Spouse Dhon Didi Name Abdul Didi | Died February 21, 1952 | |
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Reign 1944 – 21 February 1952 Coronation No coronation was held because he never accepted the crown Predecessor Hassan Nooraddeen Iskandar II Heir Crown Prince Hassan Fareed Didi Born 29 August 1873
Male` ( 1873-08-29 ) Burial 22 February 1952
kuppiyah vahthey muslim cemetery Children Muhammad Fareed Didi, Ibrahim Fareed Didi Parents Ibraahim Dhoshimeynaa Kilegefaan, Dhon Didi | ||
Abdul Majeed (Dhivehi: އަލްއަމީރު އަބްދުލްމަޖީދު ރައްނަބަނޑޭރި ކިލެގެފާނު) (or Al Ameeru Abdul Majeed Rannabandeyri Kilegefaanu) (29 August 1873 – 21 February 1952) served as Sultan of the Maldives from 1944 to 1952. At the time, the Maldives were a British protectorate. Didi is recognized a reformer and has been described as "the father of the modern Maldives".
He was fluent in Dhivehi, Urdu, English, Arabic and Sinhalese. Didi spent most of his life in Egypt. He served as the Vice Prime Minister during his father's time. He later became the Prime Minister of Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen III. During his own reign, his son Prince Hassan Fareed Didi exerted significant control over the government through the Executive Council. After his death, the Maldives proclaimed its first short lived republican government under the pro-socialist president Muhammad Amin Didi.
Sultan Majeed Didi died on 21 February 1952 in Ceylon. The first Maldivian school, Majeediyya School, was named after him.