As-Sulṭaan al-Ghaazee Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-A'uẓam or As-Sultan Ghazi Muhammad Bodu Thakurufaanu ruled over the Maldives Islands from 1573 to 1585. He is known as a military strategist for fighting
Mausoleum of Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-Auzam near Bihuroazu Kamanaa Mosque
The Sultanate of the Maldive Islands was an Islamic monarchy that controlled the Maldives for over eight centuries, with one interruption from 1953–1954.
Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-Auzam
…or As-Sultan Ghazi Muhammad Bodu Thakurufaanu (Dhivehi: އައްސުލްޠާން އަލްޣާޒީ މުޙައްމަދު ތަކުރުފާނު އަލްއަޢުޡަމް; died 18 August 1585) ruled over the Maldives Islands from 1573 to 1585. He is known as a military strategist for fighting the Portuguese who ruled over the Maldives from 1558–1573 after killing Sultan Ali…
Announcement of the new name of the Maldive Islands, 21 January 1969.
Isdhoo Lōmāfānu is the oldest copper-plate book to have been discovered in the Maldives to date.
Prime Minister Ibrahim Nasir signs the independence agreement with the British.
Prime Minister Ibrahim Nasir signs the independence agreement with the British at Westminster House, Colombo, Ceylon.