Najm al-Din

Najm al-Din (Arabic: نجم الدين ‎) is a male Muslim given name, formed from Najm and ad-Din. it may refer to:

• Khwaja Najamuddin Ahmed (ca. 1114 - ca. 1175), Afghan Sufi saint
• Najm ad-Din Ayyub (died 1173), Kurdish soldier, father of Saladin
• Najmuddin Kubra (1145 - 1221), Persian Sufi philosopher
• Najm-al-Din Razi (1177 - 1256), Persian Sufi philosopher
• Al-Malik as-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub, or just As-Salih Ayyub (ca. 1205 – 1249), Ayyubid ruler of Egypt
• Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi (died 1330), Persian physician
• Najmuddin Shaikh (born 1939), Pakistani diplomat
• Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad, known as Mullah Krekar (born 1956), exiled Kurdish politician
• Najmadin Shukr Rauf (1957 - 1985), Kurdish soldier
• Suzan Najm Aldeen (born 1966), Syrian actress
• Najmuddin Khan, Pakistani politician
• Najmiddin Jalolov (died 2009?), Uzbek islamic fighter
• Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (born 1986), Sudanese athlete

See also

• Necmettin