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Image of deceased Sultan of the Maldives Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868 - 1932). This photograph is from maldiveroyalfamily.com on the link below. This image can be considered to be in the public domain actually as it was taken more than 70 years back. The author of this version of this file is maldivesroyalfamily.com.
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