Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali

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

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 radiating 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

Habib Bourguiba

Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Elizabeth II

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

Juan Carlos I of Spain

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Mohammed V of Morocco

Ferdinand Marcos

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Suharto

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

Mohammed VI of Morocco

Margrethe II of Denmark

Prince Muhammad bin Talal

Philippe of Belgium

Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

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

Salman of Saudi Arabia

Sultan bin Salman Al Saud

Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Mohammed bin Salman

Resources

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Hussein ibn Ali Sash

Order of al-Hussain ibn Ali

References

Hussein bin Ali, Order of al-

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