List of head of state of the Maldives
This article is about the list of head of state of the Maldives.
Solar dynasty (Aditya Vansa)[]
King[]
The founding of . King Sri Srudasarunaditya established the Aditya Dynasty. These were Kings of the Solar dynasty.[1]
The first Kingdom established was known as Dheeva Maari. Later in the 3rd century BC during the visit of emissaries sent by Emperor Ashoka, Maldives was known as Diva Mahal.[1]
Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sri Srudasarunaditya | before 269 BC[1] | unknown | Exiled prince and son of King Sri Brahamaditya of the Kalinga Kingdom of India.[1] |
Unknown number of rulers | The Mapanansa[1], the copper plates on which the history of the Kings of Solar Dynasty was written were lost quite early on.
A 4th century notice written by Ammianus Marcellinus ( 362 AD ) speaks of gifts sent to the Roman emperor Julian by a deputation from the nation of "Divi". The name "Divi" is very similar to "Dheyvi" who were the first settlers of Maldives.[1] | ||
Srimati Damahara | unknown | unknown | Last ruler of the Solar Dynasty. It is unclear from the records how many other rulers ruled between the reigns of King Sri Aditya and Queen Damahara. Married Prince Sri Baladitya from the Kalinga Kingdom who later became the first king of the Lunar Dynasty. |
Lunar dynasty (Soma Vansa)[]
King[]
Although the first kings of Maldives were of Solar dynasty, the last queen of the solar dynasty, Queen Srimati Damahara married a prince from Lunar dynasty (Soma Vansa) who came from Kalinga thus establishing the line of Soma Vansa.[1]
Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sri Baladitya | around 990 | unknown | Prince from Kalinga Kingdom of India. Married Queen Srimati Damahara of the Solar dynasty to become the ruler of Diva Mahal (Dheeva Maari). Early during his reign King Rajaraja I of Chola invaded the northern atolls of the Maldives. Although some sources indicate the start of the reign as 900 AD, a Chinese document from the Tang dynasty, records the visit of Maldivians to China bringing with them gifts from their king, Sri Baladitya in 658 AD and also in 662 AD. |
Sri Laukabarana | unknown | unknown | King of the Lunar dynasty. He is son or grandson of Svasti Srimati Damahara Maha Rehendi |
Sri Maha Sandura | unknown | unknown | Son of King Laukabarana. He had a daughter Princess Kamanhara (also known as Kamanara or Rehendihara) who was banished to the island then called Is-Midu (Addu Meedhoo today). With her she took the Mapanansa, the copper plates in which the history of the Kings of Solar dynasty was written. The Mapanasa were later buried by Al-Muhaddith Hasan and this is why such little information survived about the Solar dynasty. |
Sri Bovana Ananda | unknown | unknown | Son of King Sri Laukabarana and brother of King Sri Maha Sandura. He is the father of King Koimala. |
Theemuge dynasty[]
King and Sultan[]
Name | Regnal Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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King Mahaabarana Adeettiya (Koimala) | Maanaabarana | 1117 | 1141 | Svasti Sri Somavamsa Adipati Sri Theemuge Sri Maha Parama Aditya Maha Radun[citation needed] became the first king to rule over the whole of Maldives after reclaiming the northern atolls from the Indian invaders. |
King Dhovemi Later Sultan Muhammad al-Adil [2] |
