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Ibrahim IV of Kelantan

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Coronation
  
25 October 1944

House
  
Kelantan

Mother
  
Sultana Zainab

Children
  
Yahya Petra of Kelantan


Name
  
Ibrahim of

Role
  
Sultan of Kelantan

Reign
  
21 June 1944 – 9 July 1960

Predecessor
  
Sultan Ismail of Kelantan

Successor
  
Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan

Father
  
Sultan Muhammad IV ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad III

Died
  
July 9, 1960, Kota Bharu, Malaysia

Parents
  
Sultan Muhammad IV ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad III, Sultana Zainab

Grandchildren
  
Ismail Petra of Kelantan

Great grandchildren
  
Muhammad V of Kelantan

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.

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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 coronations of King George VI and his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II.

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, Yahya Petra.

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).
  • 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

    Ibrahim IV of Kelantan Wikipedia