Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah

Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah
Paduka Sri Sultan Sir Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah (4 June 1864 – 13 May 1943) was the 26th Sultan of Kedah. He reigned from 1881 to 1943.
Foreign relations
During his reign, the Sultan had asked for a $2,500,000 loan from Siam during a state financial crisis in 1905. The loan was extended with the proviso that a Financial Advisor from the court of Siam be accepted and a State Council be created to assist the Sultan in the administration of all public affairs. This resulted in the promulgation of a new constitution on 29 July 1905. The state council were run by his brothers followed by their sons. The formation of the State Council thus curbed the Sultan's administrative powers.
His reign marked the transition from Siamese suzerainty over Kedah to the British Protectorate of Unfederated Malay States following the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909.
Personal life
He was the son of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah and Wan Hajar.
The Sultan had several wives and partners; Che Manjelara, Che Sofiah, Sharifah Fatimah Binti Syed Idrus, Sharifah Seha Binti Syed Hussein, Che Spachendra, Sharifah Mariam and Che Laraseh. The Sultan's seventh son and twentieth child with Makche Manjelara, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who would later become the first Prime Minister of Malaysia. The Sultan was succeeded by another son, Sultan Badlishah.
Family
Children with Che Puan Spachendra (died 1907)
Tunku Ibrahim
Tunku Zam Zam
Tunku Rokiah
Tunku Fatimah
Tunku Kassim
Children with Che Laraseh binti Lebai Ishak (died 1946)
Tunku Mansor
Tunku Sofiah
Tunku Johara
Tunku Noor
Tunku Zaleha
Tunku Abdul Jalil
Tunku Mohamad Akil
Children with Sharifah Mariam binti Syed Mohamad Al-Idrus
Tunku Ahmad Tajuddin
Tunku Abdullah
Tunku Zainal Rashid Thani
Tunku Zainal Abidin
Children with Sharifah Seha binti Syed Hussein (died 1922)
Tunku Abdullah Thani
Tunku Pengeran
Tunku Balkis
Tunku Zahara
Children with Tunku Nai Sofiah binti Almarhum Tunku Nai Haji Hassan (died 1948)
Tunku Mohamad
Tunku Badlishah
Tunku Hindon
Children with Paduka Seri Che Menjalara @ Neang Nara Burirak Menjalara Luang Nara Burirak or Nueang Nandanagara (died 1941)
Tunku Dakiah Manjalara
Tunku Muhammad Jewa (Tunku Temenggung)
Tunku Abdul Rahman (CM of Malaya/PM Malaysia)
Tunku Baharum
Tunku Aminah
Tunku Jaafar Shah
Tunku Baharum
Tunku Jahara
Tunku Mohamad Saad
Tunku Habsah
Tunku Kalsom
Tunku Yusof (CM of Kedah)
Tunku Zabedah Manjalara
Children with Sharifah Fatimah binti Syed Idrus (died 1931)
Tunku Ya'acob
Tunku Hajar
Tunku Yahaya
Tunku Abdul Majid
Tunku Zainal Abidin Thani
Tunku Shuib
Tunku Shah Faris
Honours
Foreign honours
:
Member of the Order of the Crown of Siam (1876)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Siam (1890)
Dushdi Mala Medal (Rajkarn Pandin) (1893)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Elephant of Siam (1895)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Chula Chom Klao of Siam (1895)
Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Chula Chom Klao of Siam (1908)
:
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) – Sir (1911)
References
External links
List of Sultans of Kedah
1864 births
1943 deaths
19th-century Sultans of Kedah
Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah
20th-century Sultans of Kedah