Siri Bavanditta Maha Radun | 1141 | 1165 | Reigned as a Buddhist until 1153. Son of Henevi Maava Kilege, sister of Koimala. A member of the Soma or Homa (Lunar) dynasty. Converted to Islam in 1153, assumed the title Sultan and founded the Theemuge dynasty. He was the famous Dharumavantha Radun[1] or the Benevolent King. |
Sultan Mute Kalaminja[2] | Bavana Abaruna Maha Radun | 1165 | 1184 | Mother's sister's son of Dhovemi |
Sultan Ali b. Reke Hiriya[2] | Dammara-nanda Maha Radun | 1184 | 1192 | |
Sultan Dinei Kalaminja[2] | Fanaditta Maha Radun | 1192 | 1198 | The Lōmāfānu was written during Sultan Dhinei's reign |
Sultan Dihei Kalaminja[2] | Dagata Abaruna Maha Radun | 1198 | 1213 | Brother of Sultan Dhinei I. |
Sultan Wati Kalaminha[2] | Dagata Suvara Maha Radun | 1213 | 1232 | Brother of Sultans Dhinei I and Dhinei II. |
Sultan (Un-named) Kalaminja[2] | Rada-rada Suvara Maha Radun | 1232 | 1257 | Brother of Sultans Dhinei I, Dhinei II and Wadi. |
Sultan Hudei Kalaminja[2] | Vira Abaruna Maha Radun | 1257 | 1263 | |
Sultan Aima Kalaminja[2] | Loka Suvara Maha Radun | 1263 | 1265 | |
Sultan Hiley ( Ali ) Kalaminja[2] | Sinja Abaruna Maha Radun | 1265 | 1267 | |
Sultan Kalaminja b. Aydage[2] | Madini Survara Maha Radun | 1267 | 1268 | |
Sultan Uda ( Auda ) Kalaminja[2] | Arida Suvara Maha Radun | 1268 | 1277 | Son of Sultan Wadi |
Sultan Ali Kalamnija[2] | Arida Suvara Maha Radun | 1277 | 1287 | Son of Sultan Audha |
Sultan Yoosuf Kalamnija[2] | Bavana Aditta Maha Radun | 1287 | 1293 | Brother of Sultan Hali II |
Sultan Salah al-Din b. Yusuf[2] | Some Sivara Maha Radun | 1293 | 1301 | Son of Sultan Yoosuf I |
Sultan Da'ud b. Yusuf[2] | Sundura Bavana Maha Radun | 1301 | 1306 | Son of Sultan Yoosuf I |
Sultan Umar Vira ( Abu Fath Jalal al-Din )[2] | Loka Abaruna Maha Radun | 1306 | 1340 | Son of Sultan Salis |
Sultan Shihab al-Din Ahmad[2] | Loka Aditta Maha Radun | 1340 | 1347 | Son of Sultan Omar I, deposed, banished and assassinated by sister Khadijah[3] |
Sultana Rehindi Kabadi Kilege ( Khadija )[2] | Rada Abaruna Maha Radun | 1347 | 1362 | Deposed by her first husband Mohamed el-Jameel |
Sultan Mohamed el-Jamil[2] | Bavana Suja Maha Radun | 1362 | 1363 | First Husband of Sultana Khadijah. Assassinated by estranged wife Khadijah. He was nicknamed Handsome Mohamed. |
Sultana Rehendi ( Khadijah )[2] | Rada Abaruna Maha Radun | 1363 | 1373 | Second reign on assassination of first husband Sultan Mohamed el-Jameel. Deposed for a second time by her second husband Abdullah. |
Sultan Abdullah Kilege[2] | Dammaru Aaditta Maha Radun | 1373 | 1376 | Second husband of Sultana Khadijah. Assassinated by wife Khadijah |
Sultana Rehendi ( Khadijah )[2] | Rada Abaruna Maha Radun | 1376 | 1379 | Third reign |
Sultana Radafati ( Adafate ) Kabadi Kilege[2] | Soma Aburana Maha Radun | 1379 | 1380 | Daughter of Sultan Omar I, half sister of Sultana Khadijah. Deposed by husband Mohamed. |
Sultan Mohamed b. Kai[2] | Sundura Abaruna Maha Radun | 1380 | 1384 | Husband of Sultana Raadhafathi. |
Sultana Da'inu Kabadi Kilege[2] | Natta Abaruna Maha Radun | 1385 | 1388 | Daughter of Sultan Mohamed I. Deposed by husband Abdullah. |
Sultan Abdullah[2] | Soma Abaruna Maha Radun | 1388 | 1388 | Husband of Sultana Dhaain. Some records call him a Regent (Henevi-rasge). |
Sultan Uthman al-Fahandavi[2] | Sundura Aditta Maha Radun | 1388 | 1388 | Former Imam to Raadhafathi and Dhaain. Last of the Lunar dynasty. |
