Saturday 15 June 2013

Penang Malay Governors 1957-2013

The Malay Governors of Penang are known as Yang di-Pertua Negeri Pulau Pinang.
The following is the list of Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang:


Yang di-Pertua Negeri
Took office
Left office
1
August 31, 1957
August 30, 1967
2
August 31, 1967
January 31, 1969
3
February 5, 1969
February 5, 1975
4
February 5, 1975
May 1, 1981
5
May 1, 1981
May 1, 1989
6
May 1, 1989
May 1, 2001
7
May 1, 2001
present


Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yang_di-Pertua_Negeri_of_Penang

Kedah Governors 1948-2013

Kedah Governors are Malay Menteri Besar. The first was Haji Mohamad Sheriff bin Osman, brother of Dr Mustapha bin Osman, an early Malay doctor who graduated from the University of Hong Kong.


NAME
POST HELD
Haji Mohamad Sheriff bin Osman
[ First MB/Menteri Besar Kedah Pertama ]
1948–1954
YTM Tunku Ismail bin Tunku Yahaya
[ Second MB/Menteri Besar Kedah Kedua ]
1954–1959
Tan Sri Syed Omar bin Syed Abdullah Shahabuddin
[ Third MB/Menteri Besar Kedah Ketiga ]
1959–1967
Tun Dato' Seri Utama Syed Ahmad bin Syed Mahmud Shahabudin
[ Fourth MB/Menteri Besar Kedah Keempat ]
1967–1978
Dato' Seri Syed Nahad bin Tun Syed Sheh Shahabuddin
[ Fifth MB/Menteri Besar Kedah Kelima ]
1978–1985
Tan Seri Haji Osman bin Haji Aroff
[Sixth MB/ Menteri Besar Kedah Keenam ]
1985–1996
Y.B Tan Sri Sanusi bin Junid
[ Seventh MB/Menteri Besar Kedah Ketujuh ]
1996–1999
Dato' Seri Haji Syed Razak bin Syed Zain Barakhbah
[ Eigth MB/Menteri Besar Kedah Kelapan ]
1999–2005
Dato' Seri Haji Mahdzir bin Khalid
[ Ninth MB/Menteri Besar Kedah Kesembilan ]
2005–2008
Tan Sri Ustaz Haji Azizan bin Abdul Razak
[ 10th MB/Menteri Besar Kedah Kesepuluh ]
2008–2013
Datuk Mukhriz bin Tun Mahathir
[ 11th MB/Menteri Besar Kedah Kesepuluh ]
2013-present 


Source:
http://mmk.kedah.gov.my/index.php/kerajaan/menteri-besar/mantan-menteri-besar

Tun Syed Sheh Al-Haj bin Syed Hassan Barakbah



BIOGRAPHY

Tun Syed Sheh was born on 10 November 1906 in Alor Star, Kedah.

He received his education at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College (SAHC) in Alor Star, Kedah before continuing his studies in England on a Kedah State Government's scholarship. He was accepted to read law at the Inner Temple. He graduated with a LL.B degree in 1934.

Tan Sri Syed Sheh Al-Haj bin Syed Hassan Barakbah was a judge and senior official in Malaya, starting his career under British rule and continuing in independent Malaysia.

He was an Arab descendant in Malaya. He was the first Arab-Malay to lead as chief judge (ketua hakim) in independent and modern Malaysia. He was the second chief judge after the Englishman, Tun Sir James Beveridge Thomson.

YAA James Beveridge Thomson, Tun Sir
S.S.M, P.M.N., P.J.K.
16.9 1963-31.5.1966
(Ketua Hakim Negara Pertama)
YAA Tun Syed Sheh bin Syed Hassan Barakbah Al-Haj
S.S.M., P.M.N., D.P.M.K., P.S.B.
1.6.1966-9.9.1968
(Ketua Hakim Negara Kedua)
YAA Tun Dato' Mohamed Azmi bin Haji Mohamed
S.S.M., P.M.N., D.P.M.K., P.S.B., P.J.K.
10.9.1968-30.4.1974
(Ketua Hakim Negara Ketiga)
YAA Tun Mohamed Suffian bin Haji Mohamed Hashim
S.S.M., P.S.M., S.P.C.M., D.I.M.P., J.M.N., S.M.B. (Brunei), P.J.K.
LL.D., D. Litt
1.5.1974-12.11.1982
(Ketua Hakim Negara Keempat) ... Note: He was mentioned in Dr Megat Khas's biography in Biography of the Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957 Malaya and Singapore
YAA D.Y.M.M. Sultan Azlan Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah
S.S.M., D.K., P.M.N., P.S.M.,
S.P.C.M., S.P.T.S., S.P.M.P., S.I.M.P.,
D. Litt, LL.D.
12.11.1982-2.2.1984
(Ketua Hakim Negara Kelima) ... Note: He passed away on 28 May 2014.
YAA Tun Dato' Mohamed Salleh bin Abas
S.S.M., P.M.N., P.S.M., S.P.M.T. D.P.M.T., J.M.N., S.M.T.
3.2.1984-8.8.1988
(Ketua Hakim Negara Keenam)
YAA Tun Dato' Seri Abdul Hamid bin Haji Omar
S.S.M., P.M.N., P.S.M., S.S.M.T., S.I.M.T, S.I.M.P. S.P.M.S., D.P.M.P. P.M.P.
9.8.1988-9.11.1988
(Acting Lord President)
10.11.1988-24.9.1994
(Ketua Hakim Negara Ketujuh/
Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan Pertama) ... Note: refer to Tan Sri Dr Abdul Majid's biography.
YAA Tun Dato' Seri Mohd Eusoff bin Chin
S.S.M., P.S.M., S.P.C.M., D.P.M.J.
D.P.M.K., J.S.M., S.M.J.
25.9.1994-19.12.2000
(Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan Kedua)
YAA Tun Dato' Seri Mohamed Dzaiddin bin Haji Abdullah,
S.S.M., P.S.M., S.P.C.M.,
D.S.P.J., D.P.M.P, D.M.P.N.
20.12.2000-14.3.2003
(Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan Ketiga)
YAA Tun Dato' Sri Ahmad Fairuz Bin Dato' Sheikh Abdul Halim
Age: 62 years
Appointed as Judicial Commissioner: 1.12.1988
Elevated to the High Court: 1.8.1990
Elevated to the Court of Appeal: 1.12.1995
Elevated to the Federal Court: 1.9.2000
Appointed as Chief Judge High Court of Malaya: 1.9.2001
Appointed as President of The Court of Appeal: 1.12.2002
Appointed as Chief Justice of The Federal Court: 16.3.2003
(Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan Keempat)
YAA Tun Abdul Hamid Bin Hj. Mohamad
Age: 62 years
Appointed as Judicial Commissioner: 1.5.1990
Elevated to the High Court: 1.3.1992
Elevated to the Court of Appeal: 1.9.2000
Elevated to the Federal Court: 1.8.2003
Appointed as Chief Justice of the Federal Court: 2.11.2007
(Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan Kelima)
YAA Tun Dato’ Seri Zaki Bin Tun Azmi
SPCM, SPMK, SSM, PSM, SSDK,
PJN, DSMT (Terengganu), DSDK(Kedah), JSM, KMN
Ketua Hakim Negara Mahkamah Persekutuan Malaysia
18 Oktober 2008 - 09 September 2011

