Sultan Muhammad III, ruled the Maldives from 1549 to 1551. He belonged to the Hilaalee Dynasty, which had ruled the Maldives since 1388. His short reign ended with his assassination, which led to a crucial event in the chain of events that led to the Portuguese intervention in Maldivian affairs.
Sultan Abu Bakr II, was a 16th-century Sultan of the Maldives during the political and military crisis that followed the intervention of the Portuguese in Maldivian affairs.
King Dom João, was King of the Maldives for a 20 year period. He was a member of the Hilaalee dynasty and the son of King Dom Manoel, João inherited the Maldivian crown at a time when the monarchy existed in an unusual and increasingly complicated state.
Hassan IX was a member of the Hilaalee dynasty and one of the most controversial rulers in Maldivian history.
Sultan Ali IV was one of the shortest-reigning yet most enduringly remembered rulers of the Maldives. His reign lasted only about two months and fourteen days, but his death in 1558 became one of the defining moments in the country’s struggle against Portuguese intervention.
On the first day of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the Maldives observes its National Day, a day of remembrance for one of the most defining struggles in Maldivian history