Hilaalee dynasty[]
Sultan[]
Name | Regnal Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sultan Hassan I | Bavana | 1388 | 1398 | First of the Hilaaly dynasty.[citation needed] Son of Golhaavahi Kambulo ( Kalavahi Kabulo ) and Kulhiveri Hilaalu Kaeulhanna Kaloge son of Muslim Abbas of Hulhule. |
Sultan Ibrahim I | Dhammaru Veeru | 1398 | 1398 | Son of Sultan Hassan I. Deposed by his uncle Hussain. |
Sultan Hussain I | Loka Veeru | 1398 | 1409 | Brother of Sultan Hassan I. Assumed the throne after deposing his nephew Sultan Ibrahim I. |
Sultan Nasiruddine | Veeru Abaarana | 1409 | 1411 | Introduced the Islamic penal code. Possibly a member of the Lunar dynasty |
Sultan Hassan II | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1411 | 1411 | Drowned in a tank. |
Sultan Isa | Bavana Sundhura | 1411 | 1411 | Brother of Sultan Hassan II. |
Sultan Ibrahim I | Dhammaru Veeru | 1411 | 1421 | Second reign, first reigned in 1398. |
Sultan Osman II | Dhammaru Loaka | 1421 | 1421 | Son of Sultan Osman I. |
Sultan Danna Mohamed | Raadha Bavana | 1421 | 1421 | Uncle of Sultan's Hassan I and Hussain I. Prime Minister to Osman I |
Sultan Yoosuf II | Loka Aananadha | 1421 | 1443 | Son of Sultan Hassan I |
Sultan Aboobakuru I | Bavana Sooja | 1443 | 1443 | Son of Sultan Hassan I half brother of Sultan Yoosuf II. Killed in battle with the Portuguese who came to summon the Council of Ministers of the Maldives to Cochin. |
Sultan Hasan III | Raadha Veeru | 1443 | 1467 | Son of Sultan Aboobakuru I. Deposed by Sayyid Mohamed while abroad. |
Sultan Sayyid Mohamed | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1467 | 1467 | Possible descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. Deposed by Sultan Hassan III upon returning to Maldives. |
Sultan Hasan III | Raadha Veeru | 1467 | 1468 | Second reign. |
Sultan Mohamed II | Bavana Abaarana | 1468 | 1480 | Son of Sultan Hasan III. |
Sultan Hassan IV | Raadha Loka | 1480 | 1480 | Son of Sultan Mohamed II. Deposed by Omar II. |
Sultan Omar II | Loka Sundhura | 1480 | 1484 | Son of Sultan Yoosuf II. |
Sultan Hassan V | Raadha Aanandha | 1484 | 1485 | Son of Sultan Omar II. |
Sultan Hassan IV | Raadha Loka | 1485 | 1491 | Second reign. |
Sultan Hassan VI | Raadha Fanaveeru | 1491 | 1492 | Grandson of Sultan Aboobakuru I. |
Sultan Ibrahim II | Bavana Furasuddha | 1492 | 1492 | Son of Omar II. |
Sultan Kalu Mohamed[4] | Dhammaru Bavana | 1492 | 1492 | Son of Sultan Omar II. Deposed by his brother Yoosuf. |
Sultan Yoosuf III | Veeru Aanandha | 1492 | 1493 | Son of Sultan Omar II. |
Sultan Ali II | Audha Veeru | 1493 | 1495 | Grandson of Sultan Hassan I. |
Sultan Kalu Mohamed[4] | Dhammaru Bavana | 1495 | 1510 | Second reign. Son of Sultan Omar II Deposed for a second time, this time by his nephew Hassan. |
Sultan Hassan VII | Singa Veeeru | 1510 | 1511 | Son of Sultan Yoosuf III. |
Sultan Sharif Ahmed | Suddha Bavana | 1511 | 1513 | An Arab from Mecca. Possible descendant of Muhammad. |
Sultan Ali III | Aanandha | 1513 | 1513 | Killed in a duel with his sister Burecca (Buraki Raani). Grandson of Sultan Aboobakuru I. Son of Mohamed Farhana Kalo and Recca daughter of Aboobakuru I |
Sultan Kalu Mohamed[4] | Dhammaru Bavana | 1513 | 1529 | Third accession assisted by his wife Queen Burecca who killed her brother Ali III |
Sultan Hassan VIII | Ran Mani Loka | 1529 | 1549 | Son of Sultan Kalu Mohamed and Fatuma Dio, a concubine from Shiraz in Persia. |
