List of Maldivian monarchs

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History of the Maldives
Pre-dynastic
Ancient history Buddhist civilization
Dynastic ages
Theemuge 1117–1388 Hilaalee 1388–1632 Utheemu 1632–1692 1692 1692–1701 Isdhoo 1701–1704 Dhiyamigili 1704–1759 Huraa (first) 1759–1766 Dhiyamigili 1766–1774 Huraa (second) 1774–1952
Modern history
First Republic 1953–1954 Huraa (third) 1954–1968 Second Republic 1968–present
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The Maldives was turned into a Sultanate in 1153 when the Buddhist King Dhovemi converted to Islam. Prior to that the Maldives was a Buddhist Kingdom, a Hindu Kingdom and before that a matriarchal society with each atoll ruled by a chief queen according to some accounts or by others, several theocratic societies ruled by priests known as Sawamias of heliolatric, selenolatric and astrolatric religions. All the rulers before King Koimala only ruled over parts of the Maldives or (and Dheeva Mahal) as it was known then. Koimala was the first king to rule over all the islands of the Maldives as we know today and the island of Maliku.

The formal title of the Sultan up to 1965 was, Sultan of Land and Sea, Lord of the twelve-thousand islands and Sultan of the Maldives which came with the style Highness. After independence in 1965 the Sultan assumed the title King with the style Majesty.This style was only there for nearly 3 years until 1968 Maldives turned into a republic for the second time. The main official Royal residence of the Sultan was the Etherekoilu, a palace in Malé.

The reigns of Sultans are from three sources. Taarikh by Maldivian chronicler Hasan Taj Al-Din's written in arabic which covers 670 years of Maldives history, the loamaafaanu copper plates and the third source called Raadhavalhi which was written in 1757 using both Dhives (old script) and Thaana (new script) Maldivian languages.

Kingdom of Adeetta Vansa to Theemuge dynasty[]

Homa or Theemuge Dynasty^[1][]

Name	Regnal Name	Monarch from	Monarch until	Notes
King Mahaabarana Adeettiya (Koimala)[2]	Suvasthi Shri Theemuge Rasfireyru Mini Abaaruna Mahaaradhun[3]	1117	1141	The first king to rule over the whole of Maldives.
King Dhovemi Later Sultan Muhammad al-Adil [4]	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[5] or the Benevolent King.
Sultan Mute Kalaminja[4]	Bavana Abaruna Maha Radun	1165	1184	Mother's sister's son of Dhovemi
Sultan Ali b. Reke Hiriya[4]	Dammara-nanda Maha Radun	1184	1192
Sultan Dinei Kalaminja[4]	Fanaditta Maha Radun	1192	1198	The Lōmāfānu was written during Sultan Dhinei's reign
Sultan Dihei Kalaminja[4]	Dagata Abaruna Maha Radun	1198	1213	Brother of Sultan Dhinei I.
Sultan Wati Kalaminha[4]	Dagata Suvara Maha Radun	1213	1232	Brother of Sultans Dhinei I and Dhinei II.
Sultan Valla Dio[4][6]	Rada-rada Suvara Maha Radun	1232	1257	Brother of Sultans Dhinei I, Dhinei II and Wadi.
Sultan Hudei Kalaminja[4]	Vira Abaruna Maha Radun	1257	1263
Sultan Aima Kalaminja[4]	Loka Suvara Maha Radun	1263	1265
Sultan Hiley ( Ali ) Kalaminja[4]	Sinja Abaruna Maha Radun	1265	1267
Sultan Kalaminja b. Aydage[4]	Madini Survara Maha Radun	1267	1268
Sultan Uda ( Auda ) Kalaminja[4]	Arida Suvara Maha Radun	1268	1277	Son of Sultan Wadi
Sultan Ali Kalamnija[4]	Arida Suvara Maha Radun	1277	1287	Son of Sultan Audha
Sultan Yoosuf Kalamnija[4]	Bavana Aditta Maha Radun	1287	1293	Brother of Sultan Hali II
Sultan Salah al-Din b. Yusuf[4]	Some Sivara Maha Radun	1293	1301	Son of Sultan Yoosuf I
Sultan Da'ud b. Yusuf[4]	Sundura Bavana Maha Radun	1301	1306	Son of Sultan Yoosuf I
Sultan Umar Vira ( Abu Fath Jalal al-Din )[4]	Loka Abaruna Maha Radun	1306	1340	Son of Sultan Salis
Sultan Shihab al-Din Ahmad[4]	Loka Aditta Maha Radun	1340	1347	Son of Sultan Omar I, deposed, banished and assassinated by sister Khadijah[7]
Sultana Rehindi Kabadi Kilege ( Khadija )[4]	Rada Abaruna Maha Radun	1347	1362	Deposed by her first husband Mohamed el-Jameel
Sultan Mohamed el-Jamil[4]	Bavana Suja Maha Radun	1362	1363	First Husband of Sultana Khadijah. Assassinated by estranged wife Khadijah. He was nicknamed Handsome Mohamed.
Sultana Rehendi ( Khadijah )[4]	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[4]	Dammaru Aaditta Maha Radun	1373	1376	Second husband of Sultana Khadijah. Assassinated by wife Khadijah
Sultana Rehendi ( Khadijah )[4]	Rada Abaruna Maha Radun	1376	1379	Third reign
Sultana Radafati ( Adafate ) Kabadi Kilege[4]	Soma Aburana Maha Radun	1379	1380	Daughter of Sultan Omar I, half sister of Sultana Khadijah. Deposed by husband Mohamed.
Sultan Mohamed I[4][8]	Sundura Abaruna Maha Radun	1380	1384	Husband of Sultana Raadhafathi. Son of Kaeumani Kaulhanna Kilege.[8] He is from the island of Maakurathu in Raa Atoll hence he is also known as Maakurathu Mohamed Rasgefaan.
Sultana Da'inu Kabadi Kilege[4]	Natta Abaruna Maha Radun	1385	1388	Daughter of Sultan Mohamed I. Deposed by husband Abdullah.
Sultan Abdullah[4]	Soma Abaruna Maha Radun	1388	1388	Husband of Sultana Dhaain. Some records call him a Regent (Henevi-rasge).
Sultan Uthman al-Fahandavi[4]	Sundura Aditta Maha Radun	1388	1388	Former Imam to Raadhafathi and Dhaain. Last of the Lunar dynasty.

