Ibrahim of Kelantan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ibrahim of Kelantan

Sultan of Kelantan

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1897

Place of Birth: Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1960

Profession: sovereign

Nationality: Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad IV, , (9 October 1897 – 9 July 1960) was the Sultan of Kelantan from 1944 to 1960. He was born at Istana Balai Besar in Kota Bharu to Sultan Muhammad IV ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad III, Sultan of Kelantan and his wife, Sultanah Zainab binti Muhammad Amin.
On 22 June 1911 his father appointed him "Tengku Sri Indra Mahkota Ibrahim ibni Sultan Muhammad 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 21 June 1944, he succeeded 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 Queen Elizabeth II in London, where he famously shared an open carriage in the rain with Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga.He married six wives by which he had 11 (or 12) sons and 12 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 second son, Sultan Yahya Petra.