Sultan Mohamed III | Singa Bavana | 1549 | 1551 | Assassinated by his brother Hassan succeeded him. Son of Golhavahi Aysha Rani Kilege and Omar Maafaiy Kilege son of Kalu Mohamed and Aysha Rani Kilege daughter of Korari Kilege. Therefore, Grandson of Sultan Kalu Mohamed. |
Sultan Hassan IX | Dhirukusa Loka | 1551 | 1552 | Brother of Mohamed III. He was the first Maldivian and only member of its royalty to renounce Islam and convert to Christianity. He was deposed upon conversion, and known subsequently by the Lusitanian name of Dom Manoel. |
Interregnum | 1552 | 1554 | Maldives ruled by a Council of Ministers. | |
Sultan Aboobakuru II | Asaalees Loka | 1554 | 1557 | Son of Ibrahim Faarhana Kilege and Sanfa Dio. Former Prime Minister to Dom Manoel. |
Sultan Ali IV | Audha Siyaaka Katthiri | 1557 | 1558 | Killed in battle. Son of Prime Minister Abdur Rahman Dorhimeyna Kaloge and Sitti Rani Kilege. He was married to Princess Aysha Rani Kilege, aunt of Dom Manoel and daughter of Kalu Mohamed. |
King Dom Manoel | Dhirikusa Loka (in absentia) | 1558 | 1573 | Restored as the king. Formerly known as Sultan Hassan IX. A Maldivian Catholic named Andiri Andirin acted as his regent, while Manoel lived in Goa. |
Interregnum | 1573 | 1573 | Maldives ruled by Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan of Utheemu after he assassinated Andiri Andirin, the regent of King Dom Manoel. As per a treaty he got refuge from Ali Raja of Cannanore, Mohamed Thakurufan's base of operation was Minicoy under the sovereignty of Cannanore. Keteeb Mohamed Thakurufan did not honour this promise. The Ali Raja demanded dominion over the Maldives, as promised to him by the Kateeb of Uteem. The nature of the relationship between Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan and the Ali Raja of Cannanore was outlined in a letter sent by a later Ali Raja, Mariambe Ali-Adi Raja Bibi, to the Sultan Mohamed Mueenuddine I of the Maldives. The letter was dated Friday 17 Jamada-el-oula Anno Hegirae 1243 (7 December AD 1827). According to the letter Mohamed Thakurufan had entered into a treaty ceding sovereignty of the Maldives to the Ali Raja of Cannanore in the event Thakurufan was established in power in Male. (refer page 294 of Divehi Tarikh). | |
King Dom Manoel | Dhirikusa Loka | 1573 | 1583 | Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan concluded a Treaty with King Dom Manoel in order to ward off the Ali Raja of Cannanore with whose help the Kateeb seized power in Male.
Under the treaty, Dom Manoel was restored but remained in Goa. The co-regents were Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan of Utheem and his brother Hassan Thakurufan. The kateeb conferred on himself the title of sultan in 1583 upon Dom Manoel's death. This was in breach of the Treaty and was not legally binding. |
King Dom João | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1583 | 1603 | Son of King Manoel, who remained in Goa. He had two brothers, Dom Francisco and Dom Pedro. Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan and his brother Hassan Thakurufan ruled for King Dom João as co-regents. Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan assumed the title of Sultan following the death of King Dom Manoel. He married a Portuguese Christian noblewoman, Donna Francisca Vasconelles and had two children, Dom Philippe and Dona Inez.
