Badlishah of Kedah

Badlishah
بدلي شاه
Sultan of Kedah
Sultan of Kedah
Reign13 May 1943 – 13 July 1958
PredecessorAbdul Hamid Halim Shah
SuccessorAbdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah
Born(1894-03-17)17 March 1894
Alor Setar, Kedah, Siam
Died13 July 1958(1958-07-13) (aged 64)
Alor Setar, Kedah, Federation of Malaya
Burial
SpouseTunku Sofia binti Almarhum Tunku Mahmud (1899-1934, m.1922-1934, her death)
Sultanah Asma binti Almarhum Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah (1911-1994, m.1934-1958, his death)
Issue
HouseMahawangsa
FatherAbdul Hamid Halim Shah
MotherTunku Nai Sofiah binti Almarhum Tunku Nai Haji Hassan
ReligionSunni Islam

Sultan Sir Badlishah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah KCMG KBE (Jawi: سلطان سر بدلي شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه; 17 March 1894 – 13 July 1958) was the 27th Sultan of Kedah and reigned from 1943 and 1958. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his father, Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim. He was the elder half brother of the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman.

Sultan Badlishah also served as regent of Kedah between 1937 and 1943. In 1943, he was deposed by the Imperial Japanese Army, but was reinstated in 1945 following their surrender and the end of the Japanese occupation of Malaya.