be Malay, royal in blood, descendant of the Kelantan sultanate, male and a Muslim. The crown prince is also subjected to the same rule. The constitution states that the Sultan must come from the line of Sultan Ismail Petra, only if there are no longer eligible descendant of him, then the Sultan should be chosen from the descendant of Sultan Yahya Petra and so on. The order of the descendants, in descending order of degree of kinship : Sultan Ismail Petra, Sultan Yahya Petra, Sultan Ibrahim, Sultan Ismail, Sultan Muhammad IV. Current order of succession The current order of succession is as follow: Sultan Ismail Petra (1949–2019) Sultan Muhammad V (born 1969) (1) Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra, Tengku Mahkota, the Crown Prince (born 1974) (2) Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra, Tengku Bendahara (born 1978) - previous Sultan - current Sultan List of dynasties and rulers Sultans and Rajas of the Malay Kingdom of Langkasuka Dynasty 1267–1339: Raja Sang Tawal, Raja of Langkasuka, elder son of Raja Sakranta, Maharaja of Jawaka. Defeated by the Siamese in 1295 and fled from Ligor after losing Singgora, finally settling in Kelantan here he established a new capital 1339–1362: Sultan Mahmud ibnu 'Abdu'llah, Raja of Lankasuka and Kelantan, son of Paduka Sri Sang Tawal 1362–1418: Sultan Baki Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud, Raja of Chermin, son of Sultan Mahmud ibnu Abdullah, Raja of Langkasuka and Kelantan 1418–1429: Sultan Sadik Muhammad Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Baki Shah [Maulana Nenggiri] 1429–1467: Sultan Iskandar Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Baki Shah 1467–1522: Sultan Mansur Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Iskandar Shah 1522–1526: Sultan Gombak ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mansur Shah 1526–1547: Sultan Ahmad Shah ibni al-Marhum Raja Mansur, son of Raja Muda Mansur Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Gombak shah. Succeeded on the death of his grandfather 1547–1561: Sultan Mansur Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Shah 1561–1565: Sultan Ibrahim ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mansur (first time) 1565–1570: Raja Umar bin Raja Ahmad of Terengganu 1570–1579: Paduka Sri Sultan Ibrahim ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mansur (second time) Sultans and Rajas from Jembal Dynasty 1579–1597: Sultan Addil ud-din ibni al-Marhum Nik Jamal ud-din (1 time) 1597–1602: Sultan Muhammad ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim 1602–1605: Sultan Addil ud-din ibni al-Marhum Nik Jamal ud-din (2 time), Raja of Kelantan 1605–1616: Sultan Samir ud-din ibni al-Marhum Nik Jamal ud-din, Raja of Kelantan, son of Nik Jamal ud-din bin Wan Abul Muzaffar, Deputy King of Champa 1616–1637: Sultan 'Abdu'l Kadir ibni