Asad
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| See also | Asad (Lion), As'sad (The most compassionate) |
Asad ( Arabic: أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is one of many Arabic male given names meaning "lion", each denoting some aspect of the animal. It is used in nicknames such as Asad Allāh one of the nicknames for Ali ibn Abi Talib. ("Assad" is the standard spelling in English, to keep the hissing 's' sound; "Asad" is the more accurate transliteration, corresponding to the Arabic spelling, and is used by scholars.)
Among prominent people named Asad or "Assad" are:
- Asadullah, meaning Lion of God, may refer to several people
- Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Asad ibn Saman, an early Samanid
- Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure
- Khuwaylid ibn Asad, his son, father-in-law of Muhammad
- Asad ibn al-Furat (759-828) a jurist and theologian
- Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, influential 20th-century writer and political theorist
- Talal Asad, anthropologist, son of Muhammad Asad
- Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, a famous Urdu and Persian poet of India
- Clarice Assad, a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist
- Asad (tribe), an Arabic Adnanite tribe cousins of Muhammad
Al-Assad family
Main article: Al-Assad family
The Assads are an Alawite family from the Latakia region (specifically Qardaha), which has held political power in Syria since 1970. The family has produced two presidents:
- Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria 1970–2000
- Bashar al-Assad, current President of Syria
Other family members include:
- Basil al-Assad
- Rifaat al-Assad
- Jamil al-Assad
- Maher al-Assad
- Bushra al-Assad