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Ibrahim of Kelantan

Ibrahim of Kelantan

Sultan of Kelantan (r. 1944–1960)

Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad IV, KCMG, (Jawi: سلطان إبراهيم ابن المرحوم سلطان محمد ٤; 9 October 1897 – 9 July 1960) was the Sultan of Kelantan from 1944 to 1960.

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He was born at Istana Balai Besar in Kota Bharu to Sultan Muhammad IV, Sultan of Kelantan and his wife, Sultanah Zainab binti Nik Wan Muhammad Amin. On 22 June 1911, his father appointed him "Tengku Sri Indra Mahkota Kelantan", becoming the heir apparent on 21 April 1921.

He served as deputy Judge of the High Court and later represented his brother in Singapore in 1942. On 21 June 1944, he succeeded upon the death of his brother, Sultan Ismail and was crowned Sultan at Istana Balai Besar four months later. In 1953, he attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London where he famously shared an open carriage in the rain with Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga.[1][2]

He married six wives by which he had 13 sons and 14 daughters. Sultan Ibrahim died from a cerebral haemorrhage in Istana Sri Cemerlang, Kota Bahru, on 9 July 1960 aged 63 after a reign of 16 years, and was succeeded as sultan by his third son, Sultan Yahya Petra.

Honours

Honours of Kelantan

  • Grand Master of the Royal Family Order of Kelantan (DK, 20 June 1944 – 9 July 1960).
  • Grand Master of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (20 June 1944 – 9 July 1960).
  • Grand Master of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (20 June 1944 – 9 July 1960).
  • Grand Master of the Order of the Most Distinguished and Most Valiant Warrior (PYGP, 20 June 1944 – 9 July 1960).

Honour of Malaya

Foreign Honours

References

  1. [1]
    The Queen’s Coronation 60 years later, The Sunday Post, 15 June 2013: Then more cheers for the exotic and enormous Queen Salote of Tonga, described as “a vast brown bundle with a tall red knitting needle in her hat.” She refused to have her carriage closed, and sat beaming as she waved and waved in the rain. Comically, she shared her carriage with the tiny Sultan of Kelantan and when someone asked Noel Coward who the little chap was, he replied “her lunch”.
  2. [2]
    Royal Collection Trust
  3. [3]
    "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1958" (PDF).
Preceded by
Sultan Ismail of Kelantan
 Sultan of Kelantan
1944–1960		 Succeeded by
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