Hilaalee dynasty[]

Name	Regnal Name	Monarch from	Monarch until	Notes
Sultan Hasan I[4]	Bavana	1388	1398	First of the Hilaaly dynasty. Son of Golhaavahi Kambulo ( Kalavahi Kabulo ) and Kulhiveri Hilaalu Kaeulhanna Kaloge son of Muslim Abbas of Hulhule.
Sultan Ibrahim I[4]	Dhammaru Veeru	1398	1398	Son of Sultan Hassan I. Deposed by his uncle Hussain.
Sultan Husayn I[4]	Loka Veeru	1398	1409	Brother of Sultan Hassan I. Assumed the throne after deposing his nephew Sultan Ibrahim I.
Sultan Nasir al-Din al-Gulavihi[4]	Veeru Abaarana	1409	1411	Introduced the Islamic penal code. Possibly a member of the Lunar dynasty
Sultan Hasan Hilali[4]	Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation)	1411	1411	Drowned in a tank.
Sultan Isa[4]	Bavana Sundhura	1411	1411	Brother of Sultan Hassan II.
Sultan Ibrahim I[4]	Dhammaru Veeru	1411	1421	Second reign, first reigned in 1398.
Sultan Uthman II[4]	Dhammaru Loaka	1421	1421	Son of Sultan Osman I.
Sultan Muhammad[4]	Raadha Bavana	1421	1421	Uncle of Sultan's Hassan I and Hussain I. Prime Minister to Osman I
Sultan Yusuf II[4]	Loka Aananadha	1421	1443	Son of Sultan Hassan I
Sultan Abu Bakr I[4]	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[4]	Raadha Veeru	1443	1467	Son of Sultan Aboobakuru I. Deposed by Sayyid Mohamed while abroad.
Sultan al-Sayyid Muhammad[4]	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[4]	Raadha Veeru	1467	1468	Second reign.
Sultan Muhammadh II[4]	Bavana Abaarana	1468	1480	Son of Sultan Hasan III.
Sultan Hasan IV[4]	Raadha Loka	1480	1480	Son of Sultan Mohamed II. Deposed by Omar II.
Sultan Umar II[4]	Loka Sundhura	1480	1484	Son of Sultan Yoosuf II.
Sultan Hasan V[4]	Raadha Aanandha	1484	1485	Son of Sultan Omar II.
Sultan Hasan IV[4]	Raadha Loka	1485	1491	Second reign.
Sultan al-Shaykh Hasan VI[4]	Raadha Fanaveeru	1491	1492	Grandson of Sultan Aboobakuru I.
Sultan Ibrahim II[4]	Bavana Furasuddha	1492	1492	Son of Omar II.
[9][4]	Dhammaru Bavana	1492	1492	Son of Sultan Omar II. Deposed by his brother Yoosuf.
Sultan Yusuf III[4]	Veeru Aanandha	1492	1493	Son of Sultan Omar II.
Sultan Ali II[4]	Audha Veeru	1493	1495	Grandson of Sultan Hassan I.
[9][4]	Dhammaru Bavana	1495	1510	Second reign. Son of Sultan Omar II Deposed for a second time, this time by his nephew Hassan.
Sultan Hasan VII[4]	Singa Veeeru	1510	1511	Son of Sultan Yoosuf III.
Sultan al-Sharif Ahmad al-Makki[4]	Suddha Bavana	1511	1513	An Arab from Mecca. Possible descendant of Muhammad.
Sultan Ali III[4]	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
[9][4]	Dhammaru Bavana	1513	1529	Third accession assisted by his wife Queen Burecca who killed her brother Ali III
Sultan Hasan al-Shirazi VIII[4]	Ran Mani Loka	1529	1549	Son of Sultan Kalu Mohamed and Fatuma Dio, a concubine from Shiraz in Persia.
Sultan Muhammad III[4]	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 Hasan IX[4]	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 Abu Bakr II[4]	Asaalees Loka	1554	1557	Son of Ibrahim Faarhana Kilege and Sanfa Dio. Former Prime Minister to Dom Manoel.
Sultan Ali IV[4]	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[10]	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[10]		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[10]	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[10]	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[11] (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[11] detainment in the Maldives after the shipwreck.
King Dom Philippe[10]	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[9] 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[]

