• The Sultanate of the Maldive Islands was an Islamic monarchy that controlled the Maldives for 815 years (1153–1968), with one interruption from 1953–1954.
  • The Sultanate of the Maldives is an Island nation located southwest of the Kingdom of Travancore . The Nation was once a colony of Imperial Iran who annexed it as a naval...
  • ...islands and Sultan of the Maldives, KCMG (1.1.1942). b. at Malé, 21st April 1887, as Prince 'Ali Majehi Ganduvaru Manippulu, younger son of H.H. Sultan.
  • [old Sultanate of Maldives flag]. ... 11 Nov 1968 Republic of Maldive Islands 14 Apr 1969 Name changed from Maldive Islands to Maldives.
  • former Sultanate of the Maldives which ruled until 1968, when the monarchy was abolished.
  • The Maldives obtained complete independence as a sultanate in 1965, but in 1968 the ad-Din dynasty, which had ruled the islands since the 14th cent...
  • Maldive Islands. For the vast bulk of its sultanate history, the Maldives remained independent.
  • The Republic of Maldives, Maldive Islands or simply Maldives, is an independent island country, and it does not have any territory on the continent.
  • ...in 1953 (the First Republic of the Maldives), but within a year it was restored with 98% support, and in 1965 the Sultanate of the Maldives was established...
  • In 1965 the Maldive Islands attained full political independence from the British, and in 1968 a new republic was inaugurated and the sultanate abolished.