Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
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Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah was the Sultan of Kedah and a prominent Malaysian monarch who uniquely served twice as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah canonical | 6 |
| Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8670943 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Context triple: [Sultan Abdul Halim Airport, namedAfter, Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah]
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A.
Sultan Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah III
Sultan Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah III was the last sultan of the Riau-Lingga Sultanate, ruling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries until Dutch colonial authorities abolished the monarchy.
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B.
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah is the reigning Sultan of the Malaysian state of Selangor, known for his active role in state affairs and promotion of cultural and religious harmony.
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C.
Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah
Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah is the hereditary ruler of the Malaysian state of Perak and a prominent constitutional monarch known for his scholarly background and public engagement on governance and socio-economic issues.
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D.
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah was the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia and the Sultan of Selangor, known for his long reign and role in Malaysia’s constitutional monarchy.
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E.
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III was the 28th Sultan of Brunei, renowned for modernizing the state, guiding it toward independence from British protection, and laying the foundations of its contemporary Islamic monarchy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Target entity description: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah was the Sultan of Kedah and a prominent Malaysian monarch who uniquely served twice as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia.
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A.
Sultan Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah III
Sultan Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah III was the last sultan of the Riau-Lingga Sultanate, ruling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries until Dutch colonial authorities abolished the monarchy.
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B.
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah is the reigning Sultan of the Malaysian state of Selangor, known for his active role in state affairs and promotion of cultural and religious harmony.
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C.
Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah
Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah is the hereditary ruler of the Malaysian state of Perak and a prominent constitutional monarch known for his scholarly background and public engagement on governance and socio-economic issues.
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D.
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah was the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia and the Sultan of Selangor, known for his long reign and role in Malaysia’s constitutional monarchy.
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E.
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III was the 28th Sultan of Brunei, renowned for modernizing the state, guiding it toward independence from British protection, and laying the foundations of its contemporary Islamic monarchy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sultan of Kedah
ⓘ
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| birthName | Tunku Abdul Halim ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Langgar Royal Mausoleum, Kedah, Malaysia
ⓘ
linked to:
Langgar Royal Mausoleum
|
| child |
Tunku Intan Safinaz binti Abdul Halim
ⓘ
Tunku Sarina binti Abdul Halim ⓘ
linked to:
Tunku Soraya binti Abdul Halim
Tunku Soraya binti Abdul Halim ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Malaysia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-11-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-09-11 ⓘ |
| education |
Sultan Abdul Hamid College
ⓘ
Wadham College, University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Malay ⓘ |
| father |
Sultan Badlishah of Kedah
ⓘ
linked to:
Sultan of Kedah
|
| fieldOfStudy | social science and public administration ⓘ |
| firstTermAsYangDiPertuanAgongEnd | 1975-09-20 ⓘ |
| firstTermAsYangDiPertuanAgongStart | 1970-09-21 ⓘ |
| headOfStateOf | Malaysia ⓘ |
| honor |
Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara (Malaysia)
ⓘ
linked to:
Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (United Kingdom) ⓘ Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom) ⓘ Order of the Chrysanthemum (Japan) ⓘ
linked to:
Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of the Royal House of Kedah ⓘ Seri Maharaja Mangku Negara (Malaysia) ⓘ
linked to:
Seri Maharaja Mangku Negara
|
| languageSpoken | Malay ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Kedah ⓘ |
| mother | Tunku Sofiah binti Tunku Mahmud ⓘ |
| name | Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first person to serve twice as Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States
ⓘ
linked to:
Istana Anak Bukit
|
| placeOfDeath |
Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
ⓘ
linked to:
Istana Anak Bukit
|
| positionHeld |
Chancellor of Universiti Utara Malaysia
ⓘ
Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Malay Regiment ⓘ Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to:
Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Sultan of Kedah ⓘ Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to:
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
|
| predecessor |
Sultan Badlishah of Kedah
ⓘ
linked to:
Sultan of Kedah
|
| reignEnd | 2017-09-11 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1958-07-14 ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| residence |
Istana Anak Bukit, Kedah
ⓘ
linked to:
Istana Anak Bukit
|
| royalHouse |
House of Kedah
ⓘ
linked to:
Kedah Sultanate
|
| secondTermAsYangDiPertuanAgongEnd | 2016-12-12 ⓘ |
| secondTermAsYangDiPertuanAgongStart | 2011-12-13 ⓘ |
| spouse |
Sultanah Bahiyah binti Tuanku Abdul Rahman
ⓘ
Sultanah Haminah binti Hamidun ⓘ |
| successor |
Sultan Sallehuddin of Kedah
ⓘ
linked to:
Sultan of Kedah
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Description of subject: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah was the Sultan of Kedah and a prominent Malaysian monarch who uniquely served twice as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah