Sallehuddin of Kedah
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Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah (Jawi: الأمين الکريم سلطان صالح الدين ابن المرحوم سلطان بدلي شاه; born 30 April 1942) is the 29th Sultan of Kedah since ascending to the throne in September 2017 upon the death of his elder half-brother Abdul Halim.[1]
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Sallehuddin صالح الدين | |||||||||
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Sultan of Kedah | |||||||||
Reign | 12 September 2017 – present | ||||||||
Installation | 22 October 2018 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Abdul Halim | ||||||||
Heir apparent | Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah | ||||||||
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Born | (1942-04-30) 30 April 1942 (age 82) [fn 1] Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah, Japanese-occupied British Malaya (now Malaysia) | ||||||||
Spouse | Sultanah Maliha binti Tengku Ariff | ||||||||
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House | Mahawangsa | ||||||||
Father | Sultan Badlishah | ||||||||
Mother | Sultanah Asma | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
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From soldier to Sultan, as the fourth son (that lived to adulthood) of Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, he was never expected to inherit the throne. But with the passing of his elder brother, Tunku Annuar, suddenly made way for him to eventually became the next heir to the sultanate (behind his elder half-brother, the then-Raja Muda of Kedah, Tunku Abdul Malik).