In 1952, Tengku Ampuan Jema'ah performed the pilgrimage in Makkah and in the following year she accompanied Sultan Hishamuddin Alam Shah for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in United Kingdom.

According to then Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, the ruler had been struck down by illness after using the royal regalia in advance of his installation.

He was buried at the Royal Mausoleum near Sultan Sulaiman Mosque in Klang, Selangor on 3 September 1960.

When she moved to Klang, she gathered women from the villages and started a handicraft training programme for them.

Several awards for silverwork won by the said booth are on display at the Istana Shah Alam Museum.