Abdul Halim of Kedah

Abdul Halim in 2012, Kepresidenan Indonesia

Birth Name: Tunku Abdul Halim ibni Tunku Badlishah

Date of Birth: 28 November, 1927

Place of Birth: Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States (now Malaysia)

Date of Death: 11 September, 2017

Place of Death: Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia

Ethnicity: Malay, one quarter Thai

Abdul Halim of Kedah of Kedah was Yang di-Pertuan Agong V (supreme head of state) of Malaysia, from 21 September, 1970 to 20 September, 1975, and then Yang di-Pertuan Agong XIV, from 13 December, 2011 to 12 December, 2016; and the 27th Sultan of Kedah, from 14 July, 1958 to 11 September, 2017, his death.

Abdul Halim was the son of Sofia binti Mahmud and Badlishah of Kedah, who was Sultan of Kedah, from 13 May, 1943 to 13 July, 1958. He was married to Bahiyah, until her death, and then to Haminah, until his death. Bahiyah was the daughter of Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, who was Yang di-Pertuan Agong I, from 31 August, 1957 to 1 April, 1960. He had three children with Bahiyah; two of which they adopted and were the biological children of his eldest sister Tunku.

Abdul Halim’s paternal grandfather was Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah (the son of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah and Wan Hajar binti Datuk Wan Ismail). Sultan Abdul was born in Alor Setar, Syburi, Siam, now Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia; and was Sultan of Kedah, from 22 September, 1881 to 13 May, 1943. Abdul Halim’s great-grandfather Sultan Ahmad was Sultan of Kedah, from 1854 to 1879, and was the son of Sultan Zainal Rashid Al-Mu’adzam Shah, who was Sultan of Kedah, from 1845 to 1854; and of Wan Maheran/Wan Masheran Wan Mohd Sidek. Abdul Halim’s great-grandmother Wan Hajar was the daughter of Dato’ Wan Ismail Dato’ Seri Paduka Raja Laksemana and Wan Sopiah Wan Mohamad Sidek Dato’ Bendahara Seri Paduka Maharaja Sura.

Abdul Halim’s paternal grandmother was Nai Sofiah binti Abdullah (the daughter of Abdullah). Sofiah was Thai.

Abdul Halim’s maternal grandfather was Tunku Mahmud ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah (the son of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah and Tengku Cik Fatima of Johor).

Abdul Halim’s maternal grandmother was Hajjah Zainab binti Awang Ahmad (the daughter of Awang Ahmad).

Abdul Halim’s parents shared the same paternal grandfather, making them first half-cousins.

Sources: Genealogies of Abdul Halim of Kedah – https://en.wikipedia.org
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