Sultan Hamid II (born Syarif Abdul Hamid Alkadrie; Arabic: شريف عبد الحميد القادري Šarīf ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Qādrī; 12 July 1913 – 30 March 1978) was the eighth Sultan of Pontianak and the only President of the State of West Kalimantan from 1946 to its disestablishment in 1950. He was the eldest son of Sultan Syarif Muhammad Alkadrie. He was of mixed Malay-Arab ancestry and was raised by two British nationals— Salome Catherine Fox and Edith Maud Curteis.
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12 July 1913 Pontianak, Pontianak Sultanate
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Died |
30 March 1978 (aged 64) Jakarta, Indonesia
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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