The Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin (), or more informally the Order of Nishan Izzuddin, is the highest Maldivian honour which may be conferred upon a foreign national. The Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin is dedicated to Sultan al-Ghazi Hassan Izzuddin Sri Kula Ranmiba Kahthiri Bawana Maharadun.
Insignia The collar is made of gold with alternating eight-pointed gold stars with green centres, each with a gold upward-pointing crescent encircling a gold five-pointed star, and eight-pointed gold stars with white crescents. The badge is an eight-pointed gold star with a green centre, in the middle of which is a white upward-curving crescent encircling two crossed national flags in gold. The sash is worn passing from the right shoulder to the left hip, the badge being pinned on the sash at the left hip. The sash is red with a narrow centre stripe of dark green with white edges. A smaller version of the badge is worn on the collar.
Recipients Forty fice recipients have been awarded the honour, which includes: +RecipientDate Mohamed Amin Didi 15 August 1952 Maldives during the 20th century - 1, 501Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh15 March 1972Lord Mountbatten15 March 1972Chun Doo-hwan30 October 1984Shridath Ramphal16 November 1989Fathulla Jameel10 November 2008Mohamed Zahir HussainAbdulla HameedAli Umar ManikuAbdulla JameelUmar ZahirIlyas IbrahimIsmail ShafeeuAhmed ZahirAbdulla KamaaludheenMohamed Rasheed IbrahimAl Waleed bin Talal Al Saud2 December 2009Ibrahim Hussain Zaki26 July 2011Ibrahim RasheedAbdul Sattar Moosa DidiMoomina HaleemMohamed ZahirNaseema MohamedMohamed NooraddinMohamed Zahir NaseerMahmoud Abbas5 June 2013Abbas Ibrahim26 July 2013Abdul Rasheed HussainAneesa AhmedIsmail FatheeAbdul Samad Abdulla9 November 2013Abdul Sattar Adam23 April 2017Ahmed Adam28 October 2019Abdulla Sodiq28 October 2019Narendra Modi8 June 2019Abdulla Shahid6 October 2021Ahmed Muthasim Adnan27 July 2025Qasim IbrahimHassan SobirMohamed Latheef26 July 2026Ibrahim Rasheed MoosaHussain AfeefMohamed Moosa
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