Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah is the fifth Sultan of Selangor. He married eleven times in his lifetime and had 44 children out of the marriages. He practiced polygamy, but per Islamic marital jurisprudence, he did not have more than four wives in the same time. He had altogether 26 sons, 18 daughters and at least one adopted daughter. He had at least one child from each marriage except from his third marriage, with a commoner, Hajah Sofia binti Haji Abdul Ghani, from which they have no child.
Background Sulaiman of Selangor was officially installed as Sultan of Selangor on 22 October 1903, despite already being proclaimed in 1899. On 4 November 1903, he gave titles to all his five children with his first royal consort, Tunku Maharum as a symbol to elevate their status. His son, Tengku Musaeddin was given the title Tengku Putera Mahkota, while his four daughters, Tengku Maheran, Tengku Fatimah, Tengku Arfah and Tengku Zahrah were given the title Tengku Puteri. On 5 November 1903, he decreed that all his descendants will carry the hereditary first name Tengku instead of Raja.
Tengku Musaeddin, as the eldest son, was made Raja Muda (the crown prince) on 1920 but he was dismissed from his position on 1934 after he was accused of misbehaving by British Resident, Theodore Samuel Adams (1885 1961; in office 1935 1937). His accusation of the prince being a gambling addict among others was noted by historian as unconvincing and it was theorised that Adams was angry that Tengku Musaeddin refused to follow Adams' order. Tengku Alam Shah, Sulaiman's third son, was made Raja Muda on 20 July 1936 instead, overtaking his elder brother, Tengku Badar Shah. Nevertheless, both Tengku Alam Shah and Tengku Musaeddin became the sixth and seventh Sultan of Selangor, taking the regnal name Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah and Sultan Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah respectively.
Two of Sulaiman's daughters became queen consorts. Tengku Puteri Zahrah became the queen consort of Langkat after marrying Sultan Abdul Aziz, the Sultan of Langkat, and was given the title Tengku Permaisuri Zahrah. Tengku Raihani married Sultan Sir Ahmad Tajuddin of Brunei as his second wife, taking the title Tengku Ampuan Raihani, holding the title from 1934 until 1956. She relinquished the title upon remarrying after the Sultan's death.
Some of his grandchildren married each other in cousin marriages. His grandson, Tengku Abdul Aziz, who ascended the throne as the eighth Sultan of Selangor and taking the regnal name Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah married his cousin in his first marriage, Raja Nur Saidatul Ihsan binti Tengku Badar Shah in 1943. The couple later divorced. Later, he married another cousin, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah on 1956 until her death in 1993.
Issues List of Sulaiman of Selangor's issues and their children in order of their birth dates:
# Name LifetimeParentageMarriageChildren1Tengku Musaeddin Shah, Tengku Kelana Jaya Putera (Sultan Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah from 1942 1945) born 9 December 1893 died son of Tunku Maharum binti Tunku Kudin Sharifah Mastura binti Tengku Suri Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin of Kedah (Tengku Permaisuri Sharifah Mastura from 1942 1945) 1912 no children Tengku Jeriah binti Tengku Ariffin of Selasai, Langkat Che Puan Anjang binti Abdullah2Tengku Badar Shah, Raja Bendahara born 18 April 1893, died son of Cik Hasnah binti Pilong Raja Ambin binti Sultan Abdul Jalil Nasiruddin Shah of Perak 1917 3 childrenRaja Nur Akmar Raja Nur Haniza Raja Nur Saidatul Ihsan, Paduka Bonda Raja Raja Nur binti Raja Jumaat 1 child Raja Azian Raja Indira binti Raja Ahmad 2 childrenTengku Muhammad Tahir Tengku Shahrani3Tengku Puteri Maheranborn 6 November 1894, died daughter of Tunku Maharum binti Tunku KudinRaja Othman bin Raja Yahya Sani7 childrenRaja Mahmud4Tengku Badariahborn 3 September 1896, died daughter of Cik Hasnah binti PilongRaja Tun Uda bin Raja Muhammad circa 