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Abdul, Hamid Halim Shah, 1864 - 1943 (Sultan of Kedah)

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Hunting party at Astana Anak Bukit, country house of the Sultan of Kedah, October 1889, 1889-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/26
Scope and Contents 209 x 135 mm. An informal group photograph taken beside the formal pool of the Astana Anak Bukit, with the hunting party grouped around a selection of recently shot small game. In the group are, from left to right: (Possibly) Robert William DUFF (1867-1937); founder, in 1903, of the Duff Development Company; (Possibly) Captain CHARLIE; WAN YUSOFF; police officer; ABDUL HAMID, Sultan of Kedah; Raja Muda ABDUL AZIZ (d 1907); (Sir) Frank Athelstane SWETTENHAM (1850-1946). Print is signed in...
Dates: 1889-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Opening of Wan Mat Saman Bridge, Alor Star, 1926, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/30
Scope and Contents 200 x 116 mm. Showing Sir Abdul HAMID HALIM SHAH, Sultan of Kedah, on the point of cutting the tape to open the new bridge. Beside him stands Alwyn Sidney HAYNES, acting British Adviser. Other figures in the group include Haji Sir Mohamed SHERIFF; the Regent of Kedah, Tuanku IBRAHIM; Syed Jan (?); Syed Mohamed IDID; Tuanku Johamed JAVA; and Tuanku BADLISHAH, later Sultan. The Kedah Annual Report (1926) gives this description: "The Wan Mat Saman Bridge which crosses the Kedah River at...
Dates: 1926
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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