Sultan Sir Hassan Nooraddeen Iskandar II, KCMG was Sultan of the Maldives from 1935 to 1943, a son of Sultan Muhammad Mueenudheen Kuda Bandaarain. Sultan Nooraddeen was born on 21 April 1887.
Sultan Haji Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI Iskandar was the sultan of the Maldives from 1893 to 1902. Sultan Imaaduddeen was born on 25 October 1868 to Prince Hassan Izzuddeen and Maandhoogey Dhon Didi. He was the younger half brother of Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen II [Kuda Bandaarain] and the grandson of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddeen IV of the Maldive islands. Despite being the eldest son of the latter, his father Prince Hassan Izzuddeen was removed from the line of succession on account of his blindness.
Utheemu is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives. It is an island-level administrative constituency governed by the Utheemu Island Council.
Hilaalee dynasty was one of the earlier Muslim ruling-dynasties of the history of the Maldives. It ruled the country from 1388 to 1573. It came under Portuguese power in 1558 and disestablished in 1573 after the Utheemu rebellion against the Portuguese presence. After the disestablishment, an interregnum period started in the history of the Maldives.
The Utheemu dynasty was created in 1573 when Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al Auzam became sultan of the Maldives. The dynasty was named after the northern Maldives island of Utheemu, birthplace of Muhammad Thakurufaan. Muhammad Thakurufaan is considered a national hero, as he and his two brothers led a successful rebellion against the Portuguese and established his country's independence. Thirteen more sultans ruled during this dynastic period, which ended in 1697.
The United Suvadive Republic was a short-lived breakaway state from the Sultanate of Maldives between 1958 and 1963, consisting of the three southern atolls of the Maldive archipelago: Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah. The first president of the new nation was Abdulla Afeef Didi. The secession occurred in the context of the struggle of the Maldives’ emergence as a modern nation. The United Suvadive Republic inherited a Westminster system of governance cloned from Britain along with other institutional structures.
Abdulla, was crown prince of Dhiyamigili dynasty and the Maldives as the son of Sultan Muhammad Ghiyasuddin I of the Dhiyamigili dynasty.
Al-Sultan Salis Kalaminjaa Siri Meesuvara Mahaa Radun, also known as as-Sulṭān Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Ṣāliḥ al-Bangālī was the Sultan of Maldives from 1293 to 1302. He succeeded to the throne after the death of his father Sultan Yoosuf I, by becoming the 15th sultan to ascend the throne of Maldives from the Lunar dynasty. However, according to Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta, he was not the son of Yoosuf, but rather was a Bengali who had founded a new dynasty.
Al-Sultan Davud Siri Sundhura Bavana Mahaa Radun was the Sultan of the Maldives from 1302 to 1307. He was a son of Sultan Yoosuf I and succeeded his brother to the throne. Sultan Davud was the 16th sultan to ascend the throne from the Lunar dynasty.
Al-Sultan Dhihei Kalaminjaa II Siri Dhagatha Abaarana Mahaaradhun was the Sultan of the Maldives from 1199 to 1214. He ascended the throne after the death of his elder brother Dhinei in 1199. He was the sixth sultan to ascend the throne of Maldives from the Lunar dynasty. He ruled for 15 years.
Osman I of Fehendhoo was the Sultan of the Maldives in 1388. He ruled the country for 6 months and 15 days. Sultan Osman was also the last sultan to ascend the throne of the Maldives from the Lunar Dynasty, ending the 227 years of Lunar Dynasty rule since the Maldives converted to Islam from Buddhism.
Sultan Isaa Sri bavana sundura mahaa radun ascended the throne of Maldives on 1412 after the death of his brother Sultan Hassan II. He ruled the country for just three months.
Sultan Aboobakar I Sri Bavana Sooja Mahaa Radun was the sultan of Maldives for 20 years. He was the 11th sultan to ascend the throne of Maldives from Hilaaly Dynasty. He was the son of Hilaaly Hassan I of the Maldives. King Aboobkar succeeded his brother to the throne. He married Kolhumadulu Atoll Kandoodhoo Reki rani kamanaa faan. He was killed in battle with the Portuguese who came to the Maldives to summon the Council of Ministers of the Maldives to Cochin.
Sultan Haji Hassan III Sri Dhaadha Veeru Mahaa Radhun was the sultan of Maldives from 1443 to 1467. He ascended the throne after the death of his father, Sultan Abookuru I. In his 25th year of reign he chose to pay a visit to Mecca for Hajj and he made his young son as the regent while he was away. While he was in Mecca he was deposed by Sayyidh Muhammad.
Sultan Nasiruddin I Sri Veeru Abarana Mahaa Radun was the sultan of the sultanate of Maldives. He ascended to the Lion throne of Maldives in 1409 after the death of Sultan Hassan Al Hilaaly I. Sultan Nasiruddine ruled the country for three years until his death in 1411. It is believed that he was a descendant of lunar dynasty.
Sultan Hassan V Sri raadha Aanandha Maha Radhun was the sultan of the sultanate of Maldives. He ascended to the lion throne of Maldives after the death of his father, Omar II of the Maldives in 1484. His rule was short and ended upon his death in 1485. After his reign, the Portuguese began making inroads into the Indian Ocean and threatened the Maldives.
Hassan II was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999.
Several interregnums occurred in the history of the Maldives.
