Sultans of Kedah Number Sultan Reign 1 Mudzaffar Shah I 1136–1179 2 Mu'adzam Shah 1179–1202 3 Muhammad Shah 1202–1237 4 Muzzil Shah 1237–1280 5 Mahmud Shah I 1280–1321 6 Ibrahim Shah 1321–1373 7 Sulaiman Shah I 1373–1423 8 Ataullah Muhammad Shah I 1423–1473 9 Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin Mu'adzam Shah I 1473–1506 10 Mahmud Shah II 1506–1547 11 Mudzaffar Shah III 1547–1602 12 Sulaiman Shah II 1602–1626 13 Rijaluddin Muhammad Shah 1626–1652 14 Muhyiddin Mansur Shah 1652–1662 15 Dziaddin Mukarram Shah I 1662–1688 16 Ataullah Muhammad Shah II 1688–1698 17 Abdullah Mu'adzam Shah 1698–1706 18 Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah I 1706–1710 19 Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin Mu'adzam Shah II 1710–1778 20 Abdullah Mukarram Shah 1778–1797 21 Dziaddin Mukarram Shah II 1797–1803 22 Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah II 1803–1821 – Siamese invasion of Kedah 1821–1842 (22) Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah II 1842–1845 23 Zainal Rashid Al-Mu'adzam Shah I 1845–1854 24 Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah 1854–1879 25 Zainal Rashid Mu'adzam Shah II 1879–1881 26 Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ll 1881–1943 27 Badlishah Shah 1943–1958 28 Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah 1958–2017 29 Mahmud Sallehuddin 2017–present