Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah

Paduka Sri Sultan Sir Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah KCMG (Jawi: ڤدوك سري سلطان سر عبد الحميد حليم شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان أحمد تاج الدين مكرم شاه; 4 June 1864 – 13 May 1943) was the 26th Sultan of Kedah and reigned from 1881 to 1943.

Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
عبد الحميد حليم شاه
Sultan of Kedah
Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah
Sultan of Kedah
Reign22 September 1881 – 13 May 1943
PredecessorZainal Rashid Mu'adzam Shah II
SuccessorBadlishah
Born(1864-06-04)4 June 1864
Alor Setar, Syburi, Siam (now Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia)
Died13 May 1943(1943-05-13) (aged 78)
Alor Setar, Kedah
Burial
IssueBadlishah
Tunku Abdul Rahman
HouseMahawangsa
FatherAhmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah
MotherWan Hajar binti Wan Ismail
ReligionSunni Islam
Abdul Hamid Halim Sultan of Kedah

Foreign relations

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During his reign, the Sultan had asked for a $2,500,000 loan from Siam during a state financial crisis in 1905. The loan was extended with the condition that a Financial Advisor from the court of Siam be accepted and a state council be created to assist the Sultan in the administration of all public affairs. This resulted in the promulgation of a new constitution on 29 July 1905. The state council was run by his brothers followed by their sons. The formation of the state council thus curbed the Sultan's administrative powers.

His reign marked the transition from Siamese suzerainty over Kedah to being a British Protectorate as an Unfederated Malay States following the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909.

Personal life

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He was the son of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah and Wan Hajar.

The Sultan had several wives and partners; Che Manjelara, Che Sofiah, Sharifah Fatimah Binti Syed Idrus, Sharifah Seha Binti Syed Hussein, Che Spachendra, Sharifah Mariam and Che Laraseh. The Sultan's seventh son and twentieth child with Makche Manjelara, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who would later become the first Prime Minister of Malaysia. The Sultan was succeeded by another son, Sultan Badlishah in 1943.

Family

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  • Children with Che Puan Spachendra (died 1907)
    • Tunku Ibrahim
    • Tunku Zam Zam
    • Tunku Rokiah
    • Tunku Fatimah
    • Tunku Kassim
  • Children with Che Laraseh binti Lebai Ishak (died 1946)
    • Tunku Mansor
    • Tunku Sofiah
    • Tunku Johara
    • Tunku Noor
    • Tunku Zaleha
    • Tunku Abdul Jalil
    • Tunku Mohamad Akil
  • Children with Sharifah Mariam binti Syed Mohamad Al-Idrus
    • Tunku Ahmad Tajuddin
    • Tunku Abdullah
    • Tunku Zainal Rashid Thani
    • Tunku Zainal Abidin
  • Children with Sharifah Seha binti Syed Hussein (died 1922)
    • Tunku Abdullah Thani
    • Tunku Pengeran
    • Tunku Balkis
    • Tunku Zahara
  • Children with Tunku Nai Sofiah binti Almarhum Tunku Nai Haji Hassan (died 1948)
  • Children with Paduka Seri Che Menjalara @ Neang Nara Burirak Menjalara Luang Nara Burirak or Nueang Nandanagara (died 1941)
    • Tunku Yusof (CM of Kedah)
    • Tunku Aminah
    • Tunku Zabedah Manjalara
    • Tunku Abdul Rahman (CM of Malaya/PM Malaysia)
    • Tunku Baharum
    • Tunku Dakiah Manjalara
    • Tunku Habsah
    • Tunku Jaafar Shah
    • Tunku Jahara
    • Tunku Kalsom
    • Tunku Muhammad Jewa (Tunku Temenggung)
    • Tunku Mohamad Saad
  • Children with Sharifah Fatimah binti Syed Idrus (died 1931)
    • Tunku Ya'acob
    • Tunku Hajar
    • Tunku Yahaya
    • Tunku Abdul Majid
    • Tunku Zainal Abidin Thani
    • Tunku Shuib
    • Tunku Shah Faris

Honours

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Foreign honours

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References

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  1. ^ ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, พระราชทานเหรียญดุษฎีมาลา, เล่ม ๑๐, ตอน ๙, ๒๘ พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. ๒๔๓๖, หน้า ๑๑๕
  2. ^ ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, การเลื่อนยศพระยาไทรบุรีเปนเจ้าพระยาไทรบุรีแลพระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์จุลจอมเกล้าฝ่ายหน้า, เล่ม 12, 1 กันยายน 2438, หน้า 189-190
  3. ^ "No. 12365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 June 1911. p. 623.
  4. ^ "CORONATION MEDALS FOR MALAYA". Morning Tribune. 26 May 1937. p. 23.
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Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah
House of Kedah
Born: 4 June 1864 Died: 13 May 1943
Regnal titles
Preceded by Sultan of Kedah
1881–1943
Succeeded by