The Order of al-Hussein bin Ali is the highest order of the Kingdom of Jordan. It was founded on 22 June 1949 with one class (i.e. Collar) by King Abdullah I of Jordan with the scope of rewarding benevolence and foreign Heads of State. The class of Grand Cordon was introduced by King Hussein on 23 September 1967. Insignia The collar is made of a double chain in gold and enamel with alterning golden stars of five points and small dark red-enamelled flowers decorated in gold with sentences in Arabic The badge is made of a gold-and-diamond oval with at its centre a dark radiating red disc with a golden sentence in Arabic. The badge is hung to the Grand Cordon through ua golden royal crown. The plaque has the same design as the badge. The ribbon of the class of Grand Cordon is violet. The class of Collar has no ribbon. Recipients Akihito Prince Ali bin Hussein Alia al-Hussein Azlan Shah of Perak Hassanal Bolkiah Habib Bourguiba Beji Caid Essebsi Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Elizabeth II Faisal II of Iraq Farouk of Egypt Harald V of Norway Hassan II of Morocco Prince Hassan bin Talal Václav Havel Hussein of Jordan Idris of Libya Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Juan Carlos I of Spain Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohammed V of Morocco Suharto Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Mohammed VI of Morocco Margrethe II of Denmark Prince Muhammad bin Talal Philippe of Belgium Princess Muna al-Hussein Putra of Perlis Qaboos bin Said al Said Queen Rania of Jordan Mohammed Zahir Shah Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Zein al-Sharaf Talal Miloš Zeman Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid Salman of Saudi Arabia Sultan bin Salman Al Saud Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Resources Order of al-Hussain ibn Ali Hussein ibn Ali Sash Order of al-Hussain ibn Ali References Hussein bin Ali, Order of al- Hussein bin Ali, Order of al-