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'''The Most Honourable Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin''' ([[Dhivehi language|Dhivehi]]: ''Nishan Izzuddin Izzathuge Verikan'') is the highest Maldivian honour which may be conferred upon a foreign national.<ref name="Order of Nishan Iz ud-din">{{cite news|url=http://back.raajje.mv/57508|title=Maldives to confer the order of ‘Nishan Izzuddeen” on Indian PM|last=Zunana|first=Zalif|date=7 June 2019|work=Raajje.mv|access-date=8 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Nishan_Izzuddeen_Modi">{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maldives-confers-its-highest-honour-nishan-izzuddeen-on-pm-modi/story-FhSkxKYyzcZIBFoODTqrYN.html|title=Maldives confers its highest honour ‘Nishan Izzuddeen’ on PM Modi|date=8 June 2019|work=The Hindustan Times|access-date=8 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="Nishan_Izzuddeen_Modi"/><ref name="RS_TV">{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntQ8r0-MQF4|title=PM Modi conferred with Maldives' highest honour, Nishan Izzuddeen |date=8 June 2019|work=Rajya Sabha TV|access-date=8 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*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.<ref name="Nishan_Izzuddeen_Modi"/><ref name="RS_TV"/>
*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.<ref name="Nishan_Izzuddeen_Modi"/><ref name="RS_TV"/>

==Recipients==
*[[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]<ref name="ians"/>
*Admiral of the Fleet [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] (1972)<ref name="ians">{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/maldives-government-confers-rule-of-nishan-izzudheen-on-modi-119060800811_1.html|title=Maldives government confers 'Rule of Nishan Izzudheen' on Modi |date=8 June 2019|work=Business Standard|access-date=8 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*President of South Korea [[Chun Doo-hwan]] (1984)<ref name="ians"/>
*Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations Sir [[Shridath Ramphal]] (1989)<ref name="ians"/>
*Prince [[Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]] of Saudi Arabia (2009)<ref name="ians"/>
*[[Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi]] (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/16119|title=State Dignitary Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi passes away; National Flag to be flown at half-mast|website=The President's Office}}</ref>
*President of Palestine [[Mahmoud Abbas]] (2013)<ref name="ians"/>
*Prime Minister of India [[Narendra Modi]] (2019)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/narendra-modi-maldives-highest-honour-1544908-2019-06-08|title=Maldives to confer country's highest honour on PM Modi|date=8 June 2019|work=India Today|access-date=8 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Maldives]]
[[Category:Orders of chivalry awarded to heads of state, consorts and sovereign family members]]

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