TUN TEJA

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Tun Teja’s real name was Tun Teja Ratna Benggala
the daughter of the Bendaraha of Pahang at the end

of 15 century, Seri Amar Di Raja Inderaputra.

She was exceedingly beautiful, kind, and well-mannered. Tun
Teja is said to be too good-looking and her beauty became the
talk of the traders to the state of Pahang. The news of Tun
Teja’s beauty reached the knowledge of Sultan Mahmud Shah,
the Sultan of Melaka, who at that time had already lost his
first wife, Tun Kecil.

His Majesty had sent a delegate to Pahang to propose to
Tun Teja to be his wife, but was rejected by Bendahara Seri

Amar Di Raja Inderaputra due to Tun Teja is already
engaged with the Sultan of Pahang.

The story of Tun Teja was mentioned in Hikayat Hang Tuah
and Sejarah Melayu. In Hikayat Hang Tuah, it was

mentioned that it was Hang Tuah who brought back Tun
Teja to Melaka to marry the Sultan, but in Sejarah Melayu,

it was Hang Nadim.

Makam Tun Teja is the burial place of Tun Teja, the
beautiful wife of Melaka’s Sultan Mahmud Shah

who reigned from 1458 to 1511.

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