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Shams al-Din


Shams al-Din (IPA: /ʃamsaddiːn/) (, lit. "sun of the faith") is an Arabic personal name or title.

Notable persons with this name are:

10th–13th century

  • Shams al-Din Altınapa, Seljuk atabeg
  • Muhammad ibn Ahmad Shams al-Din al-Maqdisi (c. 945–1000), Arab geographer
  • Shams al-Din Ibn Fallus (1194-1240), Arab Egyptian mathematician
  • Shams al-Din Muhammad bin Ali, or Suzani Samarqandi (died 1166), Persian poet
  • Shams al-Din Ildeniz (died ), atabeg of Azerbaijan
  • Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam (died 1188), Zengid governor of Damascus and Ayyubid emir of Baalbek
  • Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (1192-1236), Muslim Turkic sultan of Delhi
  • Shamsuddin Sabzwari (died 1247), Sufi missionary in southern Punjab
  • Shams al-Din Muhammad, or Shams Tabrizi (1185-1248), Persian Sufi mystic
  • Shams al-Din Lu'lu' al-Amini (died 1251), regent of Aleppo
  • Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Mas'ud (died 1255), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
  • Ajall Shams al-Din Omar (1211–1279), provincial governor of Yunnan
  • Shams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khallikān (1211–1282), Iraqi Shafi'i Islamic scholar
  • Shams al-Din Juvayni (died 1285) vizier and sahib-divan under three Mongol Ilkhans
  • Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Shahrazuri (died c. 1290), Kurdish physician and historian

14th–17th century

  • Shams al-Din Muhammad (1257–1310), imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community
  • Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi (c. 1250 – c. 1310), astronomer and mathematician from Samarkand
  • Shamsuddin Firuz Shah (died 1322), sultan of the Bengali kingdom of Lakhnauti
  • Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi (1256–1327), Arab geographer
  • Shams al-Din Abu’Abdallah Muhammad ibn’Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf Lawati al-Tanji Ibn Battuta (1304-1368), explorer
  • Shams-ud-Din Shah Mir (1300-1342), ruler of Kashmir
  • Ali Shams al-Din I (died 1348), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community
  • Shams al-Din ibn Fazl Allah (died c. 1348), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar
  • Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali (died c. 1352), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar
  • Shams ud din, or Shams Tabraiz (missionary) (died 1356), Ismaili saint in India
  • Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah (died 1358), sultan of Bengal
  • Shams al-Din Ibn Muflih (1308-1361), authority on Hanbali Law
  • Shams ud-Din Amir Kulal (1278-1370), tribal head, scholar and religious figure in Turkistan
  • Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah al-Khalili (1320–1380), Syrian astronomer
  • Shams al-Din al-Kirmani (1317-1384), Sunni scholar
  • Khwaja Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi (1315–1390), Persian lyric poet
  • Ali Shams al-Din II (died 1428), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community
  • Shams al-Din al-Fanari (1350–1431), Turkish logician, Islamic theologian, and Islamic legal academic
  • Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah (1419-1436), ruler of Bengal
  • Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Qutb al-Din (c. 1387 – c. 1438), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
  • Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah (died 1481), ruler of Bengal
  • Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah III (died 1482), sultan of Bahmani
  • Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (died 1487), sultan of Adal
  • Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah (died 1494), Abyssinian sultan of Bengal
  • Shams al-Din Muhammad (died c. 1494), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
  • Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi (1428–1497), Egyptian Islamic scholar
  • Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi (1440-1515), Sufi Shi'a missionary in Kashmir
  • Ali Shams al-Din III (died 1527), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community
  • Shamsuddin Muhammad Khan Sur Shah Ghazi (died 1555), Sultan of Bengal
  • Shamsuddin Muhammad Ataga Khan (died 1562), minister in Mughal court
  • Shams al-Din al-Ramli (1513-1596), Egyptian Shafi'i scholar
  • Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi (died 1600), minister to Emperor Akbar

18th century–present

  • Shamseddin Amir-Alaei (1900–1994), Iranian politician and diplomat
  • Muhammad Shamsuddeen III (1879–1935), Sultan of the Maldives
  • Şemsettin Günaltay (1883–1961) prime minister of Turkey
  • Şemsettin Mardin, Turkish diplomat
  • Abul Kalam Shamsuddin (1897–1978), Bangladeshi journalist and politician
  • Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (1911–1989), Bangladeshi author and novelist
  • Shamsuddin Ahmed (1920–1971), Bangladeshi surgeon
  • Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922–1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
  • Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926–1997), Bangladeshi author and novelist
  • Shamsuddin Qasemi (1935–1996), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician
  • Nasri Shamseddine (1927–1983), Lebanese singer and actor
  • A. T. M. Shamsuddin (1927-2009), Bangladeshi author
  • Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (1927-2025), patriarch of the Sufi Order of Azeemia
  • Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine (1936–2001), Lebanese Twelver Shia Islamic scholar
  • Shamsodin Vaezi (born 1936), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja
  • Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin (1938-2020), Malaysian politician
  • Samsuddin Ahmed (1945–2020), Bangladeshi politician
  • Shamsuddeen Usman (born 1949), Nigerian politician
  • Semezdin Mehmedinović (born 1960), Bosnian writer
  • Chettithody Shamshuddin (born 1970), Indian cricket umpire
  • Mohammad Shamsuddin (born 1983), Bangladeshi sprinter
  • Shamsuddin Amiri (born 1985), Afghan footballer
  • Şemseddin Sami Efendi, pen-name of Sami Frashëri (1850–1904), Albanian writer, philosopher and playwright
  • Ashari Samsudin (born 1985), Malaysian footballer
  • Shamsuddin Ahmed (died 2020), Bangladeshi engineer and former MP
  • AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, Bangladeshi Supreme Court judge
  • Shamsuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician
  • Ali Chamseddine (born 1953), Lebanese physicist
  • Muhammad Ali Chamseddine (1942–2022), Lebanese poet and writer
  • Chems-Eddine Hafiz (born 1954), Franco-Algerian lawyer
  • Chems-Eddine Chitour (born 1944), Algerian scholar
  • Chamseddine Rahmani (born 1990), Algerian footballer
  • Chamseddine Harrag (born 1992), Algerian footballer
  • Chamseddine Dhaouadi (born 1987), Tunisian retired footballer
  • Chemseddine Chtibi (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
  • Chemseddine Nessakh (born 1988), Algerian footballer

References

References

  1. "Shamsaddin – Islamic Name Meaning – Baby Names for Muslims".
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