Tunku Soraya

Consort of the Deputy Crown Prince of Perak (born 1960)

تونكو ثريا‎Raja Puan Muda of PerakIncumbent20 June 2014 – presentPredecessorRaja Nor Mahani

BornTunku Soraya binti Tengku Abdul Aziz
(1960-04-30)30 April 1960
Alor Setar, Kedah, MalaysiaSpouseRaja Iskandar Dzurkarnain (m.1986)IssueRaja Nabil Imran
Raja Idris Shah
Raja Sarina Intan Bahiyah
Raja Safia Azizah
Raja Siffudin Muazzam Shah

Names
Tunku Soraya binti Almarhum Tengku Abdul Aziz
Regnal name
Tunku Soraya binti Almarhum Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah

HouseMahawangsa (by birth)
Siak-Perak (by marriage)FatherTengku Abdul Aziz ibni Almarhum Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah (biological)
Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (adoptive)MotherTunku Hamidah binti Almarhum Sultan Badlishah (biological)
Sultanah Bahiyah (adoptive)ReligionIslam

Royal family of Perak

Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, the Sultan Tuanku Zara Salim, the Raja Permaisuri Raja Azlan Muzzaffar Shah, the Raja Kecil Besar Raja Nazira Safya Raja Jaafar, the Raja Muda Raja Nazhatul Shima, the Raja Puan Besar Raja Shah Azman (s/o late Raja Nor Mahani) Raja Nor Azwina (d/o late Raja Nor Mahani) Christopher Daud Grant Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain, the Raja Di-Hilir Tunku Soraya of Kedah, the Raja Puan Muda Raja Nabil Imran Che’ Jocelyn Nur Alina Abdullah Raja Sarah Bahiyah Raja Idris Shah Che’ Anis Nabilla binti Dato’ Abdul Razak Raja Intan Soraya Raja Sarina Intan Bahiyah Raja Safia Azizah Raja Siffudin Muazzam Shah Raja Ahmad Nazim Azlan Shah, the Raja Kecil Sulong Raja Iskandar, the Raja Kecil Tengah Che’ Puan Rokiak, the Che’ Puan Kecil Tengah Raja Muhammad Azryn Shah Che’ Hezrin Nazlin Raja Muhammad Ibrahim Che’ Sazelinoor Raja Ahmad Zarif Iskandar Raja Ahmad Zakwan Ilmi Raja Anis Azyarina Almarhum Raja Izuddin Chulan, the Raja Kecil Bongsu Raja Arbi, the Raja Puan Kecil Bongsu Raja Shamir Che’ Fadzliza Hamin Raja Amaluddin Chulan Raja Zara Dariah Muhammad Rizal Bin Yaakob Raja Zana Nadiah Shahzan Bin Dato' Shamsul Bahari Raja Dara Zaliah Meor Faizal Bin Sairi Raja Dana Afzan
Azlan Shah's family
Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah's widow Raja Azureen Dato' Seri Mohd Salleh Latiff Mohd Salleh Datin Nurlin Mohd Salleh Dato' Syed Haizam Hishamuddin Putra Jamalullail of Perlis & Selangor, the Engku Panglima Setia Diraja of Selangor Sharifah Nur Alara Budriah Jamalullail Syed Azlan Salahuddin Putra Jamalullail Sharifah Nur Zahra Hatijah Jamalullail Sharifah Nur Ilana Bainunsafia Jamalullail Azlin Mohd Salleh Azim Mohd Salleh Dato' Seri Noraini Jane Kamarul Ariffin, Raja Ashman Shah's widow Raja Ahmad Nazim Azlan Shah, the Raja Kecil Sulong Raja Eminah Alliyah Mustafa Mohammad (né Patrick Mcdonald) Raja Bainunnisa Safia Raja Eleena Ismail Farouk Omar Azlan Imran Azlan Ashman Azlan Puteri Alia Azleena Tengku Muhammad Ariff Puteri Nur Iman Sofia Raja Yong Sofia Tunku Kamil of Kedah Tunku Aznal Shahabudin Tunku Amira Shahabudin Tunku Maisara Shahabudin
Idris Shah's family
Raja Nazhatul Shima, the Raja Puan Besar Raja Jaafar, the Raja Muda Syed Saif Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Syed Ibrahim Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Che’ Suzanna Farah Sharifah Nadyatul Iman Alsagoff Syed Ismail Iman Alsagoff Sharifah Salma Elora Alsagoff Syed Redzuan Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Sharifah Nadiah Almahdaly Syed Shareef Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Syed Idris Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Syed Iskandar Alsagoff (s/o late Syed Omar Alsagoff) Che’ Vivian Khor Min Zi Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain, the Raja Di-Hilir Tunku Soraya of Kedah, the Raja Puan Muda Raja Nabil Imran Che’ Jocelyn Nur Alina Abdullah Raja Sarah Bahiyah Raja Idris Shah Che’ Anis Nabila binti Dato’ Abdul Razak Raja Intan Soraya Raja Sarina Intan Bahiyah Raja Safia Azizah Raja Siffudin Muazzam Shah Raja Dato' Seri Izzuddin Iskandar Shah Tengku Datin Seri Noor Hazah Raja Teh Umi Kalsom Raja Muzaffar Idris Shah Raja Putra Muhamad Riza Raja Zarith Sofiah, the Queen of Malaysia & the Permaisuri of Johor Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia & the Sultan of Johor Tunku Ismail, the Regent & the Tunku Mahkota of Johor Che' Puan Mahkota Khaleeda, the Che' Puan Mahkota of Johor Tunku Khalsom Aminah Sofiah Tunku Iskandar Abdul Jalil Abu Bakar Ibrahim, the Raja Muda of Johor Tunku Abu Bakar Ibrahim Tunku Zahrah Zarith Aziyah Tunku Tun Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Dato' Dennis Muhammad Layla Sofiah Second child (undeclared name) Tunku Idris Iskandar, the Tunku Temenggong of Johor Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Tunku Panglima of Johor Tunku Abu Bakar, the Tunku Putera of Johor Raja Dato' Seri Ir. Jamil Ariffin YBhg. Datin Seri Fazilah Hani binti Dato' Harun Raja Rafiuddin Ariff Shah (s/o late Tengku Datin Seri Zalila) Che’ Nur Shazwani Raja Idris Iskandar Shah (s/o late Tengku Datin Seri Zalila) Raja Muhammad Hazim Shah (s/o late Tengku Datin Seri Zalila)
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Royal family of Kedah

