Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah

Paduka Sri Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah, KCMG (4 June 1864 – 13 May 1943) was the 26th Sultan of Kedah. He reigned from 1881 to 1943. He was the son of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah and Wan Hajar.

Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah
Sultan of Kedah
Reign	22 September 1881 - 13 May 1943
Predecessor	Zainal Rashid Mu'adzam Shah II
Successor	Badlishah
Born	(1864-06-04)4 June 1864 Penang, Straits Settlements
Died	13 May 1943(1943-05-13) (aged 78) Alor Setar, Kedah
Burial	Langgar Royal Mausoleum
Issue	Badlishah Tunku Abdul Rahman
House	Mahawangsa
Father	Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah
Mother	Wan Hajar binti Wan Ismail
Religion	Sunni Islam

Abdul Hamid Halim Sultan of Kedah

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.

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.