Ibrahim, also known as Kalaafaan[5] (literally "Lord") was the de facto sultan, but legally the regent of Kings Dom João and Dom Philippe who resided in Goa. He reigned from 1585 to 1609. Son of Mohamed Thakurufan, kateeb of Utheemu and Rehendiye Goyye daughter of Cat Fatima of Boarhi Woods in Baarah. Ibrahim Kalaafaan was the regent at the time of François Pyrard de Laval's[5] detainment in the Maldives after the shipwreck. |
King Dom Philippe | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1603 | 1632 | Son of King Dom João and Donna Francisca Vasconelles.
Al-Amira Kuda Kalu Kamanafaanu acted as regent from 1607 until 1609. She was the daughter of Hassan Thakurufaan and Sitti Maryam Maavaa Kuda Kamanafaanu Rani Kilege, daughter of Sultan Ali VI, Sultan of the Maldives, by his wife, Princess Aisha Kabafa'anu, daughter of Sultan Kalu Mohamed[4] Hussain Faamuladeyri Kilege acted as regent from 1609 to 1620. Muhammad Imaduddin I acted as regent from 1620 to 1632. De-recognised in the Maldives after an abortive expedition with Portuguese assistance in order to abolish regency and assume power. |
Utheemu dynasty[]
Sultan[]
Name | Regnal Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin I | Kula Sundhura Katthiri Bavana | 1632 | 1648 | Legally proclaimed sultan in 1632 former regent for King Dom Philippe. |
Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar I | Kula Ran Meeba Katthiri Bavana | 1648 | 1687 | Son of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin I. |
Sultan Kuda Muhammad | Maniranna Loka | 1687 | 1691 | Son of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar I. His mother Princess Maryam acted as regent due to his age. Killed with his mother while at sea in an explosion. |
Sultan Muhammad Mohyeddine | Naakiree Sundhura | 1691 | 1692 | Re-established the Islamic penal code. Son of Dharanboodhoo Kadida Dio and Abu Naibu Hassan Dorhimeyna Kilege son of the Regent Hussain Famuladeyri Kilege. |
Hamavi dynasty[]
Sultan[]
Name | Regnal Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen I | Mikaalha Madhaadheettha | 1692 | 1692 | Arab mentor of Sultan Muhammad Mohyeddine. He first visited Male during the reign of Ibrahim Iskandar I. He was Probably poisoned to death. He coutured the re-establishment of the Islamic Penal code held by the previous Sultan Muhammad Mohyeddine and assigned Scholars to teach in Mosques. In his Sultanate Maldives was very peaceful and citizens became educated and religious. (refer page 67 to 69 of Divehi Tarikh) |
Dhevvadhoo dynasty[]
Sultan[]
Name | Regnal Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sultan Mohamed IV | Kula Ran Mani | 1692 | 1701 | First Sultan of the Dhevvadhoo dynasty.[6] Popularly known as Dhevvadhoo Rasgefaanu,[7] son of Ali Mafahaiy Kilege of Dhevvadhoo and Kakuni Dio. Sultan Mohamed IV was married to Khadheeja Kanba, daughter of Ibrahim Shah Bandar of Isdhoo ( Isdhoo Bodu Velaanaa Thakurufaan ) |
Isdhoo dynasty[]
Sultan[]
Name | Regnal Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sultan Ali V | Kula Ran Muiy | 1701 | 1701 | First Sultan of the Isdhoo dynasty. Son of Ibrahim Shah Bandar Kilege of Isdhoo and Aysha Dio. |
Sultan Hasan X | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1701 | 1701 | Son of Sultan Ali V. Deposed by his cousin Ibrahim Mudzhiruddine. He is not listed in Radhavalhi, the official chronicle. |
Sultan Ibrahim Mudzhiruddine | Muthey Ran Mani Loka | 1701 | 1704 | Cousin of Sultan Hasan X. Deposed by his Prime Minister Muhammad Imaduddin during the regency of his spouse, Fatima Kabafa'anu, while on the Hajj pilgrimage. |
Dhiyamigili dynasty[]
Sultan[]
Name | Regnal Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin II | Kula Sundhura Siyaaka Saasthura | 1704 | 1720 | Prime Minister to Sultan Ibrahim Mudzhiruddine. First of the Dhiyamigili dynasty. Son of Ibrahim Dorhimeyna Kaloge and Amina Dio. |
Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar II | Rannava Loka | 1720 | 1750 | Son of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin II and Amina Dio of Fenfushi. |
Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin III | Navaranna Keerithi | 1750 | 1757 | Son of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin II and Amina Dio of Fenfushi. Held captive on Kavaratti island from 1752 until his death in 1757. In 1752 he was seized by the Ali Raja of Cannanore and transported to Kavaratti island in the Laccadives. Male was occupied. The occupation was ended by Muleegey Dom Hassan Maniku, a direct descendant of the penultimate Christian King Joao. The sultan died in captivity. During this time Maldives was ruled by the captive sultan's niece Amina I of Maldives and his daughter, Amina II. The de facto regent was Muleegey Dom Hassan Maniku. |
Interregnum | 1757 | 1759 | Regency continued in expectation of the return of the deceased sultan's heir from captivity. | |
Sultana Amina I | 1753 | 1754 | Daughter of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar II. Amina assumed the role of the ruler (regent) of Maldives in 1753 after Male was recaptured from the Malabars after 17 weeks of occupation. She was the daughter of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar II and Aisha Manikfan. She abdicated the throne and moved to Addu Atoll in the south. She was later banished to various islands and eventually became the Ruler of Maldives for the second time as the regent during the reign of her younger brother Sultan Mohamed Ghiyasuddin in 1773. | |
Sultana Amina II | 1757 | 1759 | Daughter of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin III. Amina succeeded her cousin in 1754 as nominal regent for her absent father the age of nine, while Muleegey Hassan Manikfaan managed the political affairs as de facto regent. Her father died in 1757 in Minicoy, after which she formally became monarch and queen regnant. In 1759 Sultan Hassan Izzuddin became monarch because the citizens did not approve of a young female as their head. |
Huraa dynasty[]
Sultan[]
Name | Regnal Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sultan Hasan 'Izz ud-din | Kula Ran Meeba Audha Keerithi Katthiri Bavana | 1759 | 1766 | Muleegey Dom Hassan Maniku or Don Bandaara was the first Sultan of the Huraa Dynasty. Son of Amina Dio daughter of Mohamed Kateeb of Muli and Huraa Mohamed Faamuladeyri Thakurufan. |
Dhiyamigili dynasty (restored)[]
Sultan[]
Name | Regnal Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sultan Muhammed Ghiya'as ud-din | Kula Ranmani Keerithi | 1766 | 1774 | Son of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar II. Deposed while on the Hajj pilgrimage |
Interregnum | 1773 | 1773 | Regency by Sultans elder sister Amina I. Her husband Ali Shahbandar took power during the regency, and Dhiyamigili dynasty lost the throne in the cascade of events that followed. Mohamed Manikfaan of Huraa usurped the throne and later abdicated in favour of his nephew who became Sultan Muizzuddin. Amina and her husband were banished to a remote island in Laamu Atoll. |
Huraa dynasty (first restoration)[]
Sultan[]
Name | Regnal Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen II | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1774 | 1774 | Uncle of Sultan Hasan 'Izz ud-din. |
Sultan Muhammad Mu'iz ud-din | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1774 | 1779 | Son of Sultan Hasan 'Izz ud-din. Popularly known as Kalhu Bandaarain |
Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen I | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1779 | 1799 | Brother of Sultan Muhammad Mu'iz ud-din. |
Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen I | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1799 | 1835 | Son of Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen I. |
Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen IV | Kula Sudha Ira Siyaaka Saasthura Audha Keerithi Katthiri Bovana | 1835 | 1882 | Son of Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen I. |
Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1882 | 1886 | Abdicated in favor of his nephew Muhammad Mueenuddeen. |
Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen II | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1886 | 1888 | Abdicated in favour of his uncle the former Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen. |
Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1888 | 1892 | Second reign. |
Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen V | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1892 | 1893 | His cousin Hassan Nooreddine Maandhoogey Manippulu acted as his regent due to his age. The regent abdicated in his name in favour of his older half brother. |
Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen III | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1893 | 1893 | Brother of Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen V. His cousin Hassan Nooreddine Maandhoogey Manippulu acted as his regent due to his age. His cousin abdicated in his name and assumed the throne himself. |
Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1893 | 1902 | Former regent for Sultans Muhammad Imaaduddeen V and Muhammad Shamsuddeen III. Deposed while in the Ottoman Empire. |
Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen III | Kula Sundhura Katthiri Bavana | 1902 | 1934 | Second reign which ended when he was deposed and exiled. |
Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen II | Kula Sudha Ira Siyaaka Saasthura Audha Keerithi Katthiri Bavana | 1935 | 1943 | Forced to abdicate. |
Interregnum | 1944 | 1952 | Abdul Majeed Didi was elected Sultan but was never installed and continued to live in Ceylon. Maldives ruled by Council of Regency headed for a time by former Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen II. Following the death of Abdul Majeed, and after a national referendum, the Maldives became a republic. |
First Republic of Maldives[]
President[]
- Political parties
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Party | Vice President | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
1 | Mohamed Amin Didi (1910–1954) |
1952 | 1 January 1953 | 2 September 1953 | 244 days | Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party | Ibrahim Muhammad Didi | ||
2 | Ibrahim Muhammad Didi (1902–1981) |
— | 2 September 1953 | 7 March 1954 | 186 days | Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party | Vacant |
Huraa dynasty (second restoration)[]
Sultan[]
Name | Regnal Name | Monarch from | Monarch until | Notes |
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Sultan Sir Muhammad Fareed Didi | Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) | 1954 | 1968 | Grandson of Muhammad Mueenuddeen II. Took the title of King Muhammad Fareed Didi in 1965, when the British protectorate of the Maldives ended. Deposed by a national referendum which decided to replace the sultanate with a republic. |
Second Republic of Maldives[]
President[]
Political parties
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Party | Vice President | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
3 | Ibrahim Nasir (1926–2008) |
1968 | 11 November 1968 | 11 November 1973 | 10 years | Independent | Office abolished | ||
1973 | 11 November 1973 | 11 November 1978 | Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi Ibrahim Shihab [8][9][10] [11] | ||||||
4 | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (1937–) |
1978 | 11 November 1978 | 11 November 1983 | 30 years | Independent (until 21 February 2005) |
Office abolished | ||
1983 | 11 November 1983 | 11 November 1988 | |||||||
1988 | 11 November 1988 | 11 November 1993 | |||||||
1993 | 11 November 1993 | 11 November 1998 | |||||||
1998 | 11 November 1998 | 11 November 2003 | |||||||
2003 | 11 November 2003 | 11 November 2008 | |||||||
5 | Mohamed Nasheed (1967–) |
2008 | 11 November 2008 | 7 February 2012[12] | 3 years, 88 days | Maldivian Democratic Party | Mohammed Waheed Hassan | ||
6 | Mohammed Waheed Hassan (1953–) |
— | 7 February 2012[13] | 17 November 2013 | 1 year, 283 days | Gaumee Itthihaad | Mohammed Waheed Deen | ||
7 | Abdulla Yameen (1959–) |
2013 | 17 November 2013 | 17 November 2018 | 5 years | Progressive Party of Maldives | Mohamed Jameel Ahmed | ||
Ahmed Adeeb | |||||||||
Abdulla Jihad | |||||||||
8 | Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (1964–) |
2018 | 17 November 2018 | Incumbent | 2 years, 297 days | Maldivian Democratic Party | Faisal Naseem |
See also[]
Notes[]
- Regnal names are in ancient Maldive language. The names are followed with "Maha Radun" for Kings are "Maha Rehendi" for Queens.[14]
- Sometimes there were no coronation ceremony and for those they were called "Keerithi Maha Radun" for Kings and "Keeri Maha Rehendi" for Queens.[14]
References[]
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