List of Maldivian monarchs

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|530 BCE

|Exiled prince and son of King Sri Brahmaditya of the Kalinga kingdom of India.{{Cite journal |last=Mohamed |first=Naseema |year=2005 |title=First Settlers |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/arch_0044-8613_2005_num_70_1_3970 |journal=Note on the Early History of the Maldives |volume=70 |issue=1 |pages=7–14 |doi=10.3406/arch.2005.3970}} Founder of the {{Ill|Kingdom of Dheeva Maari|bn|দীবামাড়ি রাজ্য}}

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| align="center"| The Mapanansa, 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 CE) 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.{{Cite journal|last=Mohamed|first=Naseema|title=First Settlers|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/arch_0044-8613_2005_num_70_1_3970|journal=Note on the Early History of the Maldives|year=2005 |volume=70 |issue=1 |pages=7–14 |doi=10.3406/arch.2005.3970 }}

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!width=20%|Name{{Cite web |title=Legend of Koimala Kalou |url=https://maldivesroyalfamily.com/maldives_koimala.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205085646/http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/maldives_koimala.shtml |archive-date=5 February 2023 |access-date=9 May 2024 |website=Maldives Royal Family}}

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Later Sultan Muhammad al-Adil{{Cite book |last=Taj al-Din |first=Hasan |url=https://repository.tufs.ac.jp/bitstream/10108/84064/3/ |title=The Maldivian chronicle Ta'rikh |publisher=Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |pages=188–191 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628151519/https://repository.tufs.ac.jp/bitstream/10108/84064/3/ |archive-date=28 June 2020}}

|Siri Bavanditta Maha Radun

|24 years

| align="center" |1141

Deposed and assassinated

| align="left" |Son of Sultan Omar I, deposed, banished and assassinated by sister Khadijah.{{Cite journal |date=31 October 1976 |title=The Rehla of Ibn Battuta |url=https://www.amazon.com/Battuta-Translation-Commentary-Gaekwads-Oriental/dp/B0006AW8R2 |journal=Maldives}}

Deposed

| align="left" |Deposed by her first husband Mohamed el-Jameel.

Deposed and assassinated

| align="left" |First Husband of Sultana Khadijah. Assassinated by estranged wife Khadijah. He was nicknamed Handsome Mohamed.

Deposed

| align="left" |Second reign on assassination of first husband Sultan Mohamed el-Jameel. Deposed for a second time by her second husband Abdullah.

Deposed and assassinated

| align="left" |Second husband of Sultana Khadijah. Assassinated by wife Khadijah.

Deposed

| align="left" |Daughter of Sultan Omar I, half sister of Sultana Khadijah. Deposed by husband Mohamed.

Deposed

| align="left" |Daughter of Sultan Mohamed I. Deposed by husband Abdullah.

Former Imam to Raadhafathi and Dhaain

Last of the Lunar dynasty.

Grave found in Thaa Atoll, Guraidhoo by H.C.P Bells expedition.{{Cite web |date=21 February 2006 |title=The British map Maldives while maldives history timeline 1900–2006, fahuge tareek – Maldives Culture Special |url=http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/maldivesculture/Tareek/maldives_history_timeline_20th_century.htm |access-date=2024-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221053914/http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/maldivesculture/Tareek/maldives_history_timeline_20th_century.htm |archive-date=21 February 2006 }}

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Son of Golhaavahi Kambulo (Kalavahi Kabulo) and Kulhiveri Hilaalu Kaeulhanna Kaloge son of Muslim Abbas of Hulhule

Deposed

| align="left" |Son of Sultan Hassan I

Deposed by his uncle Hussain.

Assumed the throne after deposing his nephew Sultan Ibrahim I.

Accidental death

| align="left" |Sultan Hassan II. Drowned in a tank.

Grave found in Thaa Atoll, Guraidhoo by H.C.P Bells expedition.

Prime Minister to Osman I

Killed in battle

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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.

Deposed

| align="left" |Possible descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. Deposed by Sultan Hassan III upon returning to Maldives.

Deposed

| align="left" |Son of Sultan Mohamed IIDeposed by Omar II.

Deposed

| align="left" |Son of Sultan Omar IIDeposed by his brother Yoosuf.

Deposed

| align="left" |Second reign Son of Sultan Omar II Deposed for a second time, this time by his nephew Hassan.

Killed

| align="left" |Killed in a duel with his sister Burecca (Buraki Raani).

