Type Order Sovereign Abdullah II of Jordan | Status Currently constituted Established 1917 | |
Grades Grand Cordon
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight
Medal Next (higher) Order of al-Hussein bin Ali | ||
The Supreme Order of the Renaissance is the second knighthood order of the Kingdom of Jordan.
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History
The order was instituted in 1917 by Emir Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca. According to correspondence between the British Foreign Office and their agent in Jeddah in 1924,
The Order of the Nahda was established to commemorate the revolt of the Hejaz against the Turks. The first distribution was made on October 15th, 1918, when Sharif Hussein declared himself King. It is supposed to be confined to people who actually took part in the revolt.
When Hussein's successor Ali was overthrown by the Sultan of Nejd, his son Abdullah continued to issue the award as Emir of Transjordan.
Grades
The Supreme Order of the Renaissance is divided in six classes :
and a medal
Insignia
The ribbon is, since 1952, of equal stripes of black, white and green; with a narrow red stripe in the centre of the white stripe.
Between 1917 and 1952, it was made of equal stripes of black, green and white; with a narrow red stripe in the centre of the green stripe.