Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah of Kedah
Paduka Sri Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal
Rashid Al- Mu'adzam Shah I( 1852 – 22 June 1879) was the 24th Sultan of Kedah.
He reigned from 1854 to 1879 and it was during this period that the new Balai Nobat consisting of a five- story building was built.
The building was totally built of wood with zinc roofing.
Abdullah Mu'adzam Shah of Kedah
Paduka Sri Sultan Abdullah Mu'adzam Shah ibni al- Marhum Sultan Ataullah Muhammad Shah II( died 22 September 1706) was the 17th Sultan of Kedah.
His reign was from 1698 to 1706.
Mu'adzam Shah of Kedah
Paduka Sri Sultan Mu'adzam
Shah ibni al- Marhum Sultan Mudzaffar Shah I( died 10 May 1202; also spelt Sultan Mu'azzam Shah) was the second Sultan of Kedah.
His reign was from 1179 to 1202.
Zainal Rashid Al-Mu'adzam Shah I of Kedah
Paduka Sri Sultan Zainal
Rashid Al-Mu'adzam Shah
I ibni
Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah II (1803 – 13 March 1854) was the 23rd Sultan of Kedah.
His reign was from 1845 to 1854.
Zainal Rashid Mu'adzam Shah II of Kedah
Paduka Sri Sultan Zainal Rashid Mu'adzam
Shah II ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah( 4 September 1857 – 22 September 1881) was the 25th Sultan of Kedah.
He reigned from 1879 to 1881.
He was the son of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah with Wan Tan binti Almarhum Luang Nik Abidin.
He married Tengku Mariam binti Almarhum Tengku Ziauddin and had only a princess, Tunku Aishah.
Tunku Aishah married the Sultan of Langkat, Sultan Abdul Aziz Abdul Djalil Rahmat Shah.
He was poisoned and died during detention at Ligor, Nakhon Si Thammarat on 22 September 1881 and was succeeded by his brother Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah I,& then by his half- brother as, Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah II in 1881 as well.
Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah II of Kedah
Paduka Sri Sultan
Ahmad Tajuddin
Halim Shah II
ibni al-Marhum Sultan Abdullah Mukarram Shah (died 3 January 1845) was the 22nd Sultan of Kedah.
His reign was from 1803 to 1821 and 1842 to 1845.
He was appointed as Heir Apparent ("Uparaja") by the King of Siam and invested with the title of "Chao Pangeran" in 1799.
He succeeded on the forced abdication of his paternal uncle in September 1803.
He had been recognised as ruler of Kedah by the King of Siam, and installed at the Balai Besar, Kota Star Palace, Alor Star, with the title of "Phaya Ratna Sangrama Ramabhakti Sri Sultan Muhammad Ratna Raja Varman" on 19 September 1804.
He was promoted to the rank of "Chao Phya Ratna Sangrama Ramabhakti Sri Sultan Muhammad Ratna Raja “Bodin Tersurin Terwerei” Varman Chao Phya Seraipuri" on 2 August 1811.
On hearing about a planned invasion of Siam by Burma in 1820, he refused to dispatch the annual Bunga Mas tribute to Bangkok and opened negotiations for a Burmese alliance.
The Governor of Ligor then invaded the state on 12 November 1821, and conquered Kedah Fort on the 18th of the same month.
The Sultan fled to British territory, the Governor of Ligor appointing his son as acting Governor.
The British authorities granted the Sultan asylum and a pension, allowing him to live in exile, first at Penang, and later at Malacca.
After several failed attempts at regaining his throne by force of arms, he sent his sons to Bangkok to negotiate his restoration in 1842.
The Siamese had divided Kedah into four petty states in 1841, from which they offered him the southern, largest and most prosperous portion.
He agreed to this offer and was permitted to return as nominal ruler over the much reduced realm in June 1842.
He expanded his territory by seizing Krian from Perak on 20 December 1842.
He established his capital at Kota Kuala Muda as Alor Star was overgrown with forest and vegetation.
