The Nishan-e Aqdas (''Imperial Order'' or ''Most Sacred Order'') was an Imperial Iranian Order founded in 1870 by the
Qajar Shah of Iran Nassereddin. There were three classes, with two different styles for Iranians (''Sardar'') and foreigners (''Nishan''). The Order was dissolved upon the collapse of the Qajar dynasty.
The three classes were:
* Aqdas (''Most Sacred'', 1st class)
* Qods (''Very Sacred'', 2nd class)
* Moqaddas (''Sacred'', 3rd class)
Recipients
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Ahmad Shah Qajar
Ahmad Shah Qajar ( fa, احمد شاه قاجار; 21 January 1898 – 21 February 1930) was Shah of Persia (Iran) from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty.
Ahmad Shah was born in Tabriz on 21 Janu ...
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Amanullah Khan
Ghazi Amanullah Khan (Pashto and Dari: ; 1 June 1892 – 25 April 1960) was the sovereign of Afghanistan from 1919, first as Emir and after 1926 as King, until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1919, ...
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Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria an ...
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Khazʽal Ibn Jabir
Khazal bin Jabir bin Merdaw al-Kabi ( ar, خزعل بن جابر بن مرداو الكعبي، fa, شیخ خزعل) (18 August 1863 – 24 May 1936), ''Muaz us-Sultana'', and ''Sardar-e- Aqdas'' (''Most Sacred Officer of the Imperial Order ...
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Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh
Kamran Mirza ( fa, کامران ميرزا; July 22, 1856 – April 15, 1929), was a Persian Prince of Qajar dynasty and third surviving son of Nasser al-Din Shah. He was the brother of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan and Mozzafar al-Din Shah. He w ...
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Malek Mansur Mirza Shoa O-Saltaneh
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Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan
Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan ( fa, مسعود میرزا ظلالسلطان, "Mass'oud Mirza the Sultan's Shadow"; 5 January 1850 in Tabriz – 2 July 1918 in Isfahan), or Massud Mirza, was a Persian prince of the Qajar dynasty; he was know ...
* Officers
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Reza Khan Mirpanj
Reza Shah Pahlavi ( fa, رضا شاه پهلوی; ; originally Reza Khan (); 15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was an Iranian Officer (armed forces), military officer, politician (who served as Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran), ...
, ''Sardar-e-Aqdas''
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Sheikh Khaz'al Khan, ''Sardar-e-Aqdas''
See also
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Aryamehr
Aryamehr ( fa, آریامهر, Âryâmehr, ) was the title used in the Pahlavi dynasty by Shahanshah Mohammad Reza Shah of Iran. It means ''Light of the Aryans''.
History
''Aryamehr'' was granted as a secondary title by a session of the joint H ...
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Order of the Lion and the Sun
The Imperial Order of the Lion and the Sun (Persian language, Persian: نشان سلطنتی شیر و خورشید) was instituted by Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar, Fat’h Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty in 1808 to honour foreign officials (later extend ...
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Order of Aftab
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Order of Zolfaghar
The Order of Zolfaghar ( fa, نشان ذوالفقار, Neshan-e Zolfaghar) is the highest military honour of Iran. The Order was established in 1856 as the Decoration of the Commander of the Faithful, by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Naser al-Din Sh ...
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Iranian Orders & Decorations
Civil awards and decorations of Iran
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