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Mariyam Shaina Naseem (Dhivehi: މަރިޔަމް ޝައިނާ ނަސީމް; born 22 February 2003) is a Maldivian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Maldives 2024, represented the country in Miss Universe 2024 for the first time in Maldivian history.
In a conversational book published in 1563, Garcia de Orta writes: "I must tell you that I have heard it said that the natives do not call it Maldiva but Nalediva. In the Malabar language, nale means four and diva island. So that in that language, the word signifies 'four islands', while we, corrupting the name, call it Maldiva." [36]
The Sultanate of the Maldive Islands [2] was an Islamic monarchy that controlled the Maldives for 815 years (1153–1968), with one interruption from 1953–1954.. Maldives was a Buddhist kingdom until its last monarch, King Dhovemi, converted to Islam in the year 1153; thereafter he also adopted the Muslim title and name Sultan Muhammad al-Adil.
Given below are some of the names by which Maldives was known through the centuries. In the early fifth century AD, Palladius, Bishop of Hellenopolis (AD 360–430), a classical Greek bishop, refers to Maldives as Maniolae, in his treatise On the Races of the Indians and the Brahmans, adding that the magnet stone which attracts iron was produced in these islands.
The southernmost Atoll of the Maldives, Addu Atoll, is not visible on the image. 1814 map of 'The Maldiva Islands' by Captain James Horsburgh. The Maldives are formed by 20 natural atolls, along with a few islands and isolated reefs today which form a pattern stretching from 7 degrees 10′ North to 0 degrees 45′ South.
UNESCO CSF Logo. OpenEMIS is an initiative launched by UNESCO.The initiative is in line with UNESCO's effort to promote EMIS to address the issues of access, equity, quality, and relevance in education and subsequent gaps between Member States in providing an adequate decision support system since early 2000s, in keeping with the Education for All goals adopted in Dakar in 2000. [2]
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A selection of traditional Maldivian oarblade patterns Copy of a magical drawing. Diguvando. Fuvahmulah.. The culture of the Maldives is derived from a number of sources, the most important of which is its proximity to the shores of Sri Lanka and South India.