Order of the Nile

Order of the Nile Kiladate El Nile
Medal of the Order of the Nile
Awarded by  Egypt
Type	Order
Awarded for	For exceptionally valuable public service to Egypt
Statistics
Established	1915[1] Reconstituted under the Republic 18 June 1953
Ribbon bar for Grand Cordon Ribbon bar for Grand Officer Ribbon bar for Commander Ribbon bar for Officer Ribbon bar for Knight

The Order of the Nile (Kiladate El Nile) is Egypt's highest state honor. The award was instituted in 1915 by Sultan Hussein Kamel to be awarded by Egypt for exceptional services to the nation. It was reconstituted under the Arab Republic of Egypt on 18 June 1953.^[2]

It consists of the Grand Cordon, plus a Collar which is worn by the President of the Republic and may be granted to other Heads of State. Although the junior grades (Grand Officer, Commander, Officer and Knight) were originally documented, they are not believed to still be awarded and may have been abolished.

Some appointees to the order

• Peter Acland
• Emperor Akihito of Japan
• King Idris of Libya – Grand Cordon
• Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
• Louis Bols (1867–1930)
• Nelson Mandela
• Harold Knox-Shaw
• Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (fourth class) 1922
• Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey, 1915
• General Sir Reginald Wingate, 1915
• Naguib Pasha Mahfouz, 1919
• Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale, 1920
• Marshal Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav President, Grand Cordon with Collar (December 28, 1955)
• Heinrich Rau (Grand Cordon), 1961
• Walter Ulbricht, East-German president, 1965
• Queen Elizabeth II, queen of 16 states (November 6, 1975)
• Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said of Oman^[3] 1976
• Émile Lahoud, president of Lebanon (2000)
• Suharto, president of Indonesia
• Makarios III, former president of Cyprus
• George Vasiliou, former president of Cyprus
• Professor Ahmed Zewail
• Mohamed ElBaradei
• William E. Simon
• Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub
• William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
• Amha Selassie of Ethiopia
• General William Peyton (second class), 1916
• Eric Gascoigne Robinson
• Aubrey Faulkner
• Cecil L'Estrange Malone
• Jagatjit Singh Bahadur (Grand Cordon)
• John Percival, Egyptian Civil Service
• Mervyn Whitfield, Political Branch, Public Security, Alexandria 1917
• Hussein Refki Pasha (Grand Cordon)
• Maurice Amos (Grand Cordon)
• Youssef Zulficar Pasha (Grand Cordon)
• Alexander Kearsey (3rd class)

References

1. ^ Order of the Nile University of Glasgow Story, First World War Roll of Honour, Decorations & Awards. date accessed = 4 March 2011
2. ^ Republic of Egypt: Order of the Nile, Medals of the World, 8 February 2008. date accessed = 4 March 2011
3. ^ http://www.royalark.net/Oman/oman9.htm

External links

• Media related to Orders of Egypt at Wikimedia Commons