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{{Short description|Sultan of the Maldives from 1935 to 1943}}
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| name         = Hassan Nooraddeen Iskandar II
| title        = [[List of Sultans of the Maldives|Sultan of land and sea, Lord of twelve thousand isles,<br>the Sultan of the Maldives]]
| image        = Sultan hassan nooraddin.gif
| caption      = 
| reign        = [[Maldives]]: 1935–1943
| coronation   = 20 August 1938
| predecessor  = [[Muhammad Shamsuddeen III]]
| successor    = [[Abdul Majeed Didi]]
| spouse       = Gaugey Didi
| issue        = Princess Sameemaa Nooraddeen<br>Prince Muhammad Nooraddeen<br>Prince Ali Nooraddeen<br>Princess Aneesa Nooraddeen<br>Princess Zareena Nooraddeen<br> Princess Fathimath Nooraddeen
| house        = 
| house-type   = 
| father       = Sultan Muhammad Mueenudhdhin Kalhu Bandaarain
| mother       = Zulaikhaa (dhandi kosheegey Didi)
| birth_date   = 27 July 1885{{Citation Needed|date=November 2024}}
| birth_place  = [[Malé]]
| death_date   = 15 April 1967{{Citation Needed|date=November 2024}}
| death_place  = Maandhooge (old), Male
| date of burial = 15 April 1967
| place of burial = Galolhu Royal Cemetery|
}}

'''Sultan''' '''Sir Hassan Nooraddeen Iskandar II''', [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] ({{langx|dv|ސުލްޠާން ޙަސަން ނޫރައްދީން ދެވަނަ}}) was [[Sultan of the Maldives]] from 1935 to 1943, a son of Sultan Muhammad Mueenudheen Kuda Bandaarain.

He ascended the throne of Maldives on 22 February 1935; however his coronation ceremony was not held until 20 August 1938. After eight years of rule he abdicated on 8 April 1943, and lived thereafter at his own residence until his death on 15 April 1967, six days before his 80th birthday. The Prime Minister during his reign was Muhammad Fareed Didi.

Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen II was born in 21 April 1887 in [[Malé]]. He was the son of Sultan Mueenuddhin II. His mother is Dhan'dikosheegey Zuleikha Didi. He came to the throne on 23 February 1935, and was proclaimed Sultan on 20 August 1938.

The prime minister during his reign was Muhammad Fareed Didi. [[WWII]] began during this Sultan's reign and the British were given the use of some islands in Addu Atoll and a military facility for the British army, Navy, and Air Force were built on the atoll. [[Kelaa (Haa Alif Atoll)|Kelaa]] Island in [[Haa Alif Atoll|Thiladhummathi Atoll]] was also used by the British. Maldives faced famine and great hardship during the period of war. Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen II was awarded the [[K.C.M.G.]] by the British in 1942 for services rendered by Maldives during the war. 

The poll tax was abolished during Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen II's reign, instead duty was levied on certain trade items. The Maldivian Government Bodu Store started in 1942 to ensure that islanders received better prices than those they obtained from the foreign traders in Malé. 

Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen II abdicated on 5 April 1943. He passed away on 15 April 1967 in Malé. 

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