Mahmud of Terengganu

Sultan Mahmud was born on 29 April 1930 in Kuala Terengganu. He was married polygamously to both Tengku Besar Terengganu Fatimah Sharifah Nong Alsagoff binti Abdillah (1939–2023) and Tengku Ampuan Bariah (1933–2011), sister of Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor.

Mahmud's father Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin died in 1979. He was coronated as the Sultan of Terengganu in 1981 and Tengku Ampuan Bariah became Tengku Ampuan Besar of Terengganu.

Sultan Mahmud was the colonel for the Royal Armoured Corps (KAD) from 1979 until 1998.

He was a close friend of his advisor Tan Sri Wan Mokhtar Ahmad, the Menteri Besar (chief minister) of Terengganu from 1974 to 1999. His main goal was to make Terengganu a developed state. Major state projects and developments under his reign including Petronas Petroleum ComplexinKerteh, Sultan Ismail Power StationatPaka, the largest power station in Malaysia, Kenyir Dam, Sultan Mahmud Bridge, the bridge linking Kuala Terengganu to Pulau Duyong and Kuala Nerus, Wisma Darul Iman and the Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque (Floating Mosque).

He performed the hajj pilgrimage with Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor in 1984.

On 14 May 1998, he died in Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore and was replaced by his son Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin. His body was laid to buried in the new Royal Mausoleum near Al-Muktafi Billah Shah MosqueinKuala Terengganu. In addition, he was the first sultan of Terengganu to be buried there.

•   Founding Grand Master and Member of the Most Exalted Supreme Royal Family Order of Terengganu (DKT, 10 March 1981)
•   Grand Master (21 September 1979 – 15 May 1998) and First Class of the Most Distinguished Family Order of Terengganu (DK I, 26 June 1964)
•   Founding Grand Master and Member Grand Companion of the Most Revered Order of Sultan Mahmud I of Terengganu (SSMT, 28 February 1982)
•   Grand Master (21 September 1979 – 15 May 1998) and Knight Grand Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of the Crown of Terengganu (SPMT, 26 June 1977)

•   Malaysia:
  •   Recipient of Most Exalted Order of the Crown of the Realm (DMN, 1981)^[1]
•   Johor:
  •   First Class of the Most Esteemed Royal Family Order of Johor (DK I, 27 April 1982)
•   Kedah:
  •   Member of the Most Illustrious Royal Family Order of Kedah (DK, 20 January 1985)
•   Kelantan:
  •   Member of the Most Esteemed Royal Family Order of Kelantan (DK, 30 March 1985)
•   Negeri Sembilan:
  •   Member of the Most Illustrious Royal Family Order of Negeri Sembilan (DKNS, 1988)
•   Pahang:
  •   Member 1st class of the Most Esteemed Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang (DK I, 24 October 1981)^[2]
•   Perak:
  •   Member of the Most Esteemed Royal Family Order of Perak (DK, 1982)
  •   Grand Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (SPCM, 1977)
•   Perlis:
  •   Member of the Most Esteemed Perlis Family Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Putra Jamalullail (DK, 27 October 1984)
•   Selangor:
  •   Second class of the Royal Family Order of Selangor (DK II) (8 March 1978)^[3]
•   Sarawak:
  •   Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DP, 12 March 1982)
  •   Order of Meritorious Service to Sarawak (DJBS)

•   Brunei: Recipient of the Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei (DKMB)
•   United Kingdom:
  • Knight of Justice or Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (KStJ, 20 March 1990)
  • Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (2 June 1953)

Several projects and institutions were named after the Sultan, including:

• Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mahmud (SESMA) at Wakaf Tembusu, Kuala Terengganu

• Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah MosqueatBandar Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
• Al-Muktafi Billah Shah MosqueatKuala Terengganu
• Sultan Mahmud BridgeatJalan Tengku MizanonFederal Route 65atKuala Terengganu
• Jalan Sultan Mahmud on Federal Route 174atKuala Terengganu
• Sultan Mahmud AirportatSeberang Takir, Kuala Terengganu
• Sultan Mahmud Power Station, Kenyir Dam

• Bandar Al-Muktafi Billah Shah