Ibrahim IV of Kelantan

Ibrahim IV
Al-Sultan of Kelantan
Reign 21 June 1944 – 9 July 1960
Coronation 25 October 1944
Predecessor Sultan Ismail of Kelantan
Successor Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan
Born 9 August 1897
Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Died 9 July 1960 (aged 62)
Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Burial 10 July 1960
Langgar Royal Mausoleum, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
House House of Long Senik
Father Sultan Muhammad IV ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad III
Mother Sultana Zainab
Religion Sunni Islam

Paduka Sri Sultan Sir Ibrahim IV Petra ibn Almarhum Sultan Muhammad IV, KCMG, (9 August 1897 – 9 July 1960) was the Sultan of Kelantan from 1944 to 1960.

He was born in Istana Balai Besar at Kota Bharu to Sultan Muhammad IV ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad III, Sultan of Kelantan and his wife, Sultana Zainab. On 22 June 1911 his father appointed him "Tengku Sri Indra Mahkota Abdullah ibni Ibrahim IV", becoming the heir apparent on 21 April 1921.

He served as deputy Judge of the High Court and later represented his father in Singapore in 1942.On 20 June 1944,he succeeded upon the death of his brother, Sultan Ismail and was crowned Sultan at Istana Balai Besar five days later. In 1953 he attended the coronation Queen Elizabeth II in London,[1] where he famously shared an open carriage in the rain with Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga.[2]

He married three wives by which he had had 11 sons and 12 daughters. Sultan Ibrahim IV died at Istana Seri Cemerlang, Kota Bahru, on 9 July 1960 aged 63 after a reign of 16 years, and was succeeded as Sultan by his second 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. ↑ Royal Ark
  2. ↑ The Queen’s Coronation 60 years later, The Sunday Post, 15 June 2013
  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
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