Zainal Abidin III of Terengganu

Who was Zainal Abidin III of Terengganu?

Sultan Sir Zainal Abidin III Muazzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah II, KCMG, 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.

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