Duli Yang Maha Mulia

Duli Yang Maha Mulia

Duli Yang Maha Mulia is the royal title, equivalent to His Royal Highness, used to refer to state rulers in Malaysia.The phrase is also the title of the state anthem of Selangor, Malaysia, adopted in 1967...

 Ismail Petra ibn Sultan Yahya Petra was the Sultan

Sultan

Sultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...

 of Kelantan

Kelantan

Kelantan is a state of Malaysia. The capital and royal seat is Kota Bharu. The Arabic honorific of the state is Darul Naim, ....

, Malaysia from March 30, 1980 until September 13, 2010. His father is Sultan Yahya Petra and his mother is Tengku Zainab

Tengku Zainab

Tengku Zainab binti Tengku Sri Utama Raja Muhammad Petra bin Tengku Petra Semerak Ibni Sultan Ahmad of Kelantan was the former Raja Perempuan of Kelantan...

. His first wife is Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis Binti Tengku Abdul Hamid. He was succeeded by his son, Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra as Sultan Muhammad V.

Marriage and children

Together, the former Sultan and Raja Perempuan have 4 children:

• HRH Muhammad V of Kelantan
  Muhammad V of Kelantan
  Muhammad V , is the Sultan of the Malaysian state of Kelantan. He was proclaimed Ruler in September 2010, succeeding his father, Sultan Ismail Petra, who is considered incapacitated by illness.-Early life and regency:Born Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra ibni Sultan Ismail Petra in Kota Bharu, he was made...
  
  
• HRH Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra
  Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra
  Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra is the current Tengku Mahkota or heir presumptive to the throne of Kelantan. He was appointed to the position on October 18, 2010....
  
  
• HRH Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra
• HRH Tengku Amalina A'Ishah Putri

Ismail Petra also has a second wife, Elia Suhana Ahmad, whom he married on 31 December 2007.

It was reported that the Sultan of Kelantan, Tuanku Ismail Petra Tuanku Yahya Petra, has filed an application for verification of his divorce from his second wife, Che Puan Elia Suhana Ahmad, at the Syariah High Court on 9 March 2010.

Subsequently, the Chief registrar of Syariah Appellate/High court, Abu Bakar Abdullah Kutty, clarified that the Sultan of Kelantan Sultan Ismail Petra ibni Sultan Yahya Petra did not file a divorce suit against his second wife Elia Suhana Ahmad. Instead, Abu Bakar Abdullah Kutty said an unknown individual by the name of Nik Rorhana Wan Abdul Rahman was named as the plaintiff in the divorce petition filed on Tuesday.

“I want to clarify that the Sultan did not file the writ but instead it was filed on his behalf". “Based on Syariah law we have accepted the suit and it will be up to the court to decide on the matter". “I have to make things clear as it was reported in the media that the Sultan had filed the writ personally which is totally incorrect,” he told reporters at his office here at Balai Islam, Lundang Thursday.

Since his stroke attack on 14 May 2009, there had been major concerns over his ability to continue serving as Sultan. After several trips to seek medical treatment in Singapore, eventually, Ismail Petra was succeeded by his son, Crown Prince Muhammad Faris Petra on 13 September 2010 by order of the Kelantan Succession Council. However, lawyers acting on behalf of Ismail Petra have filed a petition to the Federal Court to have the appointment of the Crown Prince as the Sultan of Kelantan nullified, citing the appointment as unconstitutional.