Reign 1943 - 1958 Siblings Tunku Abdul Rahman House Kedah | Died July 13, 1958 Name Badlishah Kedah | |
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Successor Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Born 10 March 1894 ( 1894-03-10 ) Spouse Tunku Sofia binti Tunku MahmudTunku Asmah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badrul Alam Shah Issue Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam ShahTunku Abdul MalikTunku AnnuarTunku Mahmud Sallehuddin Parents Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah Children Abdul Halim of Kedah, Tunku Annuar, Tunku Abdul Malik Similar People Abdul Halim of Kedah, Tunku Annuar, Sultanah Haminah Hamidun, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Abdul Hamid Halim of |
Sultan Badlishah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (17 March 1894 – 13 July 1958) was the 27th 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.
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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.

Family

Sultan Badlishah was married twice. His first marriage was to Tunku Sofiah binti Almarhum Tunku Mahmud (born 1899) in 1923. The marriage produced an heir, who was the fifth and fourteenth King of Malaysia and the recent Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah. Tunku Sofia died in 1934.


Sultan Badlishah's second marriage in 1934 was to Tunku Asmah binti Almarhum Sultan Badrul Alam Shah (1911-1994), a Terengganu princess. She served as Sultanah of Kedah and gave birth to a number of children:
Death and Succession
Sultan Badlishah died on 13 July 1958 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah.