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Colonel HH Paduka Sri Sultan 'Abdu'l Hamid Halim Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Taj ud-din al-Mukarram Shah, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Kedah Dar ul-Aman, KCMG (1864-1943) [Malaysia]

KEDAH, SULTAN OF
Neg. No: (GP) 7061a
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 30-06-1911
Biog: Reigned 1882-1943
Date: 30 June 1911
Occasion: Visit to Buckingham Palace on the morning of 30 June 1911 to receive the Insignia of a Knight Commander of The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, conferred in connection with the Coronation of King George V, 22 June 1911.
Location: -
Descr: TQL seated.
Costume: Silk jacket with the motif "Ya Allah" in Arabic characters [NB sometimes the wording appears upside-down]; sarong.

Tunku Mahmud

MAHMUD, TUNKU
Neg. No: (GP) 7059
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 30-06-1911
Biog: President of State Council of Kedah [Malaysia]
Date: 30 June 1911.
Occasion: Coronation of King George V, 22 June 1911.
Location: -
Descr: TQL seated.
Colonel HH Maulana Paduka Sri Tuanku Sultan Sir Idris Murshid al-Azzam Shah Rahmatu'llah ibni al-Marhum Raja Bendahara Alang Iskandar, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Perak, GCMG, KCMG, CMG, GCVO (1849-1916) [Malaysia].

PERAK, SULTAN OF
Neg. No: (GP) 7063
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 30-06-1911
Biog: Reigned 1887-1916.
J M Gullick, Malay Society in the Late Nineteenth Century, Oxford 1989, p 69 n 92
Sultan Idris was the only one of the four FMS rulers who was able to take part in the debates at the first meeting of the new FMS Federal Council in 1909... As a young man he was one of the rather raffish circle around his cousin, Sultan Abdullah... He was an opium smoker whom Birch judged 'rather a debauchee' (J W W Birch, The Journals of J.W.W. Birch, First British Resident to Perak 1874-1875, edited by P.L. Burns, Kuala Lumpur, 1976). The turning point perhaps came with the arrival in Perak of Hugh Low in 1877. Within weeks Low concluded that this was a prominent figure whom he would recommend - 'a good berth to be provided for him' (H. Low, 'The Journal of Sir Hugh Low, Perak 1877', edited by E. Sadka, Journal of the Malayan/Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 27(4), 1954). Thereafter, there was an unbroken flow of high praise from senior figures of the colonial regime - 'stands for all that is best in the Malay ruling class... intelligence... experience... great charm of manner... a fluent speaker... a very earnest Muhammadan, without a trace of bigotry... a high authority on questions of Muhammadan law and religion' (F A Swettenham, British Malaya: An Account of the Origin and Progress of British Influence in Malaya, London, 1907, p 343). Significantly Swettenham continues that 'In all the Malay states there is no one who... has done so much to promote the success of the new system of administration' (ibid). Clifford's verdict is in similar terms - 'among the most enlightened rulers of the Native States of the East, and a convinced apostle of British rule' (H Clifford, Bushwhacking and Other Asiatic Tales and Memories, New York, 1929, p 192).
Date: 30 June 1911.
Occasion: Royal guest for the Coronation of King George V, 23 June 1911.
Location: -
Descr: TQL seated.
Costume: -
Costume Designer: -
Costume Supplier: -
Orders, Decorations & Medals: Star & sash of an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael & St. George (GCMG cr 1901).






















































































































