Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah

Paduka Sri Sultan Sir Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah (Jawi: ڤدوك سري سلطان سر عبد الحميد حليم شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان أحمد تاج الدين مكرم شاه; 4 June 1864 – 13 May 1943) was the 26th Sultan of Kedah and reigned from 1881 to 1943.

Foreign relations
During his reign, the Sultan had asked for a $2,500,000 loan from Siam during a state financial crisis in 1905. The loan was extended with the condition that a Financial Advisor from the court of Siam be accepted and a state council be created to assist the Sultan in the administration of all public affairs. This resulted in the promulgation of a new constitution on 29 July 1905. The state council was run by his brothers followed by their sons. The formation of the state council thus curbed the Sultan's administrative powers.

His reign marked the transition from Siamese suzerainty over Kedah to being a British Protectorate as an Unfederated Malay States following the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909.

Personal life
He was the son of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah and Wan Hajar.

The Sultan had several wives and partners; Che Manjelara, Che Sofiah, Sharifah Fatimah Binti Syed Idrus, Sharifah Seha Binti Syed Hussein, Che Spachendra, Sharifah Mariam and Che Laraseh. The Sultan's seventh son and twentieth child with Makche Manjelara, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who would later become the first Prime Minister of Malaysia. The Sultan was succeeded by another son, Sultan Badlishah in 1943.

Family

 * Children with Che Puan Spachendra (died 1907)
 * Tunku Ibrahim
 * Tunku Zam Zam
 * Tunku Rokiah
 * Tunku Fatimah
 * Tunku Kassim
 * Children with Che Laraseh binti Lebai Ishak (died 1946)
 * Tunku Mansor
 * Tunku Sofiah
 * Tunku Johara
 * Tunku Noor
 * Tunku Zaleha
 * Tunku Abdul Jalil
 * Tunku Mohamad Akil
 * Children with Sharifah Mariam binti Syed Mohamad Al-Idrus
 * Tunku Ahmad Tajuddin
 * Tunku Abdullah
 * Tunku Zainal Rashid Thani
 * Tunku Zainal Abidin
 * Children with Sharifah Seha binti Syed Hussein (died 1922)
 * Tunku Abdullah Thani
 * Tunku Pengeran
 * Tunku Balkis
 * Tunku Zahara
 * Children with Tunku Nai Sofiah binti Almarhum Tunku Nai Haji Hassan (died 1948)
 * Tunku Mohamad
 * Tunku Badlishah
 * Tunku Hindon
 * Children with Paduka Seri Che Menjalara @ Neang Nara Burirak Menjalara Luang Nara Burirak or Nueang Nandanagara (died 1941)
 * Tunku Yusof (CM of Kedah)
 * Tunku Aminah
 * Tunku Zabedah Manjalara
 * Tunku Abdul Rahman (CM of Malaya/PM Malaysia)
 * Tunku Baharum
 * Tunku Dakiah Manjalara
 * Tunku Habsah
 * Tunku Jaafar Shah
 * Tunku Jahara
 * Tunku Kalsom
 * Tunku Muhammad Jewa (Tunku Temenggung)
 * Tunku Mohamad Saad
 * Children with Sharifah Fatimah binti Syed Idrus (died 1931)
 * Tunku Ya'acob
 * Tunku Hajar
 * Tunku Yahaya
 * Tunku Abdul Majid
 * Tunku Zainal Abidin Thani
 * Tunku Shuib
 * Tunku Shah Faris

Foreign honours

 * 🇹🇭 Thailand:
 * Order of the Crown of Thailand - 5th Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Member of the Order of the Crown of Siam (1876)
 * Order of the Crown of Thailand - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Siam (1890)
 * Ribbon bar of Dushdi Mala - Civilian, Service to the Nation (Thailand).svg Dushdi Mala Medal (Rajkarn Pandin) (1893)
 * Order of the White Elephant - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Elephant of Siam (1895)
 * Order of Chula Chom Klao - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Chula Chom Klao of Siam (1895)
 * Order of Chula Chom Klao - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Chula Chom Klao of Siam (1908)
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom:
 * UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) – Sir (1911)