Che Puan Besar Kalsom Abdullah

Sultanah of Pahang from 1992 to 2019

Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah

(m. 1991; died 2019)

IssueTengku Fahad Mua'adzam ShahReligionSunni Islam

Royal family of Pahang

Al-Sultan Abdullah, the Sultan of Pahang Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, the Tengku Ampuan of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah, the Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of Pahang Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri'ayatuddin Shah, the Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah, the Tengku Panglima Raja Puteri Suraiya Afzan, the Che Puan Panglima Raja Tengku Adam Ibrahim Shah Tengku Sulaiman Abdullah Shah Tengku Nuh Mohamed Shah Tengku Ahmad Ismail Mu'adzam Shah, the Tengku Panglima Perang Tengku Puteri Afzan Aminah Hafidzatullah, the Tengku Puteri Raja Mr. Fateh Idzham bin Fateh Iskandar Tengku Puteri Jihan Azizah 'Athiyatullah, the Tengku Puteri Raja Che Puan Julia binti Abdul Rais, the second wife of the Sultan Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan, the Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Abu Bakar Ahmad Tengku Zayn Edin Shah Tengku Aleya Norlini Tengku Puteri Ilisha Ameera, the Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Ilyana, the Tengku Puteri Raja Che Puan Besar Kalsom, the Che Puan Besar and stepmother of the Sultan Tengku Abd Rahman, the Tengku Muda Che Puan Julita Aishah binti Abdul Latiff, the Che Puan Muda Tengku Ameera Asya Tengku Eddie Akasya Tengku Ahmad Firhan Shah Tengku Armaan Alam Shah Tengku Fahad Mua'adzam Shah, the Tengku Arif Temenggong Tengku Meriam, the Tengku Puteri Seri Lela Wangsa Dato' Sri Sheikh Mohamad Toufic Al-Ozeir Tengku Nurul Kamalia Dato' Ahmad Najmi Puteri Nadra Raniya Puteri Shakira Nurjenna Tengku Madina Kamalia Muhammad Fadhil Tengku Aidy Ahmad Shah, the Dato’ Setia Pahlawan Mai Nurliyana Meyor Hamdan, the To' Puan Setia Tengku Abdullah Amir Ahmad Shah Puteri Noor Afzan Tengku Muhaini, the Tengku Puteri Seri Teja Tan Sri Dato' Sri Affendi Buang Puteri Fara Natalia Ahmad Nazri Sophia Nina Imran Naeem Ayoub Ameer Puteri Imee Suhaila Puteri Munawwarah Syammiyah Tun Putera Matin Ahmad Shah Aida Rahimova Tun Putera Muhammad Abu Bakar Tun Putera Abdul Mubin Shah Saskia Natra Schwarz Tengku Aishah, the Tengku Puteri Seri Kemala Tunku Syazwan Kaiyisah Wan Putera Shahril Tun Putera Shakeel Abdullah Shah Tun Putera Khyrie Ahmad Shah Tun Putera Ahmad Aizuddin Shah Puteri Afzan Shakira Nabila Khairul Fahmy Khaira Alayna Sofia Khadijah Aishah Tengku Nong Fatimah, the Tengku Puteri Lela Manja Puteri Suraiya Afzan, the Che Puan Panglima Raja Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah, Tengku Panglima Raja Tengku Adam Ibrahim Shah Tengku Sulaiman Abdullah Shah Tengku Nuh Mohamed Shah Tun Putera Yasir Ahmad Shah Diyana Hazmi Isa Gabriel Shah Inara Alia Afzan Tun Putera Iskandar Alam Shah Tengku Shahariah, the Tengku Puteri Seri Bongsu Dato’ Sri Omar Naresh Mohan Abdullah Puteri Amida Afsha Afzan Wan Putera Shahjuan Puteri Ameera Azwa Asyarah
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Royal family of Pahang

Al-Sultan Abdullah, the Sultan of Pahang
Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, the Tengku Ampuan of Pahang
- Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah, the Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of Pahang
- Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri'ayatuddin Shah, the Tengku Arif Bendahara
- Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah, the Tengku Panglima Raja
  Puteri Suraiya Afzan, the Che Puan Panglima Raja
  - Tengku Adam Ibrahim Shah
  - Tengku Sulaiman Abdullah Shah
  - Tengku Nuh Mohamed Shah
- Tengku Ahmad Ismail Mu'adzam Shah, the Tengku Panglima Perang
- Tengku Puteri Afzan Aminah Hafidzatullah, the Tengku Puteri Raja
  Mr. Fateh Idzham bin Fateh Iskandar
- Tengku Puteri Jihan Azizah 'Athiyatullah, the Tengku Puteri Raja
Che Puan Julia binti Abdul Rais, the second wife of the Sultan
- Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan, the Tengku Puteri Raja
  Tengku Abu Bakar Ahmad
  - Tengku Zayn Edin Shah
  - Tengku Aleya Norlini
- Tengku Puteri Ilisha Ameera, the Tengku Puteri Raja
- Tengku Puteri Ilyana, the Tengku Puteri Raja

