Order of Ismoili Somoni
{{Short description|Tajikistan's highest distinction}}
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|caption=Insignia of the order
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|caption2=Ribbon of the order
|awarded_by=President of Tajikistan
|grades=First Class
Second Class
Third Class
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|status = Currently constituted
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The Order of Ismoili Somoni ({{langx|tg|Ордени Исмоили Сомонӣ}}) is Tajikistan's highest distinction.{{cite journal|title=CSTO: Safe Choice in Central Asia |journal=Eurasia Daily Monitor|date=2007|volume=4|issue=191}} It is named after Isma'il ibn Ahmad, also known as Ismoili Somoni.Ст. 11 [http://falerist.info/russkie-nagrady/nagrady-stran-sng/zakon-respubliki-tadzhikistan-o-gosudarstvennyh-nagradah-respubliki-tadzhikistan.html Закона Республики Таджикистан от 31.07.2001 «О государственных наградах Республики Таджикистан»]
Recipients
=Tajiks=
==Public servants==
==Military==
==Politicians==
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=Foreigners=
==Neighboring nations==
- Asif Ali Zardari, former President of Pakistan
- Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan (2021){{Cite web|url=https://asiaplustj.info/en/node/302208|title=Rahmon issues decrees on awarding Burhanuddin Rabbani and Ahmad Shah Massoud the Order of Ismoili Somoni posthumously | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus|website=asiaplustj.info}}
- Ahmad Shah Massoud,{{Cite web|url=http://president.tj/ru/node/26456|title=Указ Президента Республики Таджикистан о награждении бывшего министра обороны Исламской Республики Афганистан, Национального героя Афганистана Ахмадшаха Масуда орденом «Исмоили Сомони» I степени | Президенти Тоҷикистон - President of Tajikistan - Президент Таджикистана - رئيس جمهورية تاجيكستان|website=president.tj}}{{Cite web |date=Sep 2, 2021 |title=Tajikistan shows support for Panjshir resistance, bestows highest honour on Ahmad Shah Massoud |url=http://www.uniindia.com/news/world/tajikistan-shows-support-for-panjshir-resistance-bestows-highest-honour-on-ahmad-shah-massoud/2494899.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902212511/http://www.uniindia.com/news/world/tajikistan-shows-support-for-panjshir-resistance-bestows-highest-honour-on-ahmad-shah-massoud/2494899.html |archive-date=Sep 2, 2021 |website=United News of India}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/tajikistan-honours-lion-of-panjshir-ahmad-shah-massoud-after-two-decades-101630593138174.html|title=Tajikistan honours Lion of Panjshir Ahmad Shah Massoud after two decades|date=September 2, 2021|website=Hindustan Times |first1=Amit |last1=Chaturvedi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930234229/https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/tajikistan-honours-lion-of-panjshir-ahmad-shah-massoud-after-two-decades-101630593138174.html |archive-date= Sep 30, 2022 }} former Minister of Defense of the Islamic State of Afghanistan and head of the Northern Alliance (2021)
==Post-Soviet==
- Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
- Abdulla Aripov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (2018){{Cite web|url=https://podrobno.uz:443/cat/politic/emomali-rakhmon-nagradil-aripova-i-kamilova-ordenami-/|title=Эмомали Рахмон наградил Арипова и Камилова орденами|website=Podrobno.uz}}
- Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (2010){{Cite web|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/ru/node/27973|title=Президент Туркменистана награжден орденом Исмоили Сомони первой степени | Интернет-газета Turkmenistan.Ru|website=www.turkmenistan.ru}}
- Abdulaziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan (2018)
- Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
- Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (2007)
- Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.president.gov.ua/ru/news/22309.html|title=Состоялась церемония вручения государственных наград Президентами Украины и Таджикистана |website= Официальное интернет-представительство Президента Украины|date=December 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140126072726/http://www.president.gov.ua/ru/news/22309.html |archive-date= Jan 26, 2014 }}
- Valdis Zatlers, former President of Latvia (2009)
==Rest of the world==
- Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations{{cite news|title=Tajik FM bestows the Order of Ismoili Somoni on UN Secretary-General|url=http://www.news.tj/en/news/tajik-fm-bestows-order-ismoili-somoni-un-secretary-general |first1=Latif |last1=Latifi |agency=ASIA-Plus|date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160415132834/http://www.news.tj/en/news/tajik-fm-bestows-order-ismoili-somoni-un-secretary-general |archive-date= Apr 15, 2016 }}
- Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, former Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, former Emir of Kuwait
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