[1] She also served as joint regent with her spouse Ali Shah Bandar Vela’ana’a Manikufa’anu in 1773 during the pilgrimage of her brother Sultan Muhammed Ghiya'as ud-din to Mecca.
The reason given for her abdication has been the plots orchestrated by the opposition to her de facto co-regent, Muleegey Hassan Manikfaan, as well as trouble over her debts to the French trader Monsieur Le Termellier.
When the news of their trip to Minicoy reached Malé, an expedition led by Umar Manik, brother of Hassan Manikfan, were sent to arrest them.
[1] During their regency, however, a coup took place and the followers around Amina's husband Ali Velana Manikfan deposed her absent brother and had him proclaimed monarch.
[1] They were declared rebels by the loyalists of the absent king and soon deposed by a counter cup, and Muhammad Shamsuddeen II was placed on the throne.