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Sultanah of Kedah | |||||
Tenure | 12 September 2017 – present | ||||
Proclamation | 30 April 2018 | ||||
Predecessor | Sultanah Haminah | ||||
Born | Tengku Maliha binti Tengku Ariff 13 April 1949 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) | ||||
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House | Long Yunus (by birth) Mahawangsa (by marriage) | ||||
Father | Tengku Sri Jaya Raja Tengku Ariff bin Tengku Long Abdul Rahman | ||||
Mother | Cik Puan Sri Jaya Raja Cik Puan Rokiah binti Sulaiman | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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Sultan Salehuddin, the Sultan
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Sultanah Maliha binti Almarhum Tengku Ariff (Jawi: سلطانة مليحة بنت المرحوم تڠكو عارف; born 13 April 1949) is the current Sultanah of Malaysian State of Kedah, replacing her sister-in-law, Sultanah Haminah. She was proclaimed as the Sultanah of Kedah on 30 April 2018 in a royal ceremony after her husband, Sultan Sallehuddin was made Sultan of Kedah.[1] She is the mother to Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah and Tunku Shazuddin Ariff.