Kedah was an Islamic Malay sultanate long before Melaka ever was, in the year 1136. Before that it was a Hindu kingdom. There were eight of the Hindu rulers before the ninth converted to Islam. From then on, it became an Islamic kingdom. The sultanate survived till today with the present Sultan who is the now our King. Perhaps these facts are a new discovery because I never learn them in school. So, thus it mean that Islam came to our shores in 1136 or just a little bit earlier?
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