Grandson of Sultan Aboobakuru ISon of Mohamed Farhana Kalo and Recca daughter of Aboobakuru I

Assassinated

| align="left" |Assassinated by his brother Hassan who 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

Deposed

| align="left" |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.

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|2 years

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Killed in battle

| align="left" |Popularly known as Ali Rasgefaan He was killed in battle.{{Cite journal |title=Archivo portuguez oriental |url=https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990046762460203941/catalog |url-status=live |journal=Archivo Portuguez Oriental |language=pt |location=Nova-Goa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110061214/https://hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/search?tab=everything&search_scope=everything&vid=HVD2&lang=en_US&mode=basic&offset=0&query=lsr01,contains,990046762460203941 |archive-date=10 November 2023 |access-date=10 November 2023 |via=Harvard Library}} 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.

|Dhirikusa Loka (in absentia)

|15 years

| align="center" |1558

A Maldivian Catholic named Andiri Andirin acted as his regent, while Manoel lived in Goa.

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|less than 1 year

| align="center" |1573

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.

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 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 to abolish regency and assume power.

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| align="left" |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.

Son of Dharanboodhoo Kadida Dio and Abu Naibu Hassan Dorhimeyna Kilege son of the Regent Hussain Famuladeyri Kilege

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Possibly poisoned to death

|Married Mariyam Kan'baafaanu who was the widow of Sultan Muhammad Mohyeddine

| align="left" |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)

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Possibly poisoned to death

|Married Mariyam Kan'baafaanu who was the widow of Sultan Muhammad Shamsedeen I

Appointed as Sultan by request of Viziers{{Cite news |last=Shareef |first=Rozy |date=10 July 2013 |title=އައްޑޫ ރަދުންނަކީ ކާކު؟ |trans-title=Who is Addu's King? |url=https://www.addulive.com/16873 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110061419/https://www.addulive.com/16873 |archive-date=10 November 2023 |access-date=10 November 2023 |work=Addu Live}}

| align="left" |First Sultan of the Dhevvadhoo dynasty{{Cite web |title=އިސްދޫ ދަރިކޮޅުން މުޒުހިރެުއްދީން ރަސްގެފާުނުގެ ޢާއިލާ |trans-title=Decedents of Sultan Mudzuhiruddine – Isdhoo Dynasty |url=http://www.galehiri.com/2017/02/blog-post.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180629220543/http://www.galehiri.com/2017/02/blog-post.html |archive-date=29 June 2018 |website=Galehiri}} Popularly known as Dhevvadhoo Rasgefaanu,{{Cite web |title=Coral Stone Mosques of Maldives |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5812/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110061546/https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5812/ |archive-date=10 November 2023 |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=UNESCO – World Heritage Convention}} 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) Devvadhoo Rasgefaan or Sultan Muahmmadh Ali V was grandson of Al Gazi Muhammad Shamsuddeen. He himself served as Chief Justice prior to Sultan. Devvadhoo Rasgefaan appointed the chronicler Hassan Thaajuddeen as his Chief Justice.

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Son of Ibrahim Shah Bandar Kilege of Isdhoo and Aysha Dio

Abdicated

| align="left" |Son of Sultan Ali VII

Abdicated for cousin Ibrahim Mudzhiruddine

He is also known as Addu Hassan Manikfan{{Cite web |title=Sultan Hassan X |url=https://feydhooroots.com/family.php?database=humo1_&id=F961&main_person=I2967 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110110853/https://feydhooroots.com/family.php?database=humo1_&id=F961&main_person=I2967 |archive-date=10 November 2023 |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=Feydhoo Roots}}

Deposed

| align="left" |First-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.

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|Son of Sultan Ibrahim Muzhir al-Dins maternal (Athiree Kamana) aunt Amina Dio{{Cite journal |last=Luthufee |first=Mohamed Ibrahim |date=May 1987 |title=Dhivehi thaareekhuge therein hoadhun : Dhiyamigilee dharikolhu. Faiythoora 91. 8(7), 5–9 |url=http://saruna.mnu.edu.mv/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5162/5/Dhivehi%20thaareekhuge%20therein%20hoadhun%20%3a%20Dhiyamigilee%20dharikolhu%20-%20part%201.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Dhivehi Bahaai Thaareekhah Khidhumaiykuraa Qaumee Marukazu |publisher=Maldives National University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110061853/http://saruna.mnu.edu.mv/jspui/handle/123456789/5162 |archive-date=10 November 2023 |via=Saruna}}

First of the Dhiyamigili dynasty.

