Tunku Abdul Malik

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Tunku Abdul Malik
Raja Muda of Kedah
Regent of Kedah
Tenure 21 September 1970 – 20 September 1975
Born (1929-09-24)24 September 1929
Istana Anak Bukit, Kedah, British Malaya
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Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar, Kedah
Spouse Tengku Raudzah Sultan Hisamuddin
Father Sultan Badlishah
Mother Tunku Sofia Tunku Mahmud
Religion Sunni Islam

Tunku Abdul Malik ibni Sultan Badlishah (24 September 1929 – 29 November 2015) was the heir presumptive[fn 1] to the throne of Kedah. He is the son of Sultan Badlishah and the brother of the current ruler, Sultan Abdul Halim. Tunku Abdul Malik served as Regent of Kedah from 1970 to 1975.

Biography

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 Malaysia). His father was appointed Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Kedah in 1935 and became sultan in 1943.[1]

He was educated at Titi Gajah Malay School and Sultan Abdul Hamid College, and attended Wadham College, Oxford.[1]

His elder brother, Tunku Abdul Halim succeeded the throne in 1958 upon the death of their father. Tunku Abdul Malik became Regent of Kedah from 1970 to 1975 during Sultan Abdul Halim's first reign as Yang di-Pertuan Agong.[2] Because Sultan Abdul Halim has no sons, Tunku Abdul Malik was designated as heir in 1981, and was invested as Raja Muda.[1]

Marriage

Tunku Abdul Malik married Tengku Raudzah Sultan Hisamuddin (born 29 September 1929 - died 21 September 2015), the daughter of Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor, on 16 July 1956 at Istana Bukit Kota, Alor Setar.[1] After his appointment as Raja Muda in 1981, Tengku Raudzah became the Raja Puan Muda.[3] They had been married for 59 years until Tengku Raudzah's death in September 2015. He outlived his wife by two months.

Death

Tunku Abdul Malik died at 1:00 am, 29 November 2015, age of 86 at Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital, Alor Star due to old age. His body was laid to rest at Kedah Royal Mausoleum in Langgar.[4]


Honours

See also List of honours of the Kedah Royal Family by country

He has been awarded the following decorations:[5]

Honours of Kedah

Honours of Malaysia

Ancestry

Family of Tunku Abdul Malik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Sultan Zainal Rashid Al-Mu'adzam Shah I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Wan Maheran binti Dato’ Wan Muhammad Sadiq
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Dato’ Wan Ismail bin Dato’ Sri Paduka Raja Laksamana
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Wan Hajar binti Datuk Wan Ismail
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Wan Jingga binti Dato’ Wan Muhammad Sadiq
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Sultan Badlishah of Kedah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. ‘Abdu’llah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Nai Sofiah binti ‘Abdu’llah, a lady from Siam
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Abdul Malik of Kedah[6]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Sultan Zainal Rashid Al-Mu'adzam Shah I (= 16)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah (= 8)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Wan Maheran binti Dato’ Wan Muhammad Sadiq (= 17)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Tunku Mahmud ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Sultan ʻAli Iskandar Shah of Johor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Tengku Cik Fatima of Johor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Cik Serimbuk binti Daeng Muhammad Amin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Sofia binti Mahmud
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Awang Ahmad
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Hajjah Zainab binti Awang Ahmad
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Footnotes

  1. Although he is sometimes called heir apparent due to him being invested Raja Muda, this is not technically true since he may still be displaced in the line of succession by a son born to the current Sultan, however implausible that may seem.

References

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Malaysian royalty
First
Line of succession to the throne of Kedah
1st position
Succeeded by
Tunku Putra Badlishah
as son of the late Tunku Bendahara