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إسلام قدح

Kedah's ruler embraces Islam, by tradition

c. 531 AH · c. 1136 CE

Kedah (Alor Setar) قدح

According to the Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, the ruler of Kedah embraced Islam in 1136 at the hands of a scholar from Yemen and took the name Sultan Muzaffar Shah. Most historians date Kedah's conversion to the 15th century, but the tradition is an important part of the state's own history.

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Sources

  • Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa
  • Barbara Watson Andaya and Leonard Y. Andaya, A History of Malaysia (3rd ed., 2017)
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.
Date by tradition; most historians place the conversion in the 15th century.