1925 3 childrenRaja Kamaruddin Raja Redzwan Raja Mahmud5Tengku Puteri Fatimahborn 5 December 1896, died daughter of Tunku Maharum binti Tunku KudinRaja Mahadi bin Raja Sulaiman 6 children6Tengku Puteri Arfahborn 24 January 1898, died daughter of Tunku Maharum binti Tunku KudinRaja Adnan bin Raja Basuk, Engku Seri Paduka Panglima Dalam2 children7Tengku Alam Shah (Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah from 1938 1942 and from 1942 1960)born 13 May 1898, died son of Cik Hasnah binti Pilong Raja Jemaah binti Raja Ahmad of Selangor, Tengku Ampuan 1919 1 childTengku Abdul Aziz Shah, later Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Che Puan Kalsum binti Haji Mahmud19276 childrenTengku Badli Shah, Tengku Laksamana Tengku Sharifah Raudzah, Raja Puan Muda Kedah Tengku Azman Shah, Tengku Bendahara Tengku Bariah, Tengku Ampuan of Terengganu Tengku Ismail Shah Tengku Taksiah Raja Halijah binti Paduka Seri Sultan Sir Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah Rahmatullah of Perak, Tengku AmpuanTengku Hajah Calipha8Tengku Puteri Zahrah(Tengku Permaisuri Zahrah of Langkat from December 1919 18 January 1982)born 18 February 1899, died daughter of Tunku Maharum binti Tunku KudinPaduka Seri Tuanku Sultan Abdul Aziz Rahmat Shah, Sultan of Langkat December 1919 5 childrenTengku Abdul Samad Tengku Dziauddin Tengku Aizah Tengku Mariam Tengku Rahimah, Tengku Ampuan9Tengku Salwaborn 25 April 1901, died daughter of Cik Hasnah binti PilongRaja Nong bin Raja Husain, Tengku Panglima Diraja3 childrenRaja Toh Puan Badariah Raja Abdul Hamid 10Tengku Khadijah @ Tengku Yongborn 15 July 1909, died daughter of Cik Chik binti Abdullah Raja Yusuf bin Raja Jumaat, Engku Panglima Setia 7 childrenRaja Haidar Raja Abdullah Suran Raja Nor Aini Raja Ibrahim Raja Azman Shah Raja Maheran11Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah, Tengku Indera Setia Diraja born 17 September 1909, died son of Cik Rogayah binti Muhammad Amin Tunku Badrul Jamil Marudziya binti Tunku Muhammad of Kedah5 childrenTengku Norpisah Tengku Pengiran Tengku Mariam Tengku Bidarah Tengku Sulaiman Sharifah Hasnah binti Syed Zain Shahabuddin12 childrenTengku Ahmad Tajuddin Tengku Husain Tengku Anaim Tengku Jamaluddin Tengku Faisal Raja Abdullah Tengku Yakub Tengku Azaham Tengku Zubaidah Tengku Aznin Tengku Noor Hazah Tengku Fatimah12Tengku Ibrahim Shahborn circa 1911, died in infancyson of Cik Maimunah binti Abdullah13Tengku Raihani (Tengku Ampuan Raihani of Brunei from 1934 1956)born 11 October 1911, died of renal cancerdaughter of Cik Maimunah binti Abdullah Raja Badri Shah bin Raja Harun al-Rashid of Perakdiv. no children Paduka Seri Sultan Sir Ahmad Tajuddin Akhaz al-Khairwaruddin of Brunei 30 April 1934 d. 4 June 1950 1 child Paduka Seri Pangiran Anak Puteri Besar Hajah Nur Ihsani Raja Kamiluddin bin Raja Harun al-Rashid18 August 1956 no children14Tengku Ahmad Alham Shah, Tengku Pahlawan Dirajaborn 22 October 1911, died son of Cik Chik binti Abdullah Tengku Puteri Kisman Jaajan binti Sultan Ismail I of Kelantan3 September 1935no children Kalsum binti Hashim 1938 1 childTengku Bedarsari Tengku Fatimah binti Tengku Husain1951 2 childrenTengku Amir Farouk Shaifullah Tengku Fauriza Akbal Hanim15Tengku Zainal Karib Shah, Tengku Panglima Besarborn 15 December 1911, died son of Raja Zubaidah binti Sultan Abdul Jalil Tengku Rafiah binti Sultan Sir Iskandar Shah of Perak 22 January 1935 8 childrenTengku Sulaiman Tengku Azam Iskandar Tengku Hasan Nazri Tengku Muzaffar Tengku Abdullah Tengku Zubaidah Tengku Azmi Karib Tengku Shaharul Zuhar Raja Nur Akmal binti Raja Bahari circa 1953 8 childrenTengku Nazima Tengku Abdul Aziz Tengku Norizah Tengku Nor Izan Tengku Nor Aziah Tengku Musa Tengku Yusuf Tengku Shahril16Tengku Zainal @ Zainon Rashid Shah, Tengku Seri Paduka Dirajaborn 24 April 1913, died son of Raja Zubaidah binti Sultan Abdul JalilRaja Norhibah binti Raja Shuib of Perak 20 January 1935 6 childrenRaja Anuwar Raja Uzair Raja Amin Raja Zakiah Raja Haidar Raja Faridah17Tengku Akram Shah, Tengku Seri Asmara Dirajaborn 24 April 1913son of