State

Kedah

state of Malaysia

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1136–1945
Capital
Alor Setar
Languages
Malay

Overview

Kedah (Malay pronunciation: [kəˈdah]), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 square kilometres (3,500 sq mi), and consists of a mainland portion and the Langkawi islands. The mainland has relatively flat terrain, which is used to grow rice, while Langkawi is composed mostly of uninhabited islands.

Kedah was previously known as Kadaram (Tamil: கடாரம்; Kaṭāram) by the ancient and medieval Tamils, Kataha or Kalahbar (Arabic: قتح; qataḥa or Arabic: قلحبر; qalaḥbar) by the Arabs, and Syburi (Thai: ไทรบุรี; RTGS: Sai Buri) by the Siamese when it was under their influence.

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All rulers (28)

  1. Sultan Mudzafar Shah I1136–1179
  2. Sultan Mu'adzam Shah1179–1201
  3. Muhammad Shah of Kedah1201–1236
  4. Sultan Mudzaffar Shah II1236–1280
  5. Sultan Mahmud Shah I1280–1321
  6. Sultan Ibrahim Shah1321–1373
  7. Sultan Sulaiman Shah I1373–1422
  8. Sultan Ataullah Muhammad Shah I1422–1472
  9. Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin I1472–1506
  10. Sultan Mahmud Shah II1506–1546
  11. Sultan Mudzaffar Shah III1546–1602
  12. Sultan Sulaiman Shah II1602–1625
  13. Sultan Rijaluddin Muhammad Shah1625–1651
  14. Sultan Muhyiddin Mansur Shah1651–1661
  15. Sultan Dziaddin Mukarram Shah1661–1687
  16. Sultan Ataullah Muhammad Shah II1687–1698
  17. Sultan Abdullah Mu'adzam Shah1698–1706
  18. Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah I1706–1709
  19. Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin II1710–1778
  20. Sultan Abdullah Mukarram Shah1778–1797
  21. Dziaddin Mukarram Shah II of Kedah1797–1803
  22. Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah II1803–1821
  23. Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah II1842–1845
  24. Sultan Zainal Rashid Al-Mu'adzam Shah I1843–1854
  25. Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah1854–1879
  26. Sultan Zainal Rashid Mu'adzam Shah II1879–1881
  27. Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah1881–1943
  28. Badlishah of Kedah1943–1958

Records (1)

  1. 1809–1812 — Burmese–Siamese War of 1809–12War

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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