The Perlis State Government has determined that the date of the Perlis King’s Birthday Anniversary is amended from May 17th to July 17th from 2018 to 2021. 

According to a letter issued by the office of the State Secretary of Perlis, “The state government decides to amend the date (May 17) because it falls either in the month of Ramadan or early Aidilfitri.”  

Perlis or also known by its popular honorific title Perlis Indera Kayangan is the smallest state in Malaysia located at the northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Unlike the other Malaysian in which the ruler is a “Sultan”, the Perlis ruler is called the “Raja”. 

The Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin was born in Arau, Perlis on May 17th 1943. He has been the Raja since April 2000.