Sultan Muhammed Ghiya'as ud-din's mother is Aisha Kanbafan daughter of Fathima Maavaa Kilegefan daughter of Athiree Kamanaa daughter of Athiree Hawwa Bee daughter of Koruvalu Zulaikha Bee daughter of Hafiza Bodu Fathima Fan daughter of al- Qazi Muhammad Shamsuddin al-kabeer (Addu Bodu Fandiyaaru Thakurufaan) from the island of Meedhoo in Addu Atoll.
Midway Atoll | Kwajalein Atoll | Rongelap Atoll | Johnston Atoll | Utirik Atoll | atoll | Ailinginae Atoll | Palmyra Atoll | Enewetak Atoll | Bikini Atoll | Haa Alif Atoll | Addu Atoll | Addu | Shaviyani Atoll | Rongerik Atoll | Rocas Atoll | Mili Atoll | Malé Atoll | Ailinglaplap Atoll | Thaa Atoll | Kaafu Atoll | Johnston Atoll Airport | Jaluit Atoll | Gnaviyani Atoll | Aur Atoll | Ari Atoll | Addu City |
The Suvadivians, living in the three southernmost atolls of the equatorial zone (Huvadhu, Fuvahmulah and Addu atolls) number approximately 60,000 and constitute about 20% of the total population of Maldivians.
Addu City, the administrative city consisting of the inhabited islands of Addu Atoll.
The Japanese advance through Burma and their capture of the Andaman Islands enforced the move of the bulk of the Eastern Fleet to Addu Atoll and to Kilindini in East Africa.
I-27 was sunk by the British destroyers HMS Paladin and HMS Petard off Addu Atoll on 12 February 1944 after it had sunk the troopship SS Khedive Ismail with the loss of about 1,300 lives.