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When the Siamese ruled in Kedah ..BY: By Tunku Ismail Jewa ..LD: BETRAYAL at court led to chaos in Kedah in the 19th century, writes TUNKU ISMAIL JEWA. ALOR Star, capital of Kedah, was officially proclaimed a city by the present Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Ab.
(From New Straits Times (Malaysia))
BETRAYAL at court led to chaos in Kedah in the 19th century, writes TUNKU ISMAIL JEWA.
ALOR Star, capital of Kedah, was officially proclaimed a city by the present Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, in a glittering ceremony on Dec 21, 2003.
The city was founded by Sultan Muhammad Jiwa (1710-1778) in 1735, when he moved his administrative centre from Kota Bukit Pinang to Kota Star. The State capital was renamed Alor Star in the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (1882-1943).
But there was a time in the city's long history in which it was abandoned and neglected. From 1821 to 1841, Kedah …
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