Muhammad Fareed Didi

Sultan of the Maldives from 1954 to 1968

Muhammad Fareed Didi

King Muhammad Fareed Didi އަލްއަމީރު މުޙަންމަދު ފަރީދު ދީދީ, Al'amīru Muḥanmadu Farīdu Dīdī) , (January 11 1901 – May 27 1969), the son of Abdul Majeed Didi Rannabandeyri Kilegefaan (Al Munthakhab Liarshi Dhaulathil Mahaldheebiyya), was the last Sultan of Maldives and the first Maldivian monarch to assume the title of "King" with the style of "His Majesty". He was the Sultan of the Maldives from 1954, until 1965, and King of the Maldives from 1965, until 1968. He was deposed in 1968 from the throne when the Maldives became a republic, and died the following year in Maldives.

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