Career
  • April 1946: Special Magistrate
  • 1948: President, Kedah Sessions Court in the Colonial Legal Service
  • October 1955 – June 1958: Judge, Seremban Court
  • 1962: Judge, Court of Appeal
  • 1963: Chief Judge of Malaya
  • 1 June 1966 – 10 October 1968: Lord President of the Supreme Court Government 
  • 1 June 1966 - 9 September 1968: Ketua Hakim Negara Ke-2
  • Government Administrative Officer in Penang
  • 1968: Senator
  • 27 January 1969: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara (Governor) - appointed by Agong
  •  Feb 1969-Feb 1975: 3rd Governor of Penang - he served two terms.
Awards
S.S.M.
P.M.N.
D.P.M.K.
P.S.B.

Name style
His name was styled in 2 ways.

  1. Tun Syed Sheh Al-Haj bin Syed Hassan Barakbah
  2. YAA Tun Syed Sheh bin Syed Hassan Barakbah Al-Haj, S.S.M., P.M.N., D.P.M.K., P.S.B., 1.6.1966-9.9.1968, (Ketua Hakim Negara Kedua)


Demise
Tun Syed Sheh passed away on 8 October 1975 in Alor Star, Kedah.

Relatives
His grandchildren and relatives are in Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/syarifah.barakbah
https://www.facebook.com/shareenabarakbah
https://www.facebook.com/zira.barakbah
https://www.facebook.com/sharyfah.sara
https://www.facebook.com/groups/177511132269056/ (Rangkaian Ahlulbait)

Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Sri_Syed_Sheh_Al-Haj_bin_Syed_Hassan_Barakbah
http://www.mykedah2.com/e_20hall_fame/e201b_1.htm
http://www.kehakiman.gov.my/?q=node/60
http://kedah.kehakiman.gov.my/
http://kedah.kehakiman.gov.my/index.php?
http://www.kehakiman.gov.my/?q=node/535
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kompleks-Mahkamah-Alor-Setar/157376824311110

Kedah courthouses

The high court is situated in Alor Setar.
The session courts are situated in Alor Setar and Sg Petani.
The magistrate courts are situated in Alor Setar, Sg Petani, Jitra, Langkawi, Baling, Kulim, Gurun, and Kuala Nerang.

Kompleks Mahkamah Alor Setar
05150 Alor Setar
Tel: 04-735 2900
http://kedah.kehakiman.gov.my/

Kompleks Mahkamah Sungai Petani
Jalan Lencongan Timur
08000 Sungai Petani
Tel: 04-448 1770
http://kedah.kehakiman.gov.my/node/36
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kompleks-Mahkamah-Sungai-Petani/

Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Nerang
06300 Kuala Nerang, Kedah Darul Aman
Tel: 04-786 6628
Fax: 04-786 8224
http://kedah.kehakiman.gov.my

Other related links
http://lib.kedah.uitm.edu.my/psblibrary/Orang Asli land rights.pdf
http://jati-dseas.um.edu.my/filebank/Dutch VOC vs Malay Courts in Tanah Melayu.pdf

Syaikh 'Abdul Qadir ibni Husein Syah 'Alirah

This is the first evidence of the existence of Islam in Kedah's history in 904 AD (291 Hijrah). This was 280 years after Prophet Muhammad SAW passed away in 10 Hijrah, ie, Islam reached Malaya before the 3rd Century Hijrah.

Who was Syaikh 'Abdul Qadir ibni Husein Syah 'Alirah ('Alam)?

The plaque of Makam Syaikh 'Abdul Qadir ibni Husein Syah 'Alirah ('Alam)

Source:
http://usrah-jamadilkubra.blogspot.com/2009/08/manaqib-syed-jamaluddin-hussin-al-akbar.html
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=508442349174992&set=gm.399708856768215&type=1&theater