# Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah

Brigadier General Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah ibni Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah (born Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah bin Tengku Ibrahim; 25 August 1986) is a member of Pahang royal family who is the Tengku Panglima Raja. He is the adopted son of Al-Sultan Abdullah of Pahang, and his wife Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, the Tengku Ampuan of Pahang.

## Background

Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah was born on 25 August 1986 at Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan, Pahang. He is the youngest of the ten children of the late Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Tan Sri Ibrahim Ibni Sultan Abu Bakar. Tengku Amir is also his father's youngest son from his third wife, Puan Sri Czarina binti Abdullah who is of Filipino descent. Tengku Amir has an elder biological brother, Tengku Arif Fahad born on 12 September 1984 and an elder biological sister, Tengku Chanela Jamidah born on 20 May 1982.
Tengku Amir is the grandson of Sultan Abu Bakar of Pahang, the fourth sultan of modern Pahang.
In 1987, at the age of one, he was adopted by his cousin the Tengku Mahkota of Pahang at that time, Tengku Abdullah to be his adopted son. He was raised along with Tengku Abdullah's children, namely Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah, the current Tengku Mahkota of Pahang.

## Military career

Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah had undergone military training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom. He was commissioned as lieutenant colonel on 21 January 2020. He was promoted to colonel on 7 April 2022 and again to Brigadier General on 27 October 2023. He currently serves as Commander of Regiment 505 of the Territorial Army.

## Marriage

Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah married Yang Hormat Mulia Che Puan Panglima Raja Puteri Hajah Suraiya Afzan binti Dato' Indera Haji Mohamed Moiz on 19 December 2013. Puteri Suraiya Afzan is the daughter of the Tengku Puteri Seri Lela Manja Tengku Dato' Sri Setia Hajah Nong Fatimah binti Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah who is Tengku Amir's first cousin.
Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah and his wife have three sons; Tengku Adam Ibrahim Shah (born on 27 December 2015), Tengku Sulaiman Abdullah Shah (born on 25 June 2018) and Tengku Nuh Mohamed Shah (born on 31 January 2022).

## Tengku Panglima Raja

On 15 August 2019, upon the accession of his adoptive father as Sultan of Pahang, Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah was conferred the title Tengku Panglima Raja.
In his capacity as Tengku Panglima Raja, Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah also serves as Deputy President of the State Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MUIP).

## Honours
### Honours of Pahang

* Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2020)
* Grand Knight of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – Dato' Indera (2016)
* Recipient of the Sultan Ahmad Shah Silver Jubilee Medal (1999)

### Honours of Malaysia

* Malaysia
** Recipient of the General Service Medal (PPA)
** Recipient of the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (30 July 2019)
** Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (20 July 2024)
* Kedah
** Recipient of the Sultan Sallehuddin Installation Medal (22 October 2018)

### Foreign honours

* United Kingdom
** Recipient of the Sandhurst Medal