Ismail of Johor - Family

Family

A fat, meek and quiet ruler, Sultan Ismail married two official wives who served as Sultanahs of Johor. They were:

  • Sultanah Ungku Tun Aminah binti Ungku Ahmad (d. 1977), a second cousin of the Sultan, married on 30 August 1920. Sultanah Aminah died in a road accident in 1977. He had seven children with her, of which only three survived to adulthood:
  • Tunku Abdul Jalil (1924-1925)
  • Tunku Kalthum Maimunah (1927-1930)
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman (1930-1930)
  • Tunku Mahmud (later Sultan Iskandar) (born 1932-2010)
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman (1933-89)
  • Tunku Helen (1936-1937)
  • Tunku Tun Maimunah (born 1939)
  • Sultanah Tengku Nora binti Tengku Panglima Raja Ahmad, member of the Kelantanese royal household, married in October 1978. She is the sister of Tengku Zanariah (next Sultanah), the spouse of Sultan Iskandar.

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