Sultan Salehuddin, the Sultan Sultanah Maliha, the Sultanah Tengku Sarafuddin Badlishah, the Raja Muda Che Puan Muda Zaheeda, the Raja Puan Muda Tunku Zara Bahiyah Tunku Sulaiman Badlishah Tunku Shazuddin Ariff, the Tunku Mahkota Che Puan Nur Julie Ariff, the Tunku Puan Mahkota
Che Puan Besar Haminah, the Che Puan Besar and widow of Abdul Halim of Kedah Tunku Soraya, the Raja Puan Muda of Perak Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain, the Raja Di-Hilir of Perak Raja Nabil Imran Che’ Jocelyn Nur Alina Abdullah Raja Sarah Bahiyah Raja Idris Shah Che’ Anis Nabilla Raja Intan Soraya Raja Sarina Intan Bahiyah Raja Safia Azizah Raja Siffudin Muazzam Shah Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz, the Tunku Temenggong
Tunku Abdul Hamid Thani, the Tunku Bendahara Datin Seri Diraja Puan Sri Nora binti Abdullah, the Toh Puan Bendahara
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Tunku Soraya binti Almarhum Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (Jawi: تونكو ثريا بنت المرحوم سلطان عبدالحليم معظم شاه; born Tunku Soraya binti Tengku Abdul Aziz; 30 April 1960) is the Raja Puan Muda (Deputy Crown Princess) of Perak who is the consort of Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain, the Raja Di-Hilir (Deputy Crown Prince) of Perak. She was adopted by her maternal uncle Sultan Abdul Halim and his consort Sultanah Bahiyah of Kedah as their daughter on 3 May 1960.

Biography

Tunku Soraya was born on 30 April 1960 in Alor Setar, Kedah. She is the biological daughter of Tunku Hamidah, daughter of Sultan Badlishah of Kedah and her husband Tengku Abdul Aziz, son of Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah of Terengganu.

She has a twin sister, the late Tunku Sarina binti Tengku Abdul Aziz who was married to Tunku Abdul Karim bin Tunku Ziauddin al-Haj. Tunku Sarina passed away in 1991 and was buried at the Langgar Royal Mausoleum.

On her biological father's side, she is a cousin of the 29th and current Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Sallehuddin, whilst on her adoptive father's side, she is also related to him as a niece.

On 3 May 1960, Sultan Abdul Halim and his wife Sultanah Bahiyah adopted both Tunku Soraya and Tunku Sarina as their daughters. Six years later, the royal couple gave birth to Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz in 1966.^[1]

Education

Tunku Soraya received her early education at St Nicholas Convent, Alor Star and at Bukit Nenas Convent, Kuala Lumpur and continued her studies at Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton, Sussex, England.

Personal life

Tunku Soraya married Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain, the son of Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakil Alallahi Shah of Perak and Raja Perempuan Muzwin, on 24 August 1986. They have three sons and two daughters.

Name	Birth	Place of birth	Age
His Highness (Yang Mulia) Raja Nabil Imran Abdul Aziz	(1987-08-02)2 August 1987	Kedah	36 years, 9 months and 13 days
His Highness (Yang Mulia) Raja Idris Shah	(1989-07-18)18 July 1989	Kedah	34 years, 10 months and 2 days
Her Highness (Yang Mulia) Raja Sarina Intan Bahiyah	(1992-06-12)12 June 1992	Kedah	31 years, 11 months and 8 days
Her Highness (Yang Mulia) Raja Safia Azizah	(1997-06-05)5 June 1997	Kedah	26 years, 11 months and 15 days
His Highness (Yang Mulia) Raja Siffudin Muazzam Shah	(1999-11-18)18 November 1999	Kedah	24 years, 6 months and 2 days

Styles and honours

Styles of Tunku Soraya
Reference style	Her Highness
Spoken style	Your Highness
Alternative style	Tuanku

Member 2nd Class of the Most Esteemed Azlanii Royal Family Order (D.K.A. II)
Commander of the Most Esteemed Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M., 20 October 2016) – Tan Sri^[2]
Grand Commander of the Illustrious Order of Loyalty to Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah (S.H.M.S.) – Dato' Seri Diraja (2008)
Knight Grand Companion of the Illustrious Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (S.S.D.K.) – Dato' Seri (1986)

External links

Tunku Soraya on Instagram

References

^ http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2015/06/06/a-lifetime-of-leadership/
^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".

Malaysian royalty
Duli Yang Amat Mulia Raja Puan Muda of Perak Darul Ridzuan Tunku Soraya binti Almarhum Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Istana Al-Ridhuan Istana Firuz, Ipoh, Perak Born: 30 April 1960
Preceded by Raja Nor Mahani	Raja Puan Muda Perak 20 June 2014	Incumbent