Hilaalee Dynasty
Name | Monarch From | Monarch Until | Notes |
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Sultan Hassan I | 1388 | 1398 | First of the Hilaaly Dynasty.Son of Golhaavahi Kambulo (probably a Lunar dynasty lady) and Kulhiveri Hilaalu Kaeulhanna Kaloge son of Muslim Abbas of Hulhule |
Sultan Ibrahim I | 1398 | 1398 | Son of Sultan Hassan I. Deposed by his uncle Hussain. |
Sultan Hussain I | 1398 | 1409 | Brother of Sultan Hassan I. Assumed the throne after deposing his nephew Sultan Ibrahim I. |
Sultan Nasiruddine | 1409 | 1411 | Introduced the Islamic penal code. Possibly a member of the Lunar Dynasty |
Sultan Hassan II | 1411 | 1411 | Drowned in a tank. |
Sultan Isa | 1411 | 1411 | Brother of Sultan Hassan II. |
Sultan Ibrahim I | 1411 | 1421 | Second reign, first reigned in 1398. |
Sultan Osman II | 1421 | 1421 | Son of Sultan Osman I. |
Sultan Danna Mohamed | 1421 | 1421 | Uncle of Sultan's Hassan I and Hussain I. Prime Minister to Osman I |
Sultan Yoosuf II | 1421 | 1443 | Son of Sultan Hassan I |
Sultan Aboobakuru I | 1443 | 1443 | Son of Sultan Hassan I half brother of Sultan Yoosuf II. Killed in battle with the Portuguese who came to summon the Council of Ministers of the Maldives to Cochin. |
Sultan Hasan III | 1443 | 1467 | Son of Sultan Aboobakuru I. Deposed by Sayyid Mohamed while abroad. |
Sultan Sayyid Mohamed | 1467 | 1467 | Possible descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. Deposed by Sultan Hassan III upon returning to Maldives. |
Sultan Hasan III | 1467 | 1468 | Second reign. |
Sultan Mohamed II | 1468 | 1480 | Son of Sultan Hasan III. |
Sultan Hassan IV | 1480 | 1480 | Son of Sultan Mohamed II. Deposed by Omar II. |
Sultan Omar II | 1480 | 1484 | Son of Sultan Yoosuf II. |
Sultan Hassan V | 1484 | 1485 | Son of Sultan Omar II. |
Sultan Hassan IV | 1485 | 1491 | Second reign. |
Sultan Hassan VI | 1491 | 1492 | Grandson of Sultan Aboobakuru I. |
Sultan Ibrahim II | 1492 | 1492 | Son of Omar II. |
Sultan Kalu Mohamed | 1492 | 1492 | Son of Sultan Omar II. Deposed by his brother Yoosuf. |
Sultan Yoosuf III | 1492 | 1493 | Son of Sultan Omar II. |
Sultan Ali II | 1493 | 1495 | Grandson of Sultan Hassan I. |
Sultan Kalu Mohamed | 1495 | 1510 | Second reign. Son of Sultan Omar II Deposed for a second time, this time by his nephew Hassan. |
Sultan Hassan VII | 1510 | 1511 | Son of Sultan Yoosuf III. |
Sultan Sharif Ahmed | 1511 | 1513 | An Arab from Mecca. Possible descendant of Muhammad. |
Sultan Ali III | 1513 | 1513 | Killed in a duel with his sister Burecca (Buraki Raani). Grandson of Sultan Aboobakuru I.Son of Mohamed Farhana Kalo and Recca daughter of Aboobakuru I |
Sultan Kalu Mohamed | 1513 | 1529 | Third accession assisted by his wife princess (later queen) Burecca who killed her brother Ali III |
Sultan Hassan VIII | 1529 | 1549 | Son of Sultan Kalu Mohamed and Fatuma Dio, a concubine from Shiraz in Persia. |
Sultan Mohamed III | 1549 | 1551 | Assassinated by his brother Hassan succeeded him. Son of Golhavahi Aysha Rani Kilege and Omar Maafaiy Kilege son of Kalu Mohamed and Aysha Rani Kilege daughter of Korari Kilege. Therefore Grandson of Sultan Kalu Mohamed. |
Sultan Hassan IX | 1551 | 1552 | Brother of Mohamed III. He was the first Maldivian and only member of its royalty to renounce Islam and convert to Christianity. He was deposed upon conversion, and known subsequently by the Lusitanian name of Dom Manoel. |
