Tengku Muhammad Ismail

Tengku Muhammad Ismail
Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu Darul Iman
Regent of Terengganu
Tenure	13 December 2006 – 12 December 2011
Born	1 March 1998
Father	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
Mother	Sultanah Nur Zahirah
Religion	Sunni Islam

Terengganu Royal Family
HRH Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, The Sultan HRH Sultanah Nur Zahirah, The Sultanah HH Tengku Muhammad Ismail, Yang di-Pertuan Muda HH Tengku Nadhirah Zaharah HH Tengku Muhammad Mua'az HH Tengku Fatimatuz Zahra HH Tengku Mustafa Kamil, Tengku Sri Bendahara Raja Jasmine Tengku Sharif Mahmud Tengku Daniel Haqeem Tengku Nabil al-Muktafi HH Tengku Badrul Zaman, Tengku Sri Panglima Raja Wan Hibatul Hidayah HH Tengku Badrul Hisham, Tengku Sri Temenggong Raja Nor Intan Zurina

Tengku Muhammad Ismail ibni Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (born 1 March 1998) is the Yang di-Pertuan Muda (Crown Prince) of Terengganu. He is the son of the current sultan, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, and assumed the regency from 2006 to 2011 during his father's term as Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Biography

Tengku Muhammad Ismail was born 1 March 1998 as the second child and first son of Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin, the Yang di-Pertuan Muda (Crown Prince) of Terengganu, and Sultanah Nur Zahirah.^[1] His father became the Sultan of Terengganu shortly after his birth, after which his mother became known as Permaisuri Nur Zahirah.

He was appointed Yang di-Pertuan Muda (Crown Prince) on 12 January 2006.^[2]

After Sultan Mizan was elected as Yang di-Pertuan Agong, he appointed Tengku Muhammad Ismail, then aged eight, as Regent on 12 November 2006.^[3] Because of Tengku Muhammad Ismail's young age, a Regency Advisory Council was established to discharge his duties for him. The council's members were Raja Tengku Baderulzaman, Sultan Mizan's younger brother, Raja Tengku Sulaiman Sultan Ismail, Sultan Mizan's uncle, and Federal Court judge Abdul Kadir Sulaiman. He was proclaimed as regent during a ceremony on 12 December.^[4]

As regent, he presided over the swearing in of Menteri Besar Ahmad Said following the 2008 general election.^[5]

On 30 August 2010, upon reaching age 12 (baligh, the Islamic age of puberty), Tengku Muhammad Ismail was formally installed as Regent during a ceremony at Istana Maziah. A Regency Representative Council was formed to discharge his duties as regent while he left the country to pursue his studies. The council consisted of Sultan Mizan's brother Tengku Mustaffa Kamel, and previous members of the Regency Advisory Council, Tengku Sulaiman and Abdul Kadir Sulaiman.^[6]

Interests

Like his father, Tengku Muhammad Ismail is an equestrian, and has participated in international events. In June 2010, he finished in second place in the 90 km race at the RTES/D'Armor French Open in Corlay.^[7]

Honours

Malaysian Honours

•  Terengganu ^{[8] [9]}
• Member of the Royal Family Order of Terengganu (DKR, 14 December 2011) ^{[10] [11] [12]}
• First Class of the Family Order of Terengganu (DK I,12 December 2006)
• Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (SSMZ)

References

1. Chok Suat Ling; Rosli Zakaria (28 February 1999). "Selangor and Terengganu Sultans' profiles". New Straits Times. National p. 3.
2. "8-year-old prince made the regent". New Straits Times. 13 December 2006. Local p. 7.
3. Ng, Eileen (4 June 2011). "People's welfare comes first". New Straits Times. p. 1.
4. "Sultan Mizan moved to tears at ceremony". The Star. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
5. "Ahmad to unveil line-up this week". New Straits Times. 31 March 2008. Local p. 2.
6. "Tengku Muhammad dimasyhur Pemangku Raja Terengganu". Utusan Malaysia. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
7. "Equestrian: Terengganu regent rides high". New Straits Times. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
8. The Royal Ark, Terengganu genealogical details, p.13
9. , Mention "DKT" of "Royal Ark Terengganu p.13" is erroneous.
10. Photo with DKR ribbon of Heir Apparent Muhammad Ismail (from "Maharum Bugis Syah" blog )
11. Photo of The Heir Apparent receiving DKR
12. Giga blog article about the conferment of DKR to Heir Apparent of Terengganu.