Zaheeda Mohamad Ariff

Zaheeda زاهدة‎
Raja Puan Muda of Kedah
Tenure	26 November 2017 – present
Predecessor	Tengku Maliha
Born	Zaheeda Banu binti Mohamad Ariff (1971-10-19) 19 October 1971 (age 53) Ipoh, Perak
Spouse	Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah ​ ​ (m. 2003)​
Issue	Tunku Zara Bahiyah Tunku Sulaiman Badlishah
Regnal name Che Puan Muda Zaheeda binti Mohamad Ariff
House	Mahawangsa (by marriage)
Father	Mohamad Ariff
Religion	Sunni Islam
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Royal family of Kedah
Sultan Salehuddin, the Sultan Sultanah Maliha, the Sultanah Tengku Sarafuddin Badlishah, the Raja Muda Che Puan Muda Zaheeda, the Raja Puan Muda Tunku Zara Bahiyah Tunku Sulaiman Badlishah Tunku Shazuddin Ariff, the Tunku Mahkota Che Puan Nur Julie Ariff, the Tunku Puan Mahkota
Che Puan Besar Haminah, the Che Puan Besar and widow of Abdul Halim of Kedah Tunku Soraya, the Raja Puan Muda of Perak Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain, the Raja Di-Hilir of Perak Raja Nabil Imran Che’ Jocelyn Nur Alina Abdullah Raja Sarah Bahiyah Raja Idris Shah Che’ Anis Nabilla Raja Intan Soraya Raja Sarina Intan Bahiyah Raja Safia Azizah Raja Siffudin Muazzam Shah Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz, the Tunku Temenggong
Tunku Abdul Hamid Thani, the Tunku Bendahara Datin Seri Diraja Puan Sri Nora binti Abdullah, the Toh Puan Bendahara
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Che Puan Muda Zaheeda binti Mohamad Ariff (Jawi: چئ ڤوان مودا زاهدة بنت محمد عارف; born Zaheeda Banu binti Mohamad Ariff; 19 October 1971) is the Raja Puan Muda (Crown Princess) of Kedah as the wife of Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah, the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Kedah.

Che Puan Muda Zaheeda graduated with an honours law degree from the Cardiff College, University of Wales and subsequently obtained a master's degree in Commercial Law from the University of Bristol. She obtained a certificate in legal practice (honours) from the Legal Profession Qualifying Board of Malaysia and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in 1996.

She has also served as head of the Legal and Secretariat Division of Selangor Water Supply Company (SYABAS) and also held the same position at Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Berhad.

Before serving with Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor, she also held the position of legal general manager with Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd from 2008 to 2014. She also holds the qualification of statutory arbitrator from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Che Puan Muda Zaheeda was proclaimed as the Raja Puan Muda of Kedah upon her husband's installation as the Raja Muda of Kedah on 26 November 2017 upon her father-in-law, Sultan Sallehuddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah's accession as the 29th Sultan of Kedah.^[1] As a commoner, she was bestowed upon her the honorific prefix of Che Puan Muda before her given names. Prior to being proclaimed as the Raja Puan Muda of Kedah, she was titled as the Toh Puan Laksamana of Kedah.

Che Puan Muda Zaheeda married Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah in 2003. The couple have two children:

• Tunku Zara Bahiyah (born 11 April 2004).
• Tunku Sulaiman Badlishah (born 18 December 2007).^[2]

• Member of the Royal Family Order of Sultan Sallehuddin (DKS) (19 June 2022)^[3]
• Knight Grand Commander of the Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah (SPMK) – Dato' Seri (21 January 2018)