Ibrahim of Kelantan explained

Ibrahim
Malay: {{Script|Arab|إبراهيم
Succession:Sultan of Kelantan
Reign:21 June 1944 – 9 July 1960
Coronation:31 October 1944
Predecessor:Sultan Ismail
Successor:Sultan Yahya Petra
Spouse:
  • Cik Embong binti Daud
  • Cik Siti
  • Cik Safiah
  • Cik Habiba
Issue:Tengku Petra
Tengku Indera Petra
Tengku Yahya Petra
Tengku Zainal Mulok
Tengku Iskandar Shah
Tengku Feissal
Tengku Badrul Alam
Tengku Abdul Halim
Tengku Rustam
Tengku Shibli Shah
Tengku Nizam
Tengku Shariman
Tengku Aman Shah
Tengku Thuraya
Tengku Wuk
Tengku Zubaida
Tengku Nurul Aini
Tengku Mastura
Tengku Mariam
Tengku Petri
Tengku Farida
Tengku Rashida
Tengku Anis
Tengku Maznah
Tengku Latifah Hanam
Tengku Farida Hanim
Tengku Fatihah
House:Long Yunus
Father:Sultan Muhammad IV ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad III
Mother:Sultanah Zainab binti Nik Wan Muhammad Amin
Birth Date:9 October 1897
Birth Place:Istana Balai Besar, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya
Death Place:Istana Sri Cemerlang, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaya
Date Of Burial:10 July 1960
Place Of Burial:Langgar Royal Mausoleum, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaya
Religion:Sunni Islam

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

He was born at the Istana Balai Besar in Kota Bharu to Sultan Muhammad IV 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. He became sultan on 21 June 1944, 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 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

Honour of Malaya

Foreign Honours

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sundaypost.com/news/the-queens-coronation-60-years-later/ The Queen’s Coronation 60 years later
  2. https://www.rct.uk/collection/2002663/the-coronation-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii Royal Collection Trust
  3. Web site: Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1958..