Ibrahim of Kelantan
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Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad IV, Template:Post-nominals, (Jawi: Script error: No such module "Lang".; 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 times and 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. He was succeeded as sultan by his third son, Yahya Petra.
Honours
Honours of Kelantan
- File:MY-KEL Royal Family Order - Star of Yunus - DK.svg Recipient and Grand Master of the Royal Family Order of Kelantan (DK) (20 June 1944 – 9 July 1960).
- File:MY-KEL Order of the Crown of Kelantan - Star of Muhammad.svg Grand Master and Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan or Star of Muhammad with title (SPMK) (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).
- File:MY-KEL Order of the Most Distinguished and Most Valiant Warrior - PYGP.svg Grand Master of the Order of the Most Distinguished and Most Valiant Warrior (PYGP) (20 June 1944 – 9 July 1960).
Honour of Malaysia
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- File:MY Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara (Crown of the Realm) - DMN.svg Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (DMN) (31 August 1958).[3]
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Foreign Honours
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- File:UK Order St-Michael St-George ribbon.svg Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG, 4 June 1934).
- File:UK King George V Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg King George V Silver Jubilee Medal (6 May 1935).
- File:UK King George VI Coronation Medal ribbon.svg King George VI Coronation Medal (12 May 1937).
- File:UK Order St-Michael St-George ribbon.svg Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG, 10 June 1948).
- File:UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (2 June 1953).
References
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- ↑ 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".
- ↑ Royal Collection Trust
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