Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar

Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar
Type	Order with five degrees: Grand-croix (grand cross) Grand officier (grand officer) Commandeur (commander) Officier (officer) Chevalier (knight)
Status	Deprecated 3 December 1963 by the Ordre National du Mérite
Established	October 1887
Precedence
Next (higher)	Médaille militaire
Equivalent	Ordre National du Mérite
Next (lower)	Croix de guerre

JM Abdul Aziz (center medal)

The Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar (Arabic: Order of the Light) was established in 1887 as a colonial order of merit of the Tajurah sultanate in French Somaliland.

Notable recipients

• François Doumenge
• Louis Faidherbe
• Henri Gouraud
• H.M.Cassime (H.Mouhamad Cassime, Past Mayor and President of Chambre de Commerce of Pondicherry)
• JM Abdul Aziz of Saigon and South India.

References

• Marc Champenois (9 August 2008). "Ordre du Nichan el-Anouar". Les décorations Francaises (in French). Retrieved 2009-02-06.