The Dhiyamigili dynasty was a Maldivian dynasty that lasted for fifty-five years, from 1704 to 1759 AD. During this period there were five rulers. It was followed by the Huraa dynasty.[1]

Rulers

Name Regnal Name Duration of Reign Monarch from Monarch until Claim / relationship with predecessor(s) Notes
Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin II [2] Kula Sundhura Siyaaka Saasthura 16 years 17041720 Son of Sultan Ibrahim Muzhir al-Dins maternal (Athiree Kamana) aunt Amina Dio[3]Prime Minister to Sultan Ibrahim Mudzhiruddine

First of the Dhiyamigili dynasty.

Commissioned Hassan Taj al-Din to write the Ta’rīkh.[4]

Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar II[2] Rannava Loka 30 years 17201750 Son of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin II
Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin III[2] Navaranna Keerithi 7 years 17501757

Died in captivity by Ali Raja

 Son of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin II Held captive on Kavaratti island from 1752 until his death in 1757. In 1752 he was seized by the Ali Raja of Cannanore and transported to Kavaratti island in the Laccadives. Male was occupied. The occupation was ended by Muleegey Don Hassan Maniku. The sultan died in captivity. During this time Maldives was ruled by the captive sultan's niece Amina I of Maldives and his daughter Amina II. The de facto regent was Muleegey Don Hassan Maniku.
Interregnum 2 years 1757 1759 Regency continued in expectation of the return of the deceased Sultan's heir from captivity.
Sultana Amina I 1 year 17531754

Abdicated

 Daughter of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar II Amina assumed the role of the ruler of Maldives in 1753 after Male was recaptured from the Malabars after 17 weeks of occupation. She was the daughter of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar II and Aisha Manikfan. She abdicated the throne and moved to Addu Atoll in the south. She was later banished to various islands and eventually became the Ruler of Maldives for the second time as the regent during the reign of her younger brother Sultan Mohamed Ghiyasuddin in 1773.
Sultana Amina II 2 years 17571759 Daughter of Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin IIIAmina succeeded her cousin in 1754 as nominal regent for her absent father the age of nine, while Muleegey Hassan Manikfaan managed the political affairs as de facto regent. Her father died in 1757 in Minicoy, after which she formally became monarch and queen regnant. In 1759 Sultan Hassan Izzuddin became monarch in absentia of Dhiyamigili Sultan.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dynastic profile of Muslim rulers in Maldives | By Dr Rajkumar Singh, Bihar". Pakistan Observer. 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "Maldive Sovereigns from AD 1117".
  3. ↑ Luthufee, Mohamed Ibrahim (May 1987). "Dhivehi thaareekhuge therein hoadhun : Dhiyamigilee dharikolhu. Faiythoora 91. 8(7), 5-9". Dhivehi Bahaai Thaareekhah Khidhumaiykuraa Qaumee Marukazu.
  4. ↑ C. S. Peacock, Andrew (2020). "History, piety and factional politics in the Arabic chronicle of the Maldives: Ḥasan Tāj al-Dīn's Ta'rīkh and its continuations". Études Asiatiques. 74 (1): 195–220. doi:10.1515/asia-2020-0015. hdl:10023/21732. S2CID 229165420.


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