Najm al-Din explained
Najm al-Din (Arabic: نجم الدين|Najm al-Dīn|link=no), also transliterated Najm ad-Din, Najmuddin, etc., is a male given name of Arabic origin, formed from Najm and al-Din, meaning "star of the religion". It may refer to:
People
- Najm al-Din Ayyub (died 1173), Kurdish soldier, father of Saladin
- