Tunku Ampuan Najihah passes away at 100

Her passing occurred early this morning, marking the end of a century-long life

Tunku Ampuan Najihah Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin was the former Tunku Ampuan of Negeri Sembilan and Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia from 1994 to 1999. – Galeri Diraja Tuanku Ja’afar Facebook pic, September 8, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR – Former Tunku Ampuan of Negri Sembilan Tunku Ampuan Najihah Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin died at the age of 100 today.

She breathed her last at the Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur here at 6.53am.

Tunku Ampuan Najihah was the country’s Raja Permaisuri Agong between 1994 and 1999.

State Secretary Datuk Mohd Zafir, in a statement, said the lying-in-state of the remains of Tunku Ampuan Najihah will be held at Istana Besar Seri Menanti before being laid to rest at the Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum after Asar prayers today. 

Zafir said the state will observe a one-day mourning period today over the demise of Tunku Ampuan Najihah.

“After this announcement, the state flag shall be flown at half-mast statewide throughout the mourning period,” he said. 

All mosques and surau in the state are encouraged to hold tahlil prayers for Tunku Ampuan Najihah during the mourning period, he added. – September 8, 2023