“Prof Datuk Dr Nik Hasan Shuhaimi Nik Abdul Rahman. What the heck kinda name is that...?”
No kidding...just think of the size of his business card!
Prof Datuk Dr is his title - prof. and dr. is clear, and
datuk is (according to msn)
in Malaysia, the title of a man who is a member of a senior order of chivalry -
prof datuk or
prof dato is an academic honorific. That leaves
Nik Hasan Shuhaimi Nik Abdul Rahman. In the article, he is referred to only as
Nik Hasan Shuhaimi, in other texts, his name is given as
Nik Hasan Shuhaimi bin Nik Abdul Rahman, so the second part of his name is his patronymic.
So, he is Nik Hasan Shuhaimi, son of a certain Nik Abdul Rahman, an excellent academic. Fits on a card as well as
John Smith III, Ph.D.