Order of the Unity of the Nation
Appearance
Order of the Umayyads | |
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Awarded by Syria | |
Type | Order |
Status | Currently constituted |
Sovereign | Bashar al-Assad |
Grades | Member 1st Class Member 2nd Class Member 3rd Class |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | None |
Next (lower) | Hero of the Republic |
Ribbon bar of the order |
The Order of the Umayyads (Arabic: وسام أمية الوطني) is the highest order of Syria.
History
The order has been founded on 12 July 1934.[1] It is named after the Umayyad Caliphate which ruled Syria as their main power base, and set Damascus as the capital.
Classes
The order is composed of the following classes :
- Member 1st Class
- Member 2nd Class
- Member 3rd Class
Insignia
- The sash is green with thin black borders and white stripes.
Recipients
- Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- Al-Waleed bin Talal
- Anwar Sadat
- Elias IV of Antioch
- Émile Lahoud
- Farouk of Egypt
- Giorgio Napolitano
- Haile Selassie
- Hosni Mubarak
- Hussein of Jordan
- Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
- Mohammed V of Morocco
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Mustafa Tlass
- Qaboos bin Said al Said
- Sirajuddin of Perlis