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History of the Maldives Summary (3030 words) |
 | The history of the Maldives is buried in obscurity owing to the islands' geographical isolation and their comparative insignificance throughout the centuries, even though they are strategically located along the sea routes between Europe and the Far East and were well known to ancient Arabian sailors. |
| The history of the Maldives under the ruling sultans is recorded continuously from 1153 to 1821 in the Maldivian Tarikh (a chronicle); it covers the reign of eighty-three sultans. |
| Meanwhile, in 1960 Maldives allowed the United Kingdom to continue to use both the Gan and the Hitaddu facilities for a thirty-year period, with the payment of £750,000 over the period of 1960 to 1965 for the purpose of Maldives' economic development. |
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History of the Maldives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2153 words) |
| Maldives is a nation consisting of 26 natural atolls comprising of 1192 islands. |
| Maldives remained a British crown protectorate until 1953 when the sultanate was suspended and the First Republic was declared under the short-lived presidency of Muhammad Amin Didi. |
| Beginning in the 1950s, political history in Maldives was largely influenced by the British military presence in the islands. |
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