Azlan Shah of Perak

Azlan Shah ازلن شاه
Al-Maghfur-Lah (The Forgiven One)
Azlan Shah in 2008
Yang di-Pertuan Agong IX
Reign	26 April 1989 – 25 April 1994
Installation	18 September 1989
Predecessor	Iskandar
Successor	Ja'afar
Sultan of Perak
Reign	3 February 1984 – 28 May 2014
Installation	9 December 1985
Predecessor	Idris Shah II
Successor	Nazrin Shah
Lord President of the Supreme Court
In office 12 November 1982 – 2 February 1984
Nominated by	Mahathir Mohamad
Appointed by	Ahmad Shah of Pahang
Preceded by	Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim
Succeeded by	Salleh Abas
Born	(1928-04-19)19 April 1928 Batu Gajah, Perak, Federated Malay States
Died	28 May 2014(2014-05-28) (aged 86) National Heart Institute Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Burial	29 May 2014 Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia
Spouse	Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun ​ ​ (m. 1955)​
Issue	Sultan Nazrin Shah Raja Azureen Raja Ashman Shah Raja Eleena Raja Yong Sofia
Names Raja Azlan Shah ibni Raja Yussuff Shah Regnal name Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah Posthumous name Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-Lah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah
House	House of Siak-Perak
Father	Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Jalil Karamatullah Nasiruddin Mukhtaram Shah Radziallah Hu'an-hu
Mother	Toh Puan Besar Hatijah binti Toh Indera Wangsa Ahmad
Religion	Sunni Islam
Yang Amat Mulia Tun Raja Azlan Shah of Perak SSM DK (Perak) PMN PSM SPMP SPTS SIMP SPCM GCB KStJ Personal details Education Malay College Kuala Kangsar Alma mater University of Nottingham (LLB) Occupation Lawyer, judge Website Galeri Sultan Azlan Shah

Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah (Jawi: سلطان ازلن محب الدين شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان يوسف عز الدين شاه غفر ﷲ له‎; 19 April 1928 – 28 May 2014) was Sultan of Perak from 1984 until his death in 2014, and previously reigned as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional monarch of Malaysia, from 1989 to 1994.

The child of a royal father and a commoner mother, he grew up in Perak, Malaysia. During school he played field hockey, subsequently playing for the Perak team. He trained to be a lawyer in the United Kingdom. Upon returning to Malaysia, he soon became a judge and quickly rose through the legal ranks. In 1965, he became the youngest person appointed to the High Court of Malaya, and in 1982 he became the youngest ever Lord President of the Federal Court, the country's highest judicial rank.

He succeeded as Sultan of Perak after Sultan Idris Shah II, his first cousin once removed, died in 1984. Subsequently, he was elected to be the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia in 1989, serving a five-year term before returning to his post as Sultan of Perak. In 2009, he exercised his royal authority to prevent the dissolution of the Perak State Legislative Assembly, sparking a constitutional crisis. Ultimately, the legal system ruled Sultan Azlan had acted properly.

During his career, Sultan Azlan Shah was awarded more than 3 dozen Malaysian and foreign honours. Dozens of buildings and other projects were named after him, including a genus of insects. He was known as the "Father of Malaysian Hockey" for furthering field hockey at home and abroad and was the patron of dozens of organisations. With his wife Tuanku Bainun Binti Mohd Ali, Sultan Azlan had five children.