Order of the Nile
Order of the Nile
Kiladate El Nile |
Medal of the Order of the Nile |
Awarded by Egypt |
Type |
Order |
Awarded for |
For exceptionally valuable public service to Egypt |
Statistics |
Established |
1915[1]
Reconstituted under the Republic
18 June 1953 |
Ribbon bar for Grand Cordon
Ribbon bar for Grand Officer
Ribbon bar for Commander
Ribbon bar for Officer
Ribbon bar for Knight
|
The Order of the Nile (Kiladate El Nile) is Egypt's highest state honor. The award was instituted in 1915 by Sultan Hussein Kamel to be awarded by Egypt for exceptional services to the nation. It was reconstituted under the Arab Republic of Egypt on 18 June 1953.[2]
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.
Some appointees to the order
- Peter Acland
- Emperor Akihito of Japan
- King Idris of Libya – Grand Cordon
- Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
- Louis Bols (1867–1930)
- 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
- Marshal Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav President, Grand Cordon with Collar (December 28, 1955)
- Heinrich Rau (Grand Cordon), 1961
- Walter Ulbricht, East-German president, 1965
- Queen Elizabeth II, queen of 16 states (November 6, 1975)
- Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said of Oman[3] 1976
- Émile Lahoud, president of Lebanon (2000)
- Suharto, president of Indonesia
- Makarios III, former president of Cyprus
- George Vasiliou, former president of Cyprus
- Professor Ahmed Zewail
- Mohamed ElBaradei
- William E. Simon
- Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub
- 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
- Hussein Refki Pasha (Grand Cordon)
- Maurice Amos (Grand Cordon)
- Youssef Zulficar Pasha (Grand Cordon)
- Alexander Kearsey (3rd class)
References
External links
- Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Orders_of_Egypt Orders of Egypt] at Wikimedia Commons