Order of Ismoili Somoni

The Order of Ismoili Somoni (Ордени Исмоили Сомонӣ) is Tajikistan's highest distinction. It is named after Isma'il ibn Ahmad, also known as Ismoili Somoni.

Public servants

 * Abdulmajid Dostiev

Military

 * Sherali Khayrulloyev, former Minister of Defence of Tajikistan

Politicians

 * Oqil Oqilov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan
 * Yahyo Azimov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan
 * Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev, former Mayor of Dushanbe

Neighboring nations

 * Asif Ali Zardari, former President of Pakistan
 * Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan (2021)
 * Ahmad Shah Massoud,  former Minister of Defense of the Islamic State of Afghanistan and head of the Northern Alliance (2021)

Post-Soviet

 * Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
 * Abdulla Aripov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (2018)
 * Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (2010)
 * Abdulaziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan (2018)
 * Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
 * Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (2007)
 * Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine (2011)
 * Valdis Zatlers, former President of Latvia (2009)

Rest of the world

 * Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations
 * Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, former Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
 * Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, former Emir of Kuwait