Interregnum | 1552 | 1554 | Maldives ruled by a Council of Ministers. |
Sultan Aboobakuru II | 1554 | 1557 | Son of Ibrahim Faarhana Kilege and Sanfa Dio. Former Prime Minister to Dom Manoel. |
Sultan Ali IV | 1557 | 1558 | Killed in battle. Son of Prime Minister Abdur Rahman Dorhimeyna Kaloge and Sitti Rani Kilege. He was married to Princess Aysha Rani Kilege, aunt of Dom Manoel and daughter of Kalu Mohamed. |
King Dom Manoel | 1558 | 1573 | Restored as the king. Formerly known as Sultan Hassan IX. A Maldivian Catholic named Andiri Andirin acted as his regent, while Manoel lived in Goa. |
Interregnum | 1573 | 1573 | Maldives ruled by Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan of Utheemu after he assassinated Andiri Andirin, the regent of King Dom Manoel. As per a treaty he got refuge from Ali Raja of Cannanore, Mohamed Thakurufan's base of operation was Minicoy under the sovereignty of Cannanore. Keteeb Mohamed Thakurufan did not honour this promise. The Ali Raja demanded dominion over the Maldives, as promised to him by the Kateeb of Uteem. The nature of the relationship between Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan and the Ali Raja of Cannanore was outlined in a letter sent by a later Ali Raja, Mariambe Ali-Adi Raja Bibi, to the Sultan Mohamed Mueenuddine I of the Maldives. The letter was dated Friday 17 Jamada-el-oula Anno Hegirae 1243 (7 December AD 1827). According to the letter Mohamed Thakurufan had entered into a treaty ceding sovereignty of the Maldives to the Ali Raja of Cannanore in the event Thakurufan was established in power in Male. (refer page 294 of Divehi Tarikh). |
King Dom Manoel | 1573 | 1583 | Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan concluded a Treaty with King Dom Manoel in order to ward off the Ali Raja of Cannanore with whose help the Kateeb seized power in Male.
Under the treaty, Dom Manoel was restored but remained in Goa. The co-regents were Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan of Utheem and his brother Hassan Thakurufan. The kateeb conferred on himself the title of sultan in 1583 upon Dom Manoel's death. This was in breach of the Treaty and was not legally binding. |
King Dom João | 1583 | 1603 | Son of King Manoel, who remained in Goa. He had two brothers, Dom Francisco and Dom Pedro. Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan and his brother Hassan Thakurufan ruled for King Dom João as co-regents. Kateeb Mohamed Thakurufan assumed the title of Sultan following the death of King Dom Manoel. He married a Portuguese Christian noblewoman, Donna Francisca Vasconelles and had two children, Dom Philippe and Dona Inez.
Ibrahim, also known as Kalaafaan (literally "Lord") was the de facto sultan, but legally the regent of Kings Dom João and Dom Philippe who resided in Goa. He reigned from 1585 to 1609. Son of Mohamed Thakurufan, kateeb of Utheemu and Rehendiye Goyye daughter of Cat Fatima of Boarhi Woods in Baarah. Ibrahim Kalaafaan was the regent at the time of Pyrard's detainment in the Maldives after the shipwreck. |
King Dom Philippe | 1603 | 1632 | Son of King Dom João and Donna Francisca Vasconelles. Hussain Faamuladeyri Kilege acted as regent from 1609 to 1620. Muhammad Imaduddin I acted as regent from 1620 to 1632. De-recognised in the Maldives after an abortive expedition with Portuguese assistance in order to abolish regency and assume power. |
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