Ibrahim Nooraddeen (

Dhivehi Dhivehi, also spelled Divehi, may refer to: *Dhivehi people, an ethnic group native to the historic region of the Maldive Islands. *Dhivehi language, an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by about 350,000 people in the Republic of Maldives ...

: ސުލްޠާން އިބްރާހީމް ނުރައްދީން; died 1892) was twice the

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of the

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

. His first reign was from 1882 through 1886. After 4 years, 11 months and 29 days,

Muhammad Mueenuddeen II Muhammad Mueenuddeen II was the sultan of the Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi ...

took over the

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. Nooraddeen then came to power for the second time in 1888, and was the sultan until he died in 1892. C.W. Rosset, who visited Maldives in 1885 during Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen's reign, wrote that he was informed by the British in Ceylon that the Sultan neither could read nor write. However historians claim that bodduns (advisors of the king) often presented an imposter depending on the meeting to foreigners. The bodduns often exercised control over the king.

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1892 deaths 19th-century sultans of the Maldives Year of birth unknown Monarchs who abdicated {{Maldives-bio-stub