Abdullah I of the Maldives
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Al-Sultan Abdullah I Sri Dhanmaru Aadheettha Mahaa Radhun (Dhivehi
: އައްސުލްޠާން ޢަބްދުﷲ އެއްވަނަ ސިރީ ދަންމަރު އާދީއްތަ މަހާރަދުން) was the Sultan
of the Maldives
from 1374 to 1376.
He was vizier to the court before forcing his wife Queen Khadijah
to abdicate, and succeeding to the throne. In his third year of reign his wife killed him while he was asleep in bed and reclaimed the throne once again.
Dhivehi language
Maldivian is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by about 350,000 people in the Maldives where it is the national language. It is also the first language of nearly 10,000 people in the island of Minicoy in the Union territory of Lakshadweep, India where the Mahl dialect of the Maldivian...
: އައްސުލްޠާން ޢަބްދުﷲ އެއްވަނަ ސިރީ ދަންމަރު އާދީއްތަ މަހާރަދުން) was the Sultan
Sultan
Sultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...
of the Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
from 1374 to 1376.
He was vizier to the court before forcing his wife Queen Khadijah
Khadijah of the Maldives
Al-Sultana Khadeejah Sri Raadha Abaarana Mahaa Rehendhi or more famously known as just Rehendhi Khadeejah meaning, Queen Khadeejah, was the Sultana of the Maldives from 1347 to 1380. She is one of the earliest female heads of state in a Muslim nation...
to abdicate, and succeeding to the throne. In his third year of reign his wife killed him while he was asleep in bed and reclaimed the throne once again.