Commissioned Hassan Taj al-Din to write the Ta’rīkh.{{Cite journal |last=C. S. Peacock |first=Andrew |title=History, piety and factional politics in the Arabic chronicle of the Maldives: Ḥasan Tāj al-Dīn's Ta'rīkh and its continuations |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/asia-2020-0015/html |journal=Études Asiatiques |volume=74 |issue=1 |year=2020 |pages=195–220|doi=10.1515/asia-2020-0015 |hdl=10023/21732 |s2cid=229165420 |hdl-access=free }}

|Son of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin II

Died in captivity by Ali Raja

|Son of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin II

| align="left" |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 Don Hassan Maniku. 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 Don Hassan Maniku.

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|2 years

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|align="center"|1759

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|Regency continued in expectation of the return of the deceased Sultan's heir from captivity.

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|1 year

| align="center" |1753

Abdicated

|Daughter of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar II

| align="left" |Amina assumed the role of the ruler 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.

|Daughter of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin III

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Assassinated after the throne was seized.

|Son of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar II of Dhiyamigili Dynasty also known as Muhammadh Manikfaan.

| align="left" |Also known as Haajee Bandaarain

Muhammadh Shams al-Din (later Sultan Muhammadh Shams al-Din Iskandar II) seized the throne when Sultan Ghiyath al-Din was on Hajj.

Unaware of seizure of throne Ghiyath al-Din returned from Hajj and was killed during the reign of Huraa dynasty Sultan Muhammadh Mu'izz al-Din who is also known as Kalhu Bandaara. The last remaining heir of Dhiyamigili Prince Abdulla was banished to Fuvahmulah at the age of seven.

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|Son of Sultan Hasan 'Izz ud-din who reigned in absentia for the return of Dhiyamigili heir Ghiyath al-Din. Sultan Ghiyath al-Din of Dhiyamigili dynasty was killed after he returned from Hajj in October 1774 during Sultan Muhammadh Mu'izz al-Din's reign.

| align="left" | When Sultan Ghiyath al-Din of Dhiyamigili dynasty returned after Hajj during Sultan Muhammadh Mu'izz al-Din's reign, instead of bringing Sultan Ghiyath al-Din to Male', he was killed by attaching weights to his feet and throwing overboard into the sea. The last remaining heir of Dhiyamigili Prince Abdulla was banished to Fuvahmulah at the age of seven.{{Cite web |title=Sultan Muhammad Ghiyasuddin |url=https://www.feydhooroots.com/family.php?database=humo1_&id=F1050&main_person=I3197 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110111540/https://www.feydhooroots.com/family.php?database=humo1_&id=F1050&main_person=I3197 |archive-date=10 November 2023 |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=Feydhoo Roots}} Sultan Muhammadh Mu'izz al-Din is popularly known as Kalhu Bandaarain.

Sultan Muhammadh Mu'izz al-Din was married to Aminath Manikfaan from Isdhoo Dynasty and Aminath Didi from Dhiyamigili Dynasty.){{Cite web |title=Moosa Manikufaanu |url=http://feydhooroots.com/family.php?database=humo1_&id=F1126&main_person=I3020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110111226/https://feydhooroots.com/family.php?database=humo1_&id=F1126&main_person=I3020 |archive-date=10 November 2023 |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=Feydhoo Roots}}

|Younger brother of Sultan Muhammad Mu'iz ud-din

| Son of Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen I

| Son of Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen I

Abdicated

| Son of Imaaduddeen IV

Abdicated

|Nephew of Sultan Ibrahm Nooraddeen

| align="left" | On 16 December 1887, he accepted British protection and the nation became a protectorate.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdFbCQAAQBAJ&dq=Mohamed+Mueenuddin&pg=PA311|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Empire|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2015|last=Panton|first=Kenneth J.|isbn=978-0810875241|page=311}}

| Uncle of Sultan Muhammadh Mueenuddeen II

Abdicated

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| align="left" | 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.

Abdicated

|Brother of Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen V

| align="left" | 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.

Deposed

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| align="left" | Former regent for Sultans Muhammad Imaaduddeen V and Muhammad Shamsuddeen III. Deposed while in the Ottoman Empire.

Deposed

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| align="left" | Second reign and introduced the first Constitution which ended when he was deposed and exiled.

Forced to abdicate

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| Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation)

|8 years

| align="center" |1944

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|2 years

|1952

|1954

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|Following the death of Abdul Majeed and after a national referendum the Maldives became a republic.