Azad
Azād, which means "free" is a Persian word from Middle Persian/Parthian term[1] origins. It is used in the Indo-Iranian languages like Persian, Pashto, Kurdish, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi. It is also used in Armenian. It may refer to:
People named Azad
- Azad Shah Afghan, founder and ruler of Azad dynasty
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Indian freedom-fighter
- Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian freedom-fighter
- Azad Ali, British Islamist
- Azad (Maoist) alias Cherukuri Rajkumar, Spokesperson and Central Politburo member of the Communist Party of India
- Azad (rapper), German rapper of Iranian-Kurdish descent (formerly a member of Asiatic Warriors)
- Afshan Azad, actress who played the character of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter films
- Humayun Azad, Bangladeshi author and scholar
- Mahmoud Mosharraf Azad Tehrani, Iranian poet
- Azad, a eunuch and companion in martyrdom of Simeon Barsabae
- Muhammad Husain Azad Indian poet
- Azad Sakhidel, Iranian-Kurdish Engineer and social activist.
Places
- Azadi Stadium, Iran's national and largest stadium
- Azad, Afghanistan
- Azat, Armenia
- Azad, Goranboy, Azerbaijan
- Azad, Goygol, Azerbaijan
- Azad, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran
- Azad, alternate name of Deh-e Azad, Hirmand, Iran
- Azad, West Azerbaijan, Iran
- Azad-e Olya, Zanjan Province, Iran
- Azad-e Sofla, Zanjan Province, Iran
- Azad Kashmir, disputed autonomous region within the state of Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan
Entertainment
- Azad (fictional game), a fictional game from the book The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
- Azadians, the race playing the above game
- Azadi (album), album released by Pakistani rock band, Junoon
- Azaad (disambiguation), multiple Bollywood films
- Azad, a fictional region where most of the plot and gameplay of the videogame Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time takes place
- Azad (Telugu film)
Other
- Azad Empire, an Afghan empire established by Azad Shah Afghan that ruled southern Caucaus, Kurdistan, north-western Persia and south-western Turkmenistan
- The Azad, a Bangla newspaper which was founded in Kolkata and later became the leading daily in East Bengal
- Azad Hind, collaborationist provisional government of Free India led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in World War II
- Azad Hind Fauj, Indian National Army
- Islamic Azad University private chain of universities in Iran
- Azaad (disambiguation)
References
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Iranica