Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin
Awarded by  Maldives
Type	Order
Status	Currently constituted
Grades	Collar

The Most Honourable Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin (Dhivehi: Nishan Izzuddin Izzathuge Verikan), or more informally the Order of Nishanizzuddeen, is the highest Maldivian honour which may be conferred upon a foreign national.^[1][2]

Insignia

• The collar is made of gold with alternating eight-pointed gold stars with green centres, each with a gold upward-pointing crescent encircling a gold five-pointed star, and eight-pointed gold stars with white crescents.^[2][3]
• The badge is an eight-pointed gold star with a green centre, in the middle of which is a white upward-curving crescent encircling two crossed national flags in gold.^[2][3]
• The sash is worn passing from the right shoulder to the left hip, the badge being pinned on the sash at the left hip. The sash is red with a narrow centre stripe of dark green with white edges. A smaller version of the badge is worn on the collar.^[2][3]

Recipients

Some recipients have so far been awarded the honor.^[4] Including:

• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[5]
• Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1972)^[5]
• President of South Korea Chun Doo-hwan (1984)^[5]
• Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations Sir Shridath Ramphal (1989)^[5]
• Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia (2009)^[5]
• Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi (2011)^[6]
• President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas (2013)^[5]
• Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (June 8, 2019)^[7][8]