Order of Izzuddin

The Most Honourable Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin (Dhivehi: ނިޝާން އިއްޒުއްދީނުގެ އިއްޒަތުގެ ވެރިކަން, romanized: Nishan Izzuddinge Izzathuge Verikan), or more informally the Order of Nishan Izzuddin, is the highest Maldivian honour which may be conferred upon a foreign national.^[1][2] The Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin is dedicated to Sultan al-Ghazi Hassan Izzuddin Sri Kula Ranmiba Kahthiri Bawana Maharadun.^[3]

Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin
Awarded by  Maldives
Type	Order
Status	Currently constituted
Grades	Collar
Post-nominals	NIIV
Statistics
First induction	15 August 1952
Total inductees	35
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Ghazi
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Insignia

• The collar is made of gold with alternating eight-pointed gold stars with green centres, each with a gold upward-pointing crescent encircling a gold five-pointed star, and eight-pointed gold stars with white crescents.^[2][4]
• The badge is an eight-pointed gold star with a green centre, in the middle of which is a white upward-curving crescent encircling two crossed national flags in gold.^[2][4]
• The sash is worn passing from the right shoulder to the left hip, the badge being pinned on the sash at the left hip. The sash is red with a narrow centre stripe of dark green with white edges. A smaller version of the badge is worn on the collar.^[2][4]

Recipients

Some recipients have so far been awarded the honor.^[5] Including:

Recipient	Date	Ref
Mohamed Amin Didi	15 August 1952	[6]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	15 March 1972	[7][8]
Lord Mountbatten	15 March 1972	[8]
Chun Doo-hwan	30 October 1984	[8]
Shridath Ramphal	16 November 1989	[8]
Fathulla Jameel	10 November 2008	[9]
Mohamed Zahir Hussain	10 November 2008	[9]
Abdulla Hameed	10 November 2008	[9]
Ali Umar Maniku	10 November 2008	[9]
Abdulla Jameel	10 November 2008	[9][10]
Umar Zahir	10 November 2008	[9]
Ilyas Ibrahim	10 November 2008	[9]
Ismail Shafeeu	10 November 2008	[9]
Ahmed Zahir	10 November 2008	[9]
Abdulla Kamaaludheen	10 November 2008	[9]
Mohamed Rasheed Ibrahim	10 November 2008	[9]
Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud	2 December 2009	[8]
Ibrahim Hussein Zaki	26 July 2011
Ibrahim Rasheed	26 July 2011	[11]
Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi	26 July 2011	[12]
Moomina Haleem	26 July 2011
Mohamed Zahir	26 July 2011	[13]
Naseema Mohamed	26 July 2011
Mohamed Nooraddin	26 July 2011	[14]
Mohamed Zahir Naseer	26 July 2011	[15]
Mahmoud Abbas	5 June 2013	[16]
Abbas Ibrahim (politician)	26 July 2013	[17]
Abdul Rasheed Hussain	26 July 2013	[17]
Aneesa Ahmed	26 July 2013	[17]
Ismail Fathhy	26 July 2013	[17]
Abdul Samad Abdulla	9 November 2013	[18]
Abdul Sattar Adam	23 April 2017	[19]
Ahmed Adam	28 October 2019	[20]
Abdullah Sodiq	28 October 2019	[20]
Narendra Modi	8 June 2019	[21][22]
Abdulla Shahid	6 October 2021	[3]