Kedah Sultanate is a Muslim dynasty located in the Malay Peninsula.
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11 Facts About Kedah Sultanate
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However, Thai chronicles mention that Kedah Sultanate was a Thai city like Nakhon Si Thammarat and was a part of the Siamese kingdom but later was changed into a Malay state after invasion by Muslim kingdoms until today.
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Around 788 BCE, a systematic government of a large settlement of Malay native of Kedah Sultanate had already established around the northern bank of the Merbok River.
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Ancient Kedah Sultanate covered the areas of Kuala Bahang, Kuala Bara, Kuala Pila and Merpah.
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The inhabitants of Kedah Sultanate found him to be a valiant and intelligent person and made him the king of Kedah Sultanate.
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At-Tarikh Salasilah Negeri Kedah Sultanate described the conversion to Islamic faith as starting in 1136 AD.
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The request by Kedah Sultanate was in response to be Malacca's vassal, probably due to fears of Ayutthayan aggresion.
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Kedah Sultanate achieved this by assuring Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin II that his army would protect Kedah from any Siamese invasion.
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Kedah Sultanate offered compensation for the damage but was refused by the sultan.
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List of rulers of Kedah as given here is based to some extent on the Kedah Annals beginning with the Hindu ruler Durbar Raja I According to the Kedah Annals, the 9th Kedah maharaja, Derbar Raja, converted to Islam and changed his name to Sultan Muzaffar Shah, thereby starting the Kedah sultanate.
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Kedah Sultanate adopted the name Mudzaffar Shah and established the sultanate of Kedah.
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