Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen IV was the

Sultan of the Maldives Maldives was turned into a list of Muslim states and dynasties, Sultanate in 1153 when the Buddhist King Dhovemi of the Maldives, Dhovemi converted to Islam. Prior to that the Maldives was a Buddhist Kingdom, a Hindu Kingdom and before that a ...

from 18 June 1835 to 15 November 1883. He ruled for 48 years, 4 months, and 28 days, making his reign the longest ever in the

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. The first map of the Maldives was created during his reign by British forces. At the beginning of his reign, the

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

was his uncle Athireege Ahmed Dhoshimeyna Kilegefaanu, who died in 1848. Galolhuge Ali Dhoshimeyna Kilegefaanu succeeded his father as the Prime Minister.

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