Imad al-Din
Imad ad-Din, (Arabic: عماد الدين ) is a male Muslim given name meaning "pillar of the faith", composed from the elements Imad, meaning pillar, and al-Din, of the faith.[1][2] IIt is also transliterated as Imad al-Din, Imadaddin, Imaduddin, Emadeddin, etc. It may refer to
- Imad ad-Din Atabeg Zengi, (ca. 1085 – 1146), emir of Mosul and Aleppo
- Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, (1125 - 1201), Persian poet and historian
- Imadaddin Nasimi (1369 – 1417), Azerbaijani Ḥurūfī poet
- Imad al-Din Mahmud ibn Mas‘ud Shirazi, (mid 16th century), Persian physician
- Muhammad Imaduddin I (1580 - 1648), sultan of the Maldives
- Muhammad Imaaduddeen IV (died 1882), sultan of the Maldives
- Muhammad Imaaduddeen V, (died 1893), sultan of the Maldives
- Imad ud-din Lahiz, (died 1900), Islamic writer who converted to Christianity
- Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868 - 1932), sultan of the Maldives
- Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, (born 1948), American Muslim scholar
- Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed, known as Dodi Fayed (1955 - 1997), Egyptian film producer
- Emadeddin Baghi, Iranian journalist and political activist
- Imaduddin (ICMI), Indonesian religious and political activist
- Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, also known as Abu Dahdah, Syrian-born Spaniard sentenced to prison in Spain for his part in the September 11, 2001 attacks
References
- ^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
- ^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.