Order of Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
{{Short description|Bahraini order of merit}}
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(Wisam al-Shaikh ‘Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa)
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|established = 6 October 1999
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The Order of Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa ({{langx|ar|وسام الشيخ عيسى بن سلمان آل خليفة}}) is a Bahraini order of merit. It is the highest decoration in the Kingdom of Bahrain and is named after Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the former Emir of Bahrain.
History
The award was established by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on October 6, 1999.
Grades
The award has five degrees: premium class, first class, second class, third class, and fourth class. They are awarded in descending order through the following levels:
- Heads of state and government, crown princes, senior members of the House of Khalifa, ministers in the Cabinet of Bahrain, and civilians and military personnel of equivalent status.
- Undersecretaries and assistant undersecretaries of ministries, members of legislative and advisory bodies, and soldiers, civil servants, and businesspeople of equivalent status.
- Military officers and those of similar status who have served the nation.{{cite news |title=مرسوم رقم (36) لسنة 1999 |url=https://www.legalaffairs.gov.bh/LegislationSearchDetails.aspx?id=4987 |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Directorate of Legal Affairs of Bahrain |date=October 4, 1999}}
Notable recipients
- King Salman of Saudi Arabia{{cite news |title=البحرين تحتفي بخادم الحرمين والملك حمد يقلده وسام عيسى بن سلمان |url=https://makkahnewspaper.com/article/586206/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A3-%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86 |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Makkah News |date=December 8, 2016}}
- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia{{cite news |title=ملك البحرين يقلد العاهل السعودي وسام الشيخ "عيسى بن سلمان" |url=https://thenewkhalij.news/article/53259 |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=New Khalij}}
- Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and Saudi Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman{{cite news |title=ملك البحرين يجتمع مع ولي العهد السعودي ويقلده وساما |url=https://www.alarabiya.net/saudi-today/2018/11/25/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B5%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Al Arabiya |date=November 25, 2018}}
- President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt{{cite news |title=تقديرا لجهوده في تعزيز علاقات البلدين |url=https://www.alayam.com/online/local/649704/News.html |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Al Ayam (Bahrain) |date=May 8, 2017}}
- Former President Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia{{cite news |title=في قمة بحرينية تونسية بحضور رئيس الوزراء اتفاق البلدين على زيادة التعاون الأمني والدفاعي |url=http://www.akhbar-alkhaleej.com/news/article/1003909 |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Akhbar Al Khaleej |date=January 28, 2016}}
- Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum{{cite news |title=حمد بن عيسى يمنح نائب رئيس الدولة وساماً من الدرجة الممتازة محمد بن راشد: وسام عيسى بن سلمان آل خليفة تكريم لشعب الإمارات وقيادته |url=https://www.albayan.ae/across-the-uae/news-and-reports/2014-01-18-1.2043134 |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Al Bayan |date=January 18, 2014}}
- Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar{{cite web |title=The Amir |url=https://portal.www.gov.qa/wps/portal/about-qatar/theemir |website=Portal |publisher=Government of Qatar |access-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827192826/https://portal.www.gov.qa/wps/portal/about-qatar/theemir |archive-date=August 27, 2020}}
- Muhammad V of Kelantan
- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
- President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil{{Cite web|title=Bahrain News Agency|url=https://www.bna.bh/en/news?cms=q8FmFJgiscL2fwIzON1%2BDtzDKYqGuP%2FBJZ5XN2Nh5vA%3D|access-date=2021-11-17|website=www.bna.bh}}
- Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman{{Cite news |url=https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395303094493 |title=Bahraini King holds talks with Sultan of Oman |date=2022-10-25 |work=Emirates News Agency |access-date=2022-11-10 }}
- Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait[https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=3137759&language=en#:~:text=KUWAIT%2C%20Feb%2013%20(KUNA),bilateral%20ties%20between%20the%20two Bahrain King awars Kuwait's Emir Order of Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa]
- Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor