Muhammad Mueenuddeen II was the

sultan Sultan (; ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be use ...

of the

Maldives The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in South Asia located in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, abou ...

from 1886 to 1888. On 16th of December of 1887, he accepted British protection and the country became a British protectorate within the

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while retaining the local monarchy.

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19th-century sultans of the Maldives Monarchs who abdicated Year of death missing Year of birth missing {{Maldives-bio-stub