- Khadijah of the Maldives
Al-Sultana Khadeejah Sri Raadha Abaarana Mahaa Rehendhi (
Dhivehi : އައްސުލްޠާނާ ޚަދީޖާ ސިރީ ރާދަ އަބާރަނަ މަހާރެހެންދި) or more famously known as just Rehendhi Khadeejah (Dhivehi : ރެހެންދި ޚަދީޖާ) meaning, Queen Khadeejah, was theSultana of theMaldives from1347 to1380 . She was the eldest daughter of SultanOmar I of the Maldives . She was also half-sister of Raadhafathi who succeeded her after her (Khadijah's) final reign. Her first accession to the throne was in1347 after deposing her own brother, Sultan Ahmed Shihabuddine, which lasted until1363 . In 1363 she was deposed by hervizier and husband Muhammad el-Jameel. However1364 she came to the throne once more after deposing and assassinating her first husband. Her second reign lasted from 1364 to1374 until she was deposed again, by her second husband and minister Abdullah I. In the third year after her deposition, she assassinated and deposed her second husband Abdullah I in1376 . Hence her third and final reign began in 1376 which lasted until1380 . Despite being deposed twice by her husbands she ruled the country for nearly 30 years. She was succeeded by Raadhafathi.
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