Che Puan Besar Kalsom, the Che Puan Besar and stepmother of the Sultan

Tengku Abd Rahman, the Tengku Muda
Che Puan Julita Aishah binti Abdul Latiff, the Che Puan Muda
- Tengku Ameera Asya
- Tengku Eddie Akasya
- Tengku Ahmad Firhan Shah
- Tengku Armaan Alam Shah
Tengku Fahad Mua'adzam Shah, the Tengku Arif Temenggong
Tengku Meriam, the Tengku Puteri Seri Lela Wangsa
Dato' Sri Sheikh Mohamad Toufic Al-Ozeir
- Tengku Nurul Kamalia
  Dato' Ahmad Najmi
  - Puteri Nadra Raniya
  - Puteri Shakira Nurjenna
- Tengku Madina Kamalia
  Muhammad Fadhil
- Tengku Aidy Ahmad Shah, the Dato’ Setia Pahlawan
  Mai Nurliyana Meyor Hamdan, the To' Puan Setia
  - Tengku Abdullah Amir Ahmad Shah
- Puteri Noor Afzan
Tengku Muhaini, the Tengku Puteri Seri Teja
Tan Sri Dato' Sri Affendi Buang
- Puteri Fara Natalia
  Ahmad Nazri
  - Sophia Nina
  - Imran Naeem
  - Ayoub Ameer
- Puteri Imee Suhaila
- Puteri Munawwarah Syammiyah
- Tun Putera Matin Ahmad Shah
  Aida Rahimova
- Tun Putera Muhammad Abu Bakar
- Tun Putera Abdul Mubin Shah
  Saskia Natra Schwarz
Tengku Aishah, the Tengku Puteri Seri Kemala
- Tunku Syazwan Kaiyisah
  Wan Putera Shahril
  - Tun Putera Shakeel Abdullah Shah
  - Tun Putera Khyrie Ahmad Shah
- Tun Putera Ahmad Aizuddin Shah
- Puteri Afzan Shakira Nabila
  Khairul Fahmy
  - Khaira Alayna
  - Sofia Khadijah Aishah
Tengku Nong Fatimah, the Tengku Puteri Lela Manja
- Puteri Suraiya Afzan, the Che Puan Panglima Raja
  Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah, Tengku Panglima Raja
  - Tengku Adam Ibrahim Shah
  - Tengku Sulaiman Abdullah Shah
  - Tengku Nuh Mohamed Shah
- Tun Putera Yasir Ahmad Shah
  Diyana Hazmi
  - Isa Gabriel Shah
  - Inara Alia Afzan
- Tun Putera Iskandar Alam Shah
Tengku Shahariah, the Tengku Puteri Seri Bongsu
Dato’ Sri Omar Naresh Mohan Abdullah
- Puteri Amida Afsha Afzan
  Wan Putera Shahjuan
- Puteri Ameera Azwa Asyarah

Che Puan Besar Hajjah Kalsom Abdullah (Jawi: چئ ڤوان بسر حاجه كلثوم عبدالله), formerly known as Sultanah Kalsom (née Anita; born 12 September 1951 in Taftan, Baluchistan, Dominion of Pakistan) is the former Sultanah of Pahang as the second wife of Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah.^[2] She is of Persian and Pakistani descent.

Early life

She was born on 12 September 1951 in Taftan, Baluchistan, Dominion of Pakistan.

Prior to her marriage, she was an air stewardess for a prominent airline.

Personal life

She and the Sultan have a son together Tengku Fahad Mua'adzam Shah, the Tengku Arif Temenggong of Pahang.^[2]^[3]

Titles and styles

Sultanah Kalsom's style was changed to Cik Puan Besar Hajjah Kalsom Abdullah on 15 August 2019.^[4]

Kiwanis Club of Kuantan

She has been the patron of the Kiwanis Club of Kuantan since 2004.^[5]^[6]

Honours and recognitions

Malaysia :
- Honorary Doctorate of Social Development from the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology - (18 December 2010)^[7]

References

^ "The Pahang State Secretary's Office today announced new honorifics for the Royal family". The Sun Daily. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Malaysian Monarchy: His and Her Majesty - Yang di-Pertuan Agong VII (The Sultan of Pahang)". Archived from the original on 12 April 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
^ HighBeam: New Straits Times - Pleasant surprise for Sultan Ahmad Shah
^ "Pursuant to the announcement, Sultanah Kalsom will be known as Cik Puan Besar Hajjah Kalsom Abdullah". New Straits Times. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
^ Mind: Those with Down Syndrome learn to gain employment
^ "Kiwanis Malaysia: Breaking News - DYMM Sultanah Pahang Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom is the Patron of the Kiwanis Club of Kuantan". Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
^ "DYMM Sultanah Pahang Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom DK | Leaders | Limkokwing University of Creative Technology". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.