Ibrahim of Kelantan

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.

Ibrahim إبراهيم‎
Sultan of Kelantan
Reign	21 June 1944 – 9 July 1960
Coronation	31 October 1944
Predecessor	Sultan Ismail
Successor	Sultan Yahya Petra
Born	(1897-10-09)9 October 1897 Istana Balai Besar, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya
Died	9 July 1960(1960-07-09) (aged 62) Istana Sri Cemerlang, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaya
Burial	10 July 1960 Langgar Royal Mausoleum, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaya
Spouse	Raja Perempuan Zainab binti Tengku Zainal Abidin ​ ​ (m. 1914)​ Tengku Yah binti Tengku Long Sulaiman ​ ​ (m. 1915; div. 1929)​ 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
Religion	Sunni Islam

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

• 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

•  Malaya: Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (DMN, 31 August 1958).^[3]

Foreign Honours

•  United Kingdom: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG, 4 June 1934).
•  United Kingdom: King George V Silver Jubilee Medal (6 May 1935).
•  United Kingdom: King George VI Coronation Medal (12 May 1937).
•  United Kingdom: Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG, 10 June 1948).
•  United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (2 June 1953).

References

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. Royal Collection Trust
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 Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan