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Order of Umayyad

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Type
  
Order

Sovereign
  
Bashar al-Assad

Next (higher)
  
None

Status
  
Currently constituted

Established
  
12 July 1934

Grades
  
Member 1st Class Member 2nd Class Member 3rd Class

The Order of Umayyad (Arabic: وسام أمية الوطني) is the highest knighthood order of Syria.

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History

The order has been founded on 12 July 1934. It is named after the Umayyad Caliphate which ruled Syria as their main power base, and set Damascus as the capital.

Classes

The order is composed of the following classes :

  • Member 1st Class
  • Member 2nd Class
  • Member 3rd Class

    • Insignia

  • The sash is green with thin black borders and white stripes.

    • Recipients

  • Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
  • Al-Waleed bin Talal
  • Anwar Sadat
  • Elias IV of Antioch
  • Farouk of Egypt
  • Giorgio Napolitano
  • Haile Selassie
  • Hosni Mubarak
  • Hussein of Jordan
  • Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
  • Mohammed V of Morocco
  • Mustafa Tlass
  • Qaboos bin Said al Said
  • Sirajuddin of Perlis

    • References

    Order of Umayyad Wikipedia
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