Huravee Dhuvas (Transl: Day of Ascension of Huraa Dynasty); A commonly forgotten national holiday day to commemorate the victory of Sultan Hassan Izzuddin or more widely known as Dhon Bandaarain, in liberating Maldives from the Malabars in the 1750s. In the 18th century, Ali Raja of Kannur, the leader of the naval fleet established at the cost of Malabar, Kerela, India obsessed over reigning the Maldives. Carrying emblems and sepoys of his commander Sultan Hyder Ali of Mysore, Ali Raja and his fleet raided the islands for years, successfully attempting a coup which involved kidnapping the Sultan of Maldives,Imaduddin III, leaving the Maldives in the hands of his sister Amina. After endless wars with the Malabars and their continued return, Amina fled into self-exile to South of Maldives, leaving the Maldives back in the cruelty of the Malabars.
A patriotic group of Maldivians lead by Muleege Hassan Maniku from Huraa, North Male’ Atoll, fought the Malabars. Meanwhile, Ali Raja gloated to his commander Hyder Ali, presenting the Sultan with a kidnapped, tortured and blinded Imaduddin III. Sultan Hyder Ali furious of the actions of Ali Raja, removed the cruel leader of the naval fleet and demanded he apologize to the Maldivians. Hassan Maniku had fought with sword and his diplomacy against the Malabars, removing the small epidemic of power-hungry war men of the Maldives, who then was honored with the title of Hassan Izzuddin and is commonly known as “Dhon Bandaara”.
As the next heir to the throne, considering Amina II, daughter of Sultan Imaduddin III was too young, the nobility of the kingdom decided that the islands be ruled by none other than Hassan himself, becoming Sultan Hassan Izzuddin of Huraa Dynasty, which lead to the shift of royal lineage from Dhiyamigili Dynasty. Eventhough, the change in dynasty was well received by the nobility and the people, Sultan Hassan Izzuddin only accepted the throne as long as the heir be passed back to Dhiyamigili Dynasty upon his death. On his deathbed, his dying wish was that the heir be passed to the brother of Imauddin III transferring the heir back to Dhiyamigili Dynasty.
Even though the brother of Imaaduddin III, Mohamed Manikufaanu or more commonly known as Sultan Mohamed Ghiyaasuddin became the Sultan, he was in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in pilgrimage. Upon his return, he freed a slave woman to Goidhoo Island in Baa Atoll, and later met his death, his ship purposefully capsized by the Shamsuddin II, the Uncle of Sultan Hassan Izzuddin. With the next heir Prince Abdulla being only 7, he was banished to Fuvamullah island, where Shamsuddin II became the next Sultan of the Maldives, transferring back the heir to Huraa Dynasty.
Until the 20th Century, Huraa Dynasty remained as the reigning house in the Maldives including short-lived republic between 1953-1954 when President Amin Didi became the first president of the Maldives; he was already the next heir to the throne under the lineage of Huraa Dynasty. However, after the shift from first republic to constitutional monarchy to the second republic in 1968, the second president of the Maldives and the Father of Tourism, Velaanage Ibrahim Nasir broke this chain as he was a descendent of Dhiyamigili Dynasty, fulfilling the dying wish of Sultan Hassan Izzudin exactly 209 years later.
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