Zainal Abidin III of Terengganu

Sultan Sir Zainal Abidin III Muazzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah II
Sultan of Terengganu
Reign 1881-1918
Coronation 1881
Predecessor Sultan Ahmad Muadzam Shah II
Successor Sultan Muhammad Shah II
Born 12 April 1866
Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
Died 26 November 1918
Father Sultan Ahmad Muadzam Shah II
Religion Sunni Islam

Sultan Sir Zainal Abidin III Muazzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah II, KCMG, (12 April 1866 – 26 November 1918) was Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the state of Terengganu from 1881 to 1918. Succeeding on the death of his father Sultan Ahmad, under his reign Terengganu became a British protectorate by the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909. In 1911, Sultan Zainal Abidin III issued Terengganu's first constitution. He died in 1918, aged 52, after a nearly 37 year reign. He was succeeded by his son, Muhammad Shah II.[1]

Sultan Zainal Abidin III, 1909.

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