Huraa dynasty explained

Conventional Long Name:	Sultanate of Maldives
Common Name:	Maldives
Year Start:	1772
Life Span:	1757–1766; 1774-1952; 1954-1968
Common Languages:	Dhivehi, English, Arabic
Capital:	Malé
Religion:	Sunni Islam (official)
Government Type:	Absolute monarchy (1757-1766; 1774-1932) Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy (1932-1952; 1954-1968)
Leader2:	Muhammad Fareed Didi
Year Leader1:	1757-1766; 1774-1779 (first)
Year Leader2:	1954-1968 (last)
Title Leader:	Sultan
Legislature:	None (rule by decree) (until 1932) People's Majlis (from 1932)
Currency:	Maldivian rufiyaa

The Huraa Dynasty was the sixth royal dynasty to rule over the Sultanate of Maldives from 1757 to 1965. It was founded by Sultan al-Ghazi Hasan 'Izz ud-din.

Rulers

List of Huraa Sultans:

• Sultan al-Ghazi Hasan 'Izz ud-din (1757–1766 Sultan in absentia until the return of Dhiyamigili heir Giyath al-Din during Dhiyamigili Dynasty)
• Sultan Muhammad Shams ud-din Iskandar II (1773–1774)
• Sultan Muhammad Mu'iz ud-din Iskander (1774–1779)
• Hassan Nooraddeen I (1779–1799)
• Muhammad Mueenuddeen I (1799–1835)
• Muhammad Imaaduddeen IV (1835–1882)
• Ibrahim Nooraddeen (1882–1886)
• Muhammad Mueenuddeen II (1886–1888)
• Ibrahim Nooraddeen (1888–1892) (second time)
• Muhammad Imaaduddeen V (1892–1893)
• Muhammad Shamsuddeen III (1893)
• Haajee Imaaduddeen (1893–1902)
• Muhammad Shamsuddeen III (1902–1934) (second time)
• Hassan Nooraddeen Iskandar II (1934–1943)
• Abdul Majeed Didi (1943–1952)
• Republic (1952–1954)
• Muhammad Fareed Didi (1954–1968)^[1]

Republic declared in 1968

Heads of the Huraa dynasty since 1968, who did not rule as sultans:

• Muhammad Fareed Didi (1968–1969)
• Ibrahim Fareed Didi (1969)

See also

• List of Sultans of the Maldives
• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties

Notes and References

1. Web site: Knoll . Eva-Maria . 2018-10-24 . The Maldives as an Indian Ocean Crossroads . 2022-10-05 . Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History . en . 10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.013.327.