KELANTAN

GENEALOGY
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1960 - 1979 Colonel H.R.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Yahya Petra ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Kelantan Dar ul-Naim, CMG (5.6.1952). b. at Istana Kota Lama, Sungai Kelantan, Kota Bharu, 10th December 1917, second son of H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Ibrahim ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad IV, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Kelantan Dar ul-Naim, KCMG, by his third wife, , Y.M. Cik Embong binti Daud, Che’ Puan Besar, educ. Francis Light Sch, Georgetown, Penang, and in England. Raised by his heirless uncle, Sultan Ismail I. Invested with the title of Tengku Temenggong 21st July 1939, and prom to Tengku Bendahara 6th February 1945. Appointed as Heir Apparent in preference to his eldest brother and granted the title of Tengku Mahkota and style of Yang Teramat Mulia, 1st February 1948. Formally invested at the Istana Balai Besar, Kota Bharu, 19th June 1948. Vice-Presdt of the Council of Religion & Malay Customs 1941-1947, Private Sec to the Sultan 1943-1944, Asst State Treasurer 1944-1945, Territorial Chief (Ketua Jajahan) of Kota Bharu 1945-1948, Presdt of the Council of Religion & Malay Customs 1948-1953, and Regent of Kelantan 3rd to 30th June 1953 and 12th August to 12th December 1958. Succeeded on the death of his father, 9th July 1960. Installed at the Istana Balai Besar, Kota Bharu, 10th December 1960, and crowned there by the Tengku Panglima Raja 17th July 1961. Became Deputy Supreme Head of State Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 22nd July 1970, and King of Malaysia with the title of Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong and style of Majesty, 21st September 1975. Col-in-Chief the Malaysian Artillery Regt, 29/6/1966-1979. Patron The Kelantan Royal Project. Rcvd: DKM, DK (21.7.1939), DMN (17.7.1961), and SMN (31.8.1958) of Malaysia, SPMK (9.8.1950), SJMK (9.8.1959), SPSK, DK of Brunei (1961), Trengganu (23.6.1964), Selangor (21.7.1966), Kedah (5.7.1969), Pahang, and Perlis (13.2.1978), and DP of Sarawak, Queen Elizabeth II Coron Medal (1953), etc. m. (first) at the Istana Balai Besar, Kota Bharu, 4th June 1939, H.R.H. Tengku Zainab binti Tengku Muhammad Petra, Raja Perempuan (b. at Kota Bharu, 7th August 1917; d. at Istana Negeri, Kubang Kerian, 9th January 1992, bur. at the Royal Cemetery, Kampung Langgar, Kota Bharu), educ. privately, raised to the title of Tengku Ampuan Mahkota with the style of Yang Teramat Mulia 9th August 1956, crowned as Raja Perempuan with the style of Duli Yang Maha Mulia (Her Highness) at Istana Balai Besar, Kota Bharu, 17th July 1961, Presdt Kelantan Girl Guides Assoc, Organiser State Poppy Day Fund, Advisor The Kelantan Royal Project, rcvd: DK (10.7.1960), SPMK (9.8.1956), and DMN of Malaysia (28.2.1976), daughter of Y.B.M. Tengku Muhammad Petra bin Tengku Idris, Tengku Sri Utama Raja, by his wife, Y.A.M. Tengku Kembang Petri binti al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad IV, Tengku Maharani Petri, daughter of H.H. Paduka Sri Baginda Sultan Muhammad IV ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad III, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Kelantan Da’ar ul-Na’im, KCMG. m. (second) ... m. (third) Y.M. Tengku Alexandria binti Tengku Yusuf [Elekzandariah], sister of Y.M. Tengku Amri bin Tengku Yusuf and Y.M. Tengku Muhammad bin Tengku Yusuf. m. (fourth) ... He d. from heart failure at Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur, 29th March 1979 (bur. Royal Cemetery, Kampung Langgar, Kota Bharu), having had issue, two sons and five daughters:
1979 – 2010 Major-General H.R.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Ismail Petra ibni al-Marhum Sultan Yahya Petra, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Kelantan Da’ar ul-Na’im. b. at Istana Jahar, Kota Bharu, 11th November 1949, eldest son of Colonel H.R.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Yahya Petra ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim, Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of the State of Kelantan Dar ul-Naim, GCMG, by his wife, H.R.H. Tengku Zainab binti Tengku Muhammad Petra, Raja Perempuan, daughter of Y.B.M. Tengku Muhammad Petra bin Tengku Idris, Tengku Sri Utama Raja, educ. privately and at Sultan Ismail Coll, Kota Bharu. Installed as Heir Apparent with the title of Tengku Mahkota, 11th November 1967. Attache State Secretariat and Kota Bharu Land Office 1968. Served as Regent during the absence of his father from the state, 6th to 25th July 1974, 12th July to 28th August 1975, and from 21st September 1975 to 29th March 1979. Succeeded on the death of his father, 29th March 1979. Crowned at Istana Balai Besar, Kota Bharu, 30th March 1980. He was formally deposed in favour of his eldest son by the Kelantan Royal Succession Council of State, on the grounds of incapacity after failing to fully recover from a debilitating stroke, 13th September 2010 (after an amendment to the state constitution gazetted 22nd July 2010). Thereafter styled Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Ismail Petra (instead of Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Kelantan). Maj TA 1/11/1974, prom Hon Lieut-Col 1/1/1976, Hon Col 15/3/1988, and Hon Maj-Gen, Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Artillery Regt 1997, and of the Royal Intelligence Corps. Hon D.Phil (Univ Malaysia Sabah) 2007. Patron Royal Kelantan Club until 1992. Rcvd: DK, SPMK, SJMK, SPKK, SPSK, DMN, SMN (25.2.1959), DK of Negri Sembilan, Selangor (13.11.1988), Johor, Kedah, Perak, Trengganu, and Perlis, DKMB of Brunei, DPSS of Sarawak, DP of Sarawak. m. (first) at Istana Kota Lama, Kota Bharu, 4th December 1968 (nikah) and at Istana Balai Besar, Kota Bharu, 12th March 1969 (zifaf), H.R.H. Tengku Anis binti Tengku ‘Abdu’l Hamid, Raja Perempuan (b. at Aplm Manor, 6th January 1949), educ. Sultana Zainab Sch, Kota Bharu, granted the title of Tengku Ampuan Mahkota 1st January 1969, and crowned with her husband as Raja Perempuan 30th March 1980, rcvd: DK, DK of Brunei, Negri Sembilan, and Perlis, DK 1st class of Johor, SPMK, SPMP of Perlis (1988), and DK 2nd class of Selangor, third daughter of Y.M. Tengku ‘Abdu’l Hamid bin Tengku Muda Sulong ‘Abdu’l Putra [Nai Manoph PhiphithpÌ£hakdi], of Jering (Yambu), Patani, Thailand, by his wife, Y.B.M. Tengku Hajjah Azizah binti Tengku Sri Maharaja Tengku Muhammad Hamzah, Tengku Besar, daughter of Y.B.M. Tengku Muhammad Hamzah bin Tengku Zainal Abidin, Tengku Sri Maharaja, OBE, sometime Chief Minister of Kelantan. Kelantan. m. (second) at Kota Bharu, Kelantan, 23rd December 2007 (div. at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore, 12th February 2010), Cik Puan Elia Suhana binti Ahmad (b. 1979), daughter of Encik Ahmad bin ‘Abdu’l Hamid. He has issue, three sons and one daughter:

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