Zainal Abidin III
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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
Terengganu
Terengganu is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Iman...

 from 1881 to 1918. Succeeding on the death of his father Sultan Ahmad, under his reign Terengganu became a British protectorate
Protectorate
In history, the term protectorate has two different meanings. In its earliest inception, which has been adopted by modern international law, it is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity...

 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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