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It is known as the royal town of Kedah because the Sultan of Kedah's royal palace and official residence, Istana Anak Bukit is located here. It is also known to be the birthplace of the late Sultan of Kedah and the former Yang Di Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah who reigned from 1958 until his death in September 2017.
Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar The beginning of the use of the title sultan in Kedah is attributed to a visit by a Muslim scholar from Yemen , Sheikh Abdullah bin Ja'afar Quamiri, to Durbar Raja II's palace at Bukit Meriam in 1136.
Istana Kuning – Old residential palace for the Sultan of Kedah. Istana Pelamin – Or Istana Kota Setar. Currently the Kedah Royal Museum. Built in 1732 by Y.A.M. Duli Yang Maha Mulia Almarhum Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin Muazzam Shah. Istana Bukit Malut – Royal Palace located in Langkawi Island, Kedah. Istana Kuala Chegar – Built ...
Istana Anak Bukit - Anak Bukit is the birthplace and royal palace of Sultan Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah and of the current ruler, Sultan Sallehuddin. Sungai Anak Bukit which is situated behind the royal palace, flows through Alor Setar and is connected by the Kedah River to Kuala Kedah.
Born at Istana Anak Bukit near Alor Setar as Tunku Abdul Halim ibni Tunku Badlishah, he was the second, but eldest surviving son, of Sultan Badlishah (1894–1958; reigned 1943–1958), who later became the 28th Sultan of Kedah. [1]
Tunku Abdul Malik was born on 24 September 1929 at Istana Anak Bukit, Anak Bukit, as the second son of Tunku Badlishah and Tunku Sofiah Tunku Mahmud to survive infancy. . Tunku Badlishah was the seventh son of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim (also the father of Tunku Abdul Rahman, first Prime Minister of Malay
Sallehuddin was proclaimed as the 29th Sultan of Kedah on 12 September 2017 at the Istana Anak Bukit by the Kedah Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah. [5] He succeeded his half-brother, Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah , upon his death on 11 September 2017.
He returned to the mainland from his exile in Langkawi and formally was installed at the Istana Bukit Pinang in May 1710. [citation needed] Sultan Muhammad Jiwa founded Alor Setar in 1735, which was Kedah’s eighth administrative centre since the establishment of the Kedah Sultanate. The earlier administrative centres were located in Kota ...