Salasilah Sultan Kedah

Present Ruler: HRH Sultan ABDUL HALIM MUADZAM SHAH ibni al-Marhum Sultan Badlishah

born 28th November 1927 in Anak Bukit, Kedah, 5th Yang di Pertuan Agong 1970/1975, married 1stly, March 1956, HH Sultanah Tunku Hajjah Bahiyah binti al-Marhum Tunku Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, born 24th August 1930, died 26th August 2003, married 2ndly, Sultanah Hamidah Hamidon, and has issue. Tunku Sarina binti Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah, born 1960, died 1st September 1991. Tunku Dato' Seri Soraya binti Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah, born 1960 (twin sister of above). Tunku Intan Shafinaz binti Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah

Predecessors and Short History: Negeri Kedah Darul Aman established in 1136, annexed by Thailand 1821/1843 and 1943/1945. Rulers were... Sultan MUZAFFAR SHAH I 1160/1179 Sultan MUAZZAM SHAH 1179/1201 Sultan MOHAMMED SHAH 1201/1236 Sultan MAAZUL SHAH 1236/1280 Sultan MAHMUD SHAH I 1280/1320 Sultan IBRAHIM SHAH 1320/1373 Sultan SULAIMAN SHAH I 1373/1422 Sultan ATADULLAH MUHAMMED SHAH 1422/1472 Sultan MUHAMMED JIWA ZAINAL ABIDIN I 1472/1506 Sultan MAHMUD SHAH II 1506/1546 Sultan MUZAFFAR SHAH II 1546/1602 Sultan SULAIMAN SHAH II 1602/1625 Sultan RIJALUDDIN SHAH 1625/1651 Sultan MUHIYUDDIN SHAH 1651/1661 Sultan ZIAUDDIN AL-MUKARRAM SHAH 1661/1687, died 1687. Sultan ATADULLAH MUHAMMED SHAH II 1687/1698, died 1698. Sultan ABDULLAH I AL MUAZZAM SHAH 1698/1706, died 1706/1723? Sultan AHMAD TAJUDDIN HALIM SHAH I 1706/1709, died 1709/1710. Sultan ABDULLAH II 1709/1723, died 1723. Sultan ATADULLAH MUHAMMED III 1723/1741, died 1741. Sultan MUHAMMED JIWA ZAINAL ABIDIN II 1741/1778, died 1778. HH Sultan ABDULLAH MAKARRAM SHAH III 1778/1797, born 1750, died 1797. HH Sultan ZIYAUDDIN MUKARRAM SHAH II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Azilin Muadzam Shah 1797/1803, born 1754, married and had issue. He died 1823. HH Sultan AHMAD TAJUDDIN II HALIM SHAH ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ziyauddin Mukarram Shah 1803/1843, 13th Sultan of Kedah, married (amongst others) Che Arshid and had issue. He died 1843. HH Sultan ZAINAL RASHID MUADZAM SHAH II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah (qv) Tunku Chik binti al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim, married Tun MUTAHIR bin Tun Ali, Bendahara of Pahang, and had issue. HH Sultan ZAINAL RASHID MUADZAM SHAH II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah 1843/1854, born 1803, married (amongst others) Wan Maheran and had issue. He died 1854. HH Sultan AHMAD TAJUDDIN III MUKARRAM SHAH ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Rashid Muadzam Shah (qv) Tunku Ya'acob ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Rashid Muadzam Shah, died 1898. Tunku Yusuf ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Rashid Muadzam Shah Tunku Ziauddin ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Rashid Muadzam Shah [Tengku Kudin], born 1839, married (amongst others) 13th June 1868, Tengku Atfah binti al-Marhum Sultan Abdus Samad Shah [Tengku Chik] of Selangor, died 1896, and had issue. He died 1909 in Penang, re-buried October 1934 in Kedah. Tunku Marhum binti Tunku Ziauddin (by Tengku Atfah), Tengku Ampuan Selangor, married HRH Sultan ALA'UDDIN SULAIMAN SHAH ibni al-Marhum Raja Muda Musa of Selangor, and had issue. Tunku Bahadur ibni Tunku Ziauddin Tunku Eda ibni Tunku Ziauddin Tunku Mariam binti Tunku Ziauddin, married 1stly, HH Sultan ZAINAL RASHID MUADZAM SHAH III ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah (see below), married 2ndly, Tunku Kasim ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah (see below) and had issue. HH Sultan AHMAD TAJUDDIN III MUKARRAM SHAH ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Rashid Muadzam Shah 1854/1879, married (amongst others) (a) Wan Tan binti Luang Nik Abidin, (b) Wan Hajar binti Wan Ismail, born c1839, died 1910 and had issue. He died 1879. HH Sultan ZAINAL RASHID MUADZAM SHAH III ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah (by Wan Tan) (qv) HH Sultan ABDUL HAMID HALIM SHAH ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah (by Wan Hajar) (qv) Tunku Kasim ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah, born 1863, married Tunku Mariam binti Tunku Ziauddin (see above). Tunku Abdul Aziz ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah, born 1870, died 1907. Tunku Puteh Mangkat ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah, born 1871, died 1939. Tunku Zainal Abidin ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah, born 1872. Tunku Jiwa Mangkat ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah, born 1875, died 1944. HH Tunku Mahmud ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah, born 1876, C.M.G. (Hon.) [cr.1923], Regent of Kedah 1934/1937, died 1937. HH Sultan ZAINAL RASHID MUADZAM SHAH III ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah 1879/1881, born 1857, married Tengku Mariam binti Tengku Ziauddin and had issue. He died 22nd September 1881. Tunku Aishah binti al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Rashid Muadzam Shah, Tengku Permaisuri, married ca 1898, HH Sultan ABDUL AZIZ ABDUL DJALIL RAHMAT SHAH ibni al-Marhum Sultan Musa Al-Khalidy Al-Muazzam Shah of Langkat, and had issue. She died 11th January 1904. HH Sultan ABDUL HAMID HALIM SHAH ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah 1881/1943, born 4th June 1864, married 8 wives, including (a) Che Sofiah, (b) Makche Menjelara, born 1867, died 1941, married (c), Che Sepachendra, and had issue, 45 children. He died 13th May 1943. Tunku Ibrahim ibni al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, born 1st July 1884, Regent of Kedah 1914/1934, died 30th May 1934. Tunku Kalsom binti al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, married HH Raja Syed HAMZAH ibni Syed Safi Jamalulla'il of Perlis and had issue. Tunku Dakiah binti al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, married Tengku Muzab Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah of Selangor, Tengku Seri Perdana and had issue. Tunku Muhammed ibni al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, born 1890, died 10th March 1935. HH Sultan BADLI SHAH ibni al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (qv) Tunku Ya'acob ibni al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, born 27th December 1899, married and had issue, 7 children. He died 28th December 1990. Tunku Abdulrahman Putra ibni al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, born 8th February 1903 in Alor Star, Prime Minister of Malaysia 1957/1959 and 1959/1970, married (amongst others) 1939, Puan Sharifah Radziah binti Syed Alwi, and had issue. He died 6th December 1990 in Kuala Lumpur. Tunku Datin Paduka Khatijah binti Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Tunku Dato' Ahmad Nerang Putra bin Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Tunku Yusuf ibni al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah Tunku Kassim ibni al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (by Che Sepachendra), married 13 wives, including (a), Che Jamaliah Dahaman, married (b), Toh Puan Yon, married (c), Wan Mas, married (d), Tunku Sapora, married (e), Tunku Arpah, married (f), Che Yah, married (g), Che Nen, married (f), Asiah, and had issue, 27 children. Tunku Dato' Abdul Malek bin Tunku Kassim Tunku Azizah binti Tunku Kassim Tunku Abdul Rashid Tunku Kassim Tunku Hafsah Tunku Kassim Tunku Mahtera Tunku Kassim Tunku Yahya Tunku Kassim Tunku Zaleha Tunku Kassim Tunku Intan Tunku Kassim Tunku Abdul Hadi Tunku Kassim (+) Tunku Norkiah Tunku Kassim Tunku Ahmad Tunku Kassim Tunku Azian Tunku Kassim Tunku Rosni Tunku Kassim Tunku Abdul Halim Tunku Kassim (+) Tunku Abdul Hamid Tunku Kassim Tunku Zaitun Tunku Kassim Tunku Aina Tunku Kassim Tunku Sulaiman Tunku Kassim Tunku Abdullah Tunku Kassim (+) Tunku Abdul Jalil Tunku Kassim (+) Tunku Mansor Tunku Kassim Tunku Adnan Tunku Kassim Tunku Akmal Tunku Kassim (+) Tunku Salha Tunku Kassim (+) HH Sultan BADLI SHAH ibni al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah 1943/1958, Regent of Kedah 1937/1943, born 17th March 1894, married 1stly, 1924 Tunku Sofiah binti Tunku Mahmud, died 1934, married 2ndly, Tunku Asmah binti al-Marhum Sultan Sulaiman Badarul Alam Shah of Terengganu and had issue. He died 14th July 1958. HH Sultan ABDUL HALIM MUADZAM SHAH ibni al-Marhum Sultan Badlishah (qv) Tunku Abdul Malik ibni al-Marhum Sultan Badlishah, born 24th September 1929, married Tengku Raudzah binti al-Marhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor, Raja Puan Muda Kedah. HH Sultan ABDUL HALIM MUADZAM SHAH ibni al-Marhum Sultan Badlishah (see above)