He was succeeded by his son Kuda Muhammad under the regency of his consort Mariyam Kaba'afa'anu Rani Kilege.
[1] The Sultan of the Maldives Ibrahim Iskandar I, was alarmed by the trading activities of the English East India Company and the Dutch East India Company in the Indian Ocean and by their growing interest in cowries and caires (coconut fibre).
In the year 1660, Iskandar requested the assistance of the Mughal Faujdar of Balasore,[1] and even wrote a letter persuading the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb to prohibit the English East India Company and the Dutch East India Company to sail on profitable routes by the Indian coasts.
[citation needed] On the reverse side of the coin the Sultan title is written.
Lettering: السلطان البر والبحر Translation: Sultan of the Land and Sea.