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Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra

Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra
Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan
Regent of Kelantan
Reign 8 December 2016 - present
Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan
Reign 18 October 2010 - present
Born (1974-01-20) 20 January 1974 (age 43)
Istana Kota Lama, Kelantan, Malaysia
Full name
Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Dr. Muhammad Faiz Petra ibni Sultan Ismail Petra
House House of Long Senik
Father Sultan Ismail Petra
Mother Tengku Anis Tengku Abdul Hamid
Religion Sunni Islam
Full name
Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Dr. Muhammad Faiz Petra ibni Sultan Ismail Petra
Styles of
Tengku Muhammad Faiz
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Tuanku

Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra ibni Sultan Ismail Petra is the current Tengku Mahkota or heir presumptive to the throne of Kelantan. He was appointed to the position on 18 October 2010. On 8 December 2016, His Royal Highness was appointed as the Regent of Kelantan for 5 years term following the appointment of his eldest brother, Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan as the fifteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 13 December 2016.

Tengku Faiz is the second of four children of the former Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Ismail Petra and Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis. His two younger siblings are Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra and Tengku Amalin Aishah Putri. His eldest brother is the current Sultan of Kelantan, Muhammad V, the fifteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Tengku Faiz was born at Istana Kota Lama, Kelantan on 20 January 1974. He was appointed Tengku Bendahara of Kelantan on 30 March 1989 and currently is the head of the Kelantan Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIK) since 21 June 2009.

He received his complete education as follows:

His PhD dissertation is about the transition between late antiquity and the early medieval period in north Etruria (400-900 AD).

Tengku Faiz was elevated to the position of Tengku Mahkota upon deliberation of the Kelantan State Council of Succession which was chaired by Tengku Laksamana Kelantan Tengku Abdul Halim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim. The ceremony to present the letter of appointment as Tengku Mahkota Kelantan was held at Istana Negeri in Kubang Kerian.

According to the Kelantan State Constitution, Tengku Muhammad Faiz could be the ruler or regent when the Sultan is abroad for a period of more than 12 months or unable to carry out his duties as the ruler over the same period.

He has been awarded:



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