Badlishah of Kedah
Noble person
1894 – 1958
Who was Badlishah of Kedah?
Sultan Sir Badlishah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Kedah Dar ul-Aman, KCMG, KBE, was the 26th Sultan of Kedah, a present Malaysian state, between 1943 and 1958. He succeeded the throne upon the death of his father, Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah. He was the elder half brother of the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman.
Sultan Badlishah also served as regent of Kedah between 1937 and 1943. In 1943, he was deposed by the Imperial Japanese Army, but was reinstated following their surrender and the end of the Japanese occupation of Malaya in 1945.
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- Born
- Mar 10, 1894
- Also known as
- Sultan Sir Badlishah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
- Badlishah
- Parents
- Children
- Died
- Jul 13, 1958
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on July 23, 2013
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