Malaysia’s Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah recites a prayer after being coronated as the new Sultan of Selangor, at his Alam Shah Palace in Klang, 70 kilometres (43 miles) west of Kuala Lumpur March 8, 2003. [Sharafuddin, 55, on Saturday was coronated as the ninth sultan for the state of Selangor, following the demise of his father Sultan Salahuddin Aziz Shah in November 2001.]