Paduka Sri Sultan Dziaddin Mukarram Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin Mu'adzam Shah II (died 25 January 1815; also spelt Sultan Ziyauddin Mukarram Shah II or Sultan Dhiauddin Mukarram Shah II) was the 21st
Sultan of Kedah
The Kedah Sultanate (كسلطانن قدح) is a Muslim dynasty located in the Malay Peninsula. It was originally an independent state, but became a British protectorate in 1909. Its monarchy was abolished after it was added to the Malayan Uni ...
. His reign was from 1797 to 1803. He was appointed as second heir to his brother
Abdullah Mukarram Shah and invested with the title of ''Raja Muda'' on 6 April 1760. He was appointed as Heir Presumptive and invested with the title of ''Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Perlis and Kedah'', with the style of ''Duli Yang Maha Mulia'', and granted Perlis, Kubang Pasu, Setul and Langu in fief, 1770. He succeeded on the death of his elder half-brother, 1 September 1797. He ceded
Seberang Perai
Seberang Perai is a city in the Malaysian state of Penang. It is situated on the Malay Peninsula opposite Penang Island, bordering Kedah to the north and east and Perak to the south. Its city centre is located in Butterworth, while its local ...
(Province Wellesley) to the
Honourable East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...
(HEIC) in return for an annual stipend on 7 July 1800. He concluded a treaty of friendship and alliance with the HEIC on 6 June 1800. He eventually was forced by the
King of Siam
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to abdicate in favour of his nephew and made ruler of the province of Perlis (Kayangan) with the title of ''Raja Muda Kayang'' on September 1803.
References
External links
List of Sultans of Kedah
1815 deaths
18th-century Sultans of Kedah
19th-century Sultans of Kedah
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