Sa‘id (name)
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Not to be confused with Said Events.
Sa‘īd (سعيد) is a male Arabic given name meaning "happy", used by both Christian and Muslim Arabs. The name can also be transliterated as Saïd or Saidor,\Saeed
[edit] People named Sa‘id
As a given name:
- Sa'id ibn Zayd, one of the Companions of Muhammed
- Sa'id Ibn Sultan, a sultan of Muscat and Oman
- Sa'id Hormozi, an Iranian musician
- Sheikh Said various meanings
As a surname:
- Agha Saeed, chairman of the American Muslim Alliance.
- Abdelmadjid Sidi Said, leader of the Algerian trade union: UGTA.
- Edward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian-American literary critic and theorist.
- Samira Said, a Moroccan pop star.
- Wafic Saïd (born 1939), Syrian businessman.
Named Abu Sa‘id (meaning "father of Sa‘id"):
- Abu Sa'id (Ilkhanid dynasty) (1316–1335), ninth ruler of the Ilkhanate state in Iran
- Abu Sa'id (Timurid dynasty) (1424–1469), mid-fifteenth century Timurid Empire ruler in what are today parts of Persia and Afghanistan
- Khaled Hassan Abu Sa‘id (born 1928), Palestine Liberation Organization
- Abusaeid Abolkheir (also known as Abu Sa‘eed), a Persian Sufi and poet
Fictional People:
- Kareem Said, from the T.V. Series Oz.