Kedah Sultanate

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Malay Muslim monarchy Malay state historical polity sultanate

The Kedah Sultanate is one of the oldest Malay Muslim monarchies in Southeast Asia, historically centered in the northern Malay Peninsula and influential in regional trade and politics.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sultanate of Kedah	2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Malay Muslim monarchy ⓘ Malay state ⓘ historical polity ⓘ sultanate ⓘ
associatedWith	Langkasuka (as an early or related polity in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedByHistorically	Patani region NERFINISHED ⓘ Perak region NERFINISHED ⓘ Perlis region NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Alor Setar NERFINISHED ⓘ Kota Setar NERFINISHED ⓘ Langkasuka (early period, debated) NERFINISHED ⓘ
cededTerritory	Penang Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Province Wellesley (Seberang Perai) NERFINISHED ⓘ
cededTerritoryTo	British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
conversionToIslam	around 12th–15th century (traditional accounts vary) ⓘ
countryToday	Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn	maritime trade ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ tin and forest products ⓘ
ethnicCore	Malay people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasModernRuler	Sultan of Kedah as one of the Malay rulers in Malaysia’s Conference of Rulers NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitleHolder	Sultan of Kedah NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyInfluencedBy	Islamic traders from India and Arabia ⓘ Majapahit NERFINISHED ⓘ Srivijaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the oldest continuous Malay Muslim monarchies ⓘ early participation in Indian Ocean and Straits of Malacca trade ⓘ strategic location on the northern Malay Peninsula ⓘ
locatedIn	Southeast Asia ⓘ northern Malay Peninsula ⓘ
modernStatus	constituent hereditary monarchy within the Federation of Malaysia ⓘ ruling house of the Malaysian state of Kedah ⓘ
officialLanguage	Malay ⓘ
partOf	Malay Peninsula polities NERFINISHED ⓘ Malay world NERFINISHED ⓘ
playsRoleIn	history of Islam in the Malay world ⓘ history of Malay monarchy ⓘ regional politics of the northern Malay Peninsula ⓘ
preIslamicReligion	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ
region	northern Straits of Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
rulerTitle	Sultan ⓘ
succession	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
tradedWith	Arab traders ⓘ Chinese traders ⓘ Indian traders ⓘ
treaty	1786 treaty with Francis Light / British East India Company regarding Penang ⓘ subsequent treaties confirming British possession of Penang and Province Wellesley ⓘ
vassalOrClientOf	British Empire (through treaties) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siam (Ayutthaya and successors) at various periods NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malay sultanates → included → Kedah Sultanate ⓘ

Malay → historicalPolity → Kedah Sultanate ⓘ

Sultan of Kedah → locatedIn → Kedah Sultanate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultanate of Kedah

Sultan of Kedah → hasHistoricalPrecursor → Kedah Sultanate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultanate of Kedah