Name	Regnal Name	Monarch from	Monarch until	Notes
Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin I[10]	Kula Sundhura Katthiri Bavana	1632	1648	Legally proclaimed sultan in 1632 former regent for King Dom Philippe.
Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar I[10]	Kula Ran Meeba Katthiri Bavana	1648	1687	Son of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin I.
Sultan Kuda Muhammad[10]	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[10]	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.

Hamawi dynasty[]

Name	Regnal Name	Monarch from	Monarch until	Notes
Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen I[10]	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[]

Name	Regnal Name	Monarch from	Monarch until	Notes
Sultan Muhammad Ali IV[4]	Kula Ran Mani	1692	1701	First Sultan of the Dhevvadhoo dynasty.[12] Popularly known as Dhevvadhoo Rasgefaanu,[13] son of Ali Mafahaiy Kilege of Dhevvadhoo and Kakuni Dio.[10] Sultan Mohamed IV was married to Khadheeja Kanba, daughter of Ibrahim Shah Bandar of Isdhoo ( Isdhoo Bodu Velaanaa Thakurufaan )

Isdhoo dynasty[]

Name	Regnal Name	Monarch from	Monarch until	Notes
Sultan Ali VII[4]	Kula Ran Muiy	1701	1701	Ali Shah Bandar or Isdu 'Ali Velana Thakuru'fa'anu[14], first Sultan of the Isdhoo dynasty. Son of Ibrahim Shah Bandar Kilege of Isdhoo and Aysha Dio.
Sultan Hasan X[4]	Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation)	1701	1701	Son of Sultan Ali V. Deposed by his cousin Ibrahim Mudzhiruddine. He is also known as Addoo Hassan Manikfan[15]
Sultan Ibrahim Muzhir al-Din[4]	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[]

Name	Regnal Name	Monarch from	Monarch until	Notes
Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin II[16]	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[17]	Rannava Loka	1720	1750	Son of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin II and Amina Dio of Fenfushi.
Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin III[18]	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[]

Name	Regnal Name	Monarch from	Monarch until	Notes
Sultan Hasan 'Izz ud-din[19]	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)[]

Name	Regnal Name	Monarch from	Monarch until	Notes
Sultan Muhammad Ghiyath al-Din[4]	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)[]

Name	Regnal Name	Monarch from	Monarch until	Notes
Sultan Muhammad Shams al-Din Iskandar II[4]	Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation)	1774	1774	Uncle of Sultan Hasan 'Izz ud-din.
Sultan Muhammad Mu'izz al-Din[4]	Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation)	1774	1779	Son of Sultan Hasan 'Izz ud-din. Popularly known as Kalhu Bandaarain
Sultan Hasan Nooraddeen I[4]	Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation)	1779	1799	Younger brother of Sultan Muhammad Mu'iz ud-din.[20]
Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen I[4]	Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation)	1799	1835	Son of Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen I.
Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen IV[21]	Kula Sudha Ira Siyaaka Saasthura Audha Keerithi Katthiri Bovana	1835	1882	Son of Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen I.
Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen[22]	Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation)	1882	1886	Son of Imaaduddeen IV. Abdicated in favor of his nephew Muhammad Mueenuddeen.
Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen II[23]	Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation)	1886	1888	Abdicated in favour of his uncle the former Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen.
Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen[24]	Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation)	1888	1892	Second reign.
Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen V[25]	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[26]	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[27]	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[28]	Kula Sundhura Katthiri Bavana	1902	1934	Second reign and introduced the first Constitution,[29] which ended when he was deposed and exiled.
Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen II[30]	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.

Huraa dynasty (second restoration)[]

Name	Regnal Name	Monarch from	Monarch until	Notes
King Sir Muhammad Fareed Didi[31]	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.

See also[]

• History of the Maldives
• President of the Maldives
• List of head of state of the Maldives

Notes[]

• Regnal names are in ancient Maldive language. The names are followed with "Maha Radun" for Kings are "Maha Rehendi" for Queens.^[32]
• Sometimes there were no coronation ceremony and for those they were called "Keerithi Maha Radun" for Kings and "Keeri Maha Rehendi" for Queens.^[32]

References[]

• Official website of the Maldives Royal Family
• Allama Ahmed Shihabuddine (original work in Arabic, translated to Dhivehi by Dhoondeyri Don Maniku), Kitab fi Athaari Meedoo el-Qadimiyyeh. Male'