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Order of Al Hussein bin Ali

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Type
  
Order

Sovereign
  
Abdullah II of Jordan

Status
  
Currently constituted

Established
  
22 June 1949

Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali

Awarded for
  
distinguished services, moral aid or volunteerism in the service of the masses

Grades
  
Grand Cordon with Collar Grand Cordon

The Order of al-Hussein bin Ali is the highest knighthood order of the Kingdom of Jordan. It was founded on 22 June 1949 by King Abdullah I of Jordan with the scope of rewarding benevolence and foreign Heads of State. The classe of Grand Cordon was introduced by King Hussein on 23 September 1967.

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Insignia

  • The collar is made of a double chain in gold and enamel with alterning golden stars of five points and small dark red-enamelled flowers decorated in gold with sentences in Arabic
  • The badge is made of a gold-and-diamond oval with at its centre a dark radianting red disc with a golden sentence in Arabic. The badge is hung to the Grand Cordon through ua golden royal crown.
  • The plaque has the same design as the badge.
  • The ribbon of the class of Grand Cordon is violet. The class of Collar has no ribbon.

    • Recipients

  • Akihito
  • Prince Ali bin Hussein
  • Alia al-Hussein
  • Azlan Shah of Perak
  • Hassanal Bolkiah
  • Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
  • Faisal II of Iraq
  • Farouk of Egypt
  • Harald V of Norway
  • Hassan II of Morocco
  • Prince Hassan bin Talal
  • Václav Havel
  • Hussein of Jordan
  • Idris of Libya
  • Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
  • Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
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  • Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
  • Mohammed V of Morocco
  • Mohammed VI of Morocco
  • Prince Muhammad bin Talal
  • Philippe of Belgium
  • Princess Muna al-Hussein
  • Putra of Perlis
  • Qaboos bin Said al Said
  • Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Mohammed Zahir Shah
  • Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
  • Zein al-Sharaf Talal
  • Miloš Zeman
  • Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid

    • References

    Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali Wikipedia
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