Order of the Unity of the Nation

The Order of the Unity of the Nation (Arabic: وسام أمية الوطني) is the highest order of Syria.

History

The order was established on 12 July 1934.^[1]

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
• Juan Domingo Perón^[2]
• Émile Lahoud
• Farouk of Egypt
• Francisco Franco^[3]
• Giorgio Napolitano
• Haile Selassie
• Hosni Mubarak
• Hugo Chávez
• 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
• Suharto
• Siti Hartinah
• Anatoly Bibilov

References

1. وسام أمية الوطني ذو العقد
2. "FOR A GOOD ARAB, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN OTHER ARAB": NATION, ETHNICITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN PERONIST ARGENTINA" (PDF). peronlibros.com (in Spanish).
3. "تقليد الجنرال فرانكو وشاح أمية ذو العقد سنة 1953". syrianhistory.com (in Arabic).

External links

• Pictures of the Order