tunku Teh Mazni of Kedah and Kelantan Tunku Mahmood Iskandar Tunku Aisha Menjalara Iskandar Tunku Abdul Mateen Idris Ismail Ibrahim Iskandar Tunku Mariam Zahrah Tunku Noraini Fatimah Tunku Maimuna Ismailiah Tunku Muna Najiah Tunku Amina Kalsom Masera Marian Zahira Iskandariah
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Tunku Puan Nora Ismail (Jawi: تونكو ڤوان نورة إسماعيل), formerly known as Sultanah Nora (born Tengku Nora binti Tengku Ahmad; 10 October 1937) was the Sultanah of Johor from 1978 to 1981. She is the sister of late Tunku Puan Zanariah who was also the Sultanah of Johor from 1981 to 2010.^[1] She is the daughter of Tengku Panglima Raja Tengku Long Ahmad bin Tengku Temenggong Long Abdul Ghaffar of Kelantan.

In 2011, Sultanah Nora was given the title Yang Amat Mulia Tunku Puan Nora Ismail while Sultanah Zanariah was titled Yang Amat Mulia Tunku Puan Zanariah Iskandar in continuation of a royal tradition following the proclamation of a new queen.^[2][3]

Personal life

Tengku Nora was born on 10 October 1937 at Istana Dusun Green, Pasir Mas, Kelantan. She is the sixth of the nine children of Tengku Panglima Raja Tengku Long Ahmad bin Tengku Temenggong Tengku Abdul Ghaffar and Che Puan Hajah Fatimah binti Dato' Abdul Hamid out of nine siblings. Her sister, the late Tengku Zanariah was the wife of the late Sultan Iskandar of Johor.

Tengku Nora received her early education at Pasir Mas English School and Zainab School in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. After that, she attended Bukit Nanas Convent School, Kuala Lumpur for three years. Later, she continued her studies at Southend-on-Sea College in England in the fields of literature, social science, and home science. In her spare time, her enjoys gardening, exercising, playing golf, and attending religious classes.^[4]

Marriage

She married Sultan Ismail of Johor at Istana Bukit Serene, Johor Bahru on 13 November 1977 as his second wife following the death of his first wife Sultanah Aminah on 14 September 1977.

Coronation

She was crowned as the Sultanah of Johor in conjunction with Sultan Ismail's 84th birthday on 28 October 1978 at Istana Besar Johor.

Honours

•  Johor:
  • First Class of the Most Esteemed Royal Family Order of Johor (DK I, 28 October 1978)
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Crown of Johor (SPMJ, 28 October 1978)
  • Knight Grand Companion of the Most Blessed Order of Loyalty of Sultan Ismail of Johor (SSIJ, 8 April 1996)
•  Kelantan:
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Most Illustrious Order of the Crown of Kelantan (SPMK, 1994)

Eponym

• Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail, Batu Pahat, Johor^[5]

References

Tunku Puan Nora Royal Family of Johor Born: 10 October 1937
Malaysian royalty
Preceded by Tunku Puan Fawzia Abdullah	Tunku Puan Johor 2011 – present	Incumbent