Tun Fatimah

Who is Tun Fatimah?

Tun Fatimah was a well-known Malaysian heroine and daughter to the Malaccan Bendahara who lived during the 16th century. She was married to Malacca's Sultan Mahmud Shah as one of his consorts after all her male siblings were executed.

She was of a Tamil Muslim descent, her father was Tun Mutahir, a Bendahara in Sultan Mahmud's time. Tun Mutahir was the descendant of Tun Kudu and Tun Ali's marriage.

Tun Fatimah was already married when the Sultan set his sights on her to become his new and latest wife. Tun Fatimah refused to divorce her husband when the Pembesar urged her, this was her ultimate undoing because it led to the execution of all of her male relatives in her family, including the Bendehara Tun Mutahir and also her husband.

Tun Fatimah finally complied with the Sultan's wishes, she became his third wife and she bore him two Princes and two princesses. The younger of the second Prince, Raja Raden Ali would in a few years become the second ruler of Johor Sultanate as Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah for 36 years.