Order of the Nile
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The Order of the Nile (Kiladate El Nile) is Egypt's highest state honor. The award was instituted in 1915 by Sultan Husayn Kamil to be awarded by Egypt to a person who did services for the nation.
It consists of the Grand Cordon, plus a Collar which is worn by the President of the Republic and may be granted to other Heads of State. Although the junior grades (Grand Officer, Commander, Officer and Knight) were originally documented, they are not believed to still be awarded and may have been abolished.
[edit] Some Recipients of the Medal
- Peter Acland
- Nelson Mandela
- Harold Knox-Shaw
- Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (fourth class) 1922
- Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey, 1915
- General Sir Reginald Wingate, 1915
- Naguib Pasha Mahfouz, 1919
- Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale, 1920
- Josip Broz Tito, (December 28, 1955)
- Walter Ulbricht, East-German president, 1965
- Queen Elizabeth II of England, (November 6, 1975)
- Émile Lahoud, president of Lebanon (2000)
- H.E. Soeharto, president of Indonesia
- George Vasiliou, ex-president of Cyprus
- Professor Ahmed Zewail
- William E. Simon
- William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
- Amha Selassie of Ethiopia
- General William Peyton (second class), 1916
- Eric Gascoigne Robinson
- Aubrey Faulkner
- Cecil L'Estrange Malone
- Jagatjit Singh Bahadur (Grand Cordon)
- John Percival. Egyptian Civil Service
- Mervyn Whitfield, Political Branch, Public Security, Alexandria 1917
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