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Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar | |
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Awarded by | |
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 |
Statistics | |
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
- JM Abdul Aziz of Saigon and South India.
References
- Marc Champenois (9 August 2008). "Ordre du Nichan el-Anouar" (in French). Les décorations Francaises. http://www.france-phaleristique.com/nichan.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
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