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==

==Rest of the world==

References

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Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Tajikistan

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