Tuanku Bahiyah
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Tuanku Bahiyah binti Almarhum Tuanku Abdul rahman was born Tunku Bahiyah in 1930 in Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan, the eldest daughter of Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad and Tunku Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin.
In 1956, she married Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah of Kedah, who two years later became Sultan of Kedah. Tunku Bahiyah was installed the second Sultanah of Kedah.
From 1970, she served her five year term as Raja Permaisuri Agong or Queen of Malaysia.
She died of cancer in 2004 and is survived by her husband and three daughters.