The Sultan's reign was marked by Siamese rule where its army invaded and occupied Kedah between 1821 and 1842.
Local Kedahan Arab families supported the Sultan's efforts to lead resistance efforts against Siamese rule.
Arab leaders employed a two-pronged approach of religious militancy and diplomacy to free Kedah from Siamese rule, among which the Jamallulail family played a leading role in these efforts and often carried out negotiations to persuade the Siamese to regain the state's independence.
The Siamese later agreed to restore the Sultan of Kedah to his throne in 1842.
The following year, Syed Hussein Jamallulail was installed as the first Raja of Perlis, after Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin gave his endorsement for the formation of Perlis state.
Sallehuddin of Kedah
Al Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah( Jawi:; born 30 April 1942) is the 29th Sultan of Kedah, Malaysia.
He was proclaimed Sultan on 12 September 2017, upon the death of his elder half brother, Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah.
Sharifah Amani
Sharifah Amani binti Syed Zainal Rashid Al- Yahya( born 10 June 1986), better known by her stage name Sharifah Amani, is a Malaysian actress.
She is the best known for her role as Orked in the films of" Sepet" and" Gubra".
Al-Mu'ayyad
Al- Mu'ayyad( died 866) was the third son of the Abbasid caliph, al- Mutawakkil and the brother of al- Muntasir and al- Mu'tazz, who both would eventually become Caliphs as well.
In 860, al- Mutawakkil had named his three sons heirs and seemed to favour al- Muntasir.
However, this appeared to change and al- Muntasir feared his father was going to move against him.
With the implicit support of the Turkish faction of the army, he ordered the assassination of al- Mutawakkil which was carried out by a Turkish soldier on December 11, 861.
The Turkish party then prevailed on al- Muntasir to remove his brothers from the succession, fearing revenge for the murder of their father.
In their place, he was to appoint his son as heir- apparent.
On April 27, 862 both brothers, al- Mu'ayyad and al- Mu'tazz, wrote a statement of abdication.
Al- Muntasir's reign lasted for half a year and ended with his death of unknown causes on 862.
After the death of al- Muntasir, the Turkish chiefs assembled in a council to select his successor.
They did not want to elect al- Mu'ayyad or any of the brothers; so they elected al- Musta'in, another grandson of al- Mu'tasim.
In 866, al- Musta'in was deposed and al- Mu'tazz came into power.
Immediately upon becoming the new Caliph, al- Mu'tazz had the former Caliph al- Musta'in executed.
The Turkish soldiery, after a brawl with the" Maghariba" troops, now turned their support to al- Mu'ayyad.
Enraged by this predicament, the jealous Caliph had his brother, al- Mu'ayyad, being next heir to the throne, imprisoned along with another brother, Abu Ahmad, who had bravely led the troops in the late struggle on his side.
The Turks attempted his release, but al- Mu'tazz, the more alarmed, resolved on his death.
He was smothered in a downy robe( or, as others say, frozen in a bed of ice); and the body was then exposed before the Court, as if, being without mark of violence, he had died a natural death,( a transparent subterfuge).
This period saw the rise of a legend that an Abbasid prince had converted to Christianity under the influence of Theodore of Edessa, taken the name" John" and been killed for his apostasy; Alexander Vasiliev speculates that Muayyad, who was killed in 866 by his brother Mu`tazz, may have been the convert.
However, there is no Christian or Muslim record remotely associating Muayyad with Christianity or even, indeed, religious speculation.
The motives for his murder seem to have been purely political; had he indeed converted, it would have given Mutazz an excuse to murder him for apostasy and been recorded.
Emine Hatun
Emine Hatun was the principal consort of Sultan Mehmed I of the Ottoman Empire.
She was the mother of Sultan Murad II, and the grandmother of Sultan Mehmed II.

Question: Where was the place of death of Zainal Rashid Al-Mu'Adzam Shah I Of Kedah's father?
Answer: Kota Kuala Muda