Sultan Hassan Al-Hilaaly I, Sri bavana Mahaa radhun was the first
sultan
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...
to ascend the throne of
Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...
from the
Hilaalee dynasty
Hilaalee dynasty was one of the earlier Muslim (later christian) ruling-dynasties of the history of the Maldives. It ruled the country from 1388 to 1573. It came under Portuguese power in 1558 and disestablished in 1573 after the Utheemu rebelli ...
by abolishing the dynasty which had ruled the Maldives for more than two centuries. He ascended the throne of The Maldives in 1388.
Sultan Hassan I was the son of
Hilaaly Kalo and his wife Golhaavehi kanbulo, likely a Lunar dynasty lady. Golhaavehi may have been misread for Kalavehi as the recorded writings in Arabic were old and faint. He ruled the country for 10 years until his death in 1398.
1398 deaths
14th-century sultans of the Maldives
Year of birth unknown
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