Asadullah
Male given name
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::summary Male given name ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Asadullah |
| pronunciation |
| | gender | Male | | meaning | Lion of Allah | | region | Arabia | | language | Arabic, Persian | | origin | Arabic language | | alternative spelling | Assadullah, Asadollah, Assadolah, Asad Ullah, Asadallah | | related names | Asad, Ariel | ::
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| gender = Male | meaning = Lion of Allah | region = Arabia | language = Arabic, Persian | origin = Arabic language | alternative spelling = Assadullah, Asadollah, Assadolah, Asad Ullah, Asadallah | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = Asad, Ariel | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = Asadullāh (), also written Asadollah, **Assadullah ** or Asad Ullah, is a male Muslim given name meaning Lion of Allah.
The name was initially used to refer to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's closest kinsmen, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Initially, the title was first given to Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Muhammad's uncle. After the Battle of the Trench, when Ali defeated Amr ibn Abd al-Wud, Muhammad reportedly gave Ali the name Asadullah (Lion of God) and praised him, saying 'Ali's strike on Amr ibn Abd al-Wud is greater than the worship of both mankind and jinn until the Day of Judgement.'
The name may additionally refer to:
- Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan or Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869), Urdu and Persian poet from the Indian subcontinent
- Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, called Asadullah by Islamic State members
- Mírzá Asadu’llah Fádil Mázandarání (ca. 1880–1957), Iranian Bahá'í scholar
- Assadollah Hosseinpoor (1882/1883–1954), Iranian military officer
- Khalifa Mohammad Asadullah (1890–1949), pioneer of the library movement in the Indian subcontinent
- Asadollah Alam (1919–1978), Prime Minister of Iran
- Assadollah Rashidian (active 1953), Iranian agent for foreign powers
- Asadollah Lajevardi (1935–1998), Iranian politician and prison warden
- Assadullah Sarwari (born 1941), Afghan politician
- Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani (born 1942), Iranian theologian
- Assad-Allah Imani (born 1947) Iranian Shia Cleric, Assembly of Experts Member
- Asadulla Al Galib (born 1998), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948), Bangladeshi professor of Arabic, accused of support for Islamic militancy
- Asadullah Khan (born 1984), Afghan cricketer
- Asadullah Jan, Pakistani held in Guantanamo (ISN 47)
- Asad Ullah, Afghan held in Guantanamo (ISN 912)
- Asadullah Bhutto, Pakistani politician
- Asadullah Khalid, Afghan provincial governor
- Asadullah Hamdam, Afghan provincial governor
- Assadullah Wafa, Afghan provincial governor
- Asadullah (Afghan cricketer), Afghan cricketer
- Asadullah (Pakistani cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
- Asadollah Mikaeili, known as Darius Mikaeili, Iranian footballer
- A fictional character from the movie Office Space, who is referenced in a quote by the character Samir.
References
References
- Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). ''The Companions of Badr''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
- (2015). "Al-Abbas". CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
- (1999). "Office Space Ajay Naidu: Samir Quotes".
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