Cik Bidayah binti AhmadRaja Raihan binti Raja Abdul Murad2 January 1939at least 5 childrenTengku Hamzah Tengku Abdul Murad Tengku Ibrahim Tengku Aman Shah Tengku Intan Zaitunnisa18Tengku Muhammad Khalid Shah, Tengku Indera Bijaya Dirajaborn 1914son of Cik Chik binti Abdullah Pangiran Anak Hajah Siti Saerah binti Sultan Sir Ahmad Tajuddin of Bruneidiv.2 childrenPangiran Anak Hajah Nur Asikin Pangiran Anak Hajah Nur Akmar Raja Chik binti Raja Kulun 1 childRaja Othman Jamilah binti Musa 5 childrenRaja Kamarulzaman Raja Hisham Raja Khalijah Raja Hanizah Raja Fatimah Cik Aishah binti Abdullah circa 19476 childrenRaja Zainal Abidin Tengku Azian Raja Naharian Raja Maharani Raja Rabiah Raja Shahrezade Raja Maimunah circa 19411 childTengku Zaharah19Tengku Nur Ashihaborn 30 November 1914daughter of Raja Zubaidah binti Sultan Abdul JalilRaja Muhammad bin Raja Murad, Engku Rakna Juwita Diraja Selangor27 June 19373 children20Tengku Muhammad Uzab @ Muzab Shah, Tengku Perdana Dirajaborn 7 April 1915son of Cik Maimunah binti AbdullahTunku Zakiyah binti Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah1 childRaja Hizan Shah21Tengku Nur Aishahborn 6 December 1915, died daughter of Raja Zubaidah binti Sultan Abdul JalilRaja Bon bin Raja Yahya Sani22Tengku Ibrahim Shah, Tengku Seri Wangsa Dirajaborn 17 April 1916son of Raja Zubaidah binti Sultan Abdul JalilRaja Pok Saidatul Izul Hajah binti Sultan Sir Yusuf Izzuddin Shah of Perak6 childrenTengku Mariam Khalida Tengku Amir Sharifuddin @ Faisal Tengku Nasaruddin Tengku Najmuddin Tengku Malik Adian Tengku Habshah Izma23Tengku Zahariahborn 28 June 1916, died daughter of Cik Bidayah binti AhmadRaja Izzet bin Raja Mahmud at least 1 childRaja Maharian24Tengku Shaharuddin Shah, Tengku Andika Seri Amar Diraja born 11 April 1918son of Cik Bidayah binti AhmadRaja Nur Zainun Nisa binti Raja Harun al-Rashid5 childrenTengku Ramli Tengku Zainuddin Shah Tengku Muhammad Kamil Tengku Fatimah Tengku Ainor Jasmi25Tengku Idris Shah, Tengku Seri Paduka Shahbandar born 30 April 1918son of Raja Zubaidah binti Sultan Abdul Jalil Tengku Ruqiyah binti Tengku Temenggong Abdul Aziz of Pahang7 childrenTengku Amir Fuad Tengku Mustafa Tengku Sulaiman Tengku Raizul Azwar Tengku Nur Munira Tengku Raziah Tengku Faridah Tengku Puteri Mariam binti Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Riayatuddin of Pahang13 March 19491 childTengku Kamil Ismail26Tengku Abdul Halim Shah, Tengku Seri Maharaja Dirajaborn 12 October 1918, died son of Cik Maimunah binti AbdullahTengku Wuk Atiqah binti Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah of Terengganu4 childrenTengku Hilmi Sulaiman Tengku Abdul Kahar Tengku Mariam Tengku Saidatul Akmar27Tengku Nur Saadahborn 7 November 1922daughter of Raja Fatimah binti Sultan Sir IdrisRaja Tun Uda bin Raja Muhammad30 July 19398 childrenRaja Fuzian Raja Muhammad Afif Raja Zulkifli @ Ahmad Shakir Raja Sulaiman Raja Zainunnur Raja Abdul Haq Raja Arshad Raja Sharif28Tengku Muhammad Tahirborn 25 May 1923, died son of Cik Bidayah binti Ahmad29Tengku Safiahborn 16 July 1923daughter of Cik Chik binti AbdullahRaja Arif Shah bin Raja Harun al-Rashid3 childrenRaja Sallehuddin Raja Ainul Bismi Raja Bismayazan30Tengku Mahyunborn 1924daughter of Cik Chik binti Abdullah31Tengku Nur Anwarborn daughter of Raja Fatimah binti Sultan Sir IdrisRaja Mohsin bin Raja Shuibcirca 19478 childrenRaja Maziah Raja Nizam Sulaiman Raja Muhammad Nazeri Raja Norayan Raja Nor Asmah Raja Abdul Rahman Raja Jamaluddin Raja Nor Zihan32Tengku Shaharul Bariahborn 1 December 1924daughter of Cik Bidayah binti Ahmad Raja Ismail bin Raja Abdullah2 children Raja Aznir Shah bint Raja Salim1 childTengku Nor Hayati33Tengku Yaacob Shahborn 7 March 1925, died in a car crashson of Cik Chik binti AbdullahChe Puan Zaleha binti Abdullah 19511 childRaja Iskandar @ Alex34Tengku Mahmud Shahborn son of Cik Maimunah binti Abdullah Raja Habshah binti Raja Muhammad Bai of Riaucirca 19509 childrenTengku Jamaluddin Tengku Rahimah Tengku Muhammad Jamil Tengku Muhammad Amin Tengku Shahzan Tengku Muhammad Kamal Tengku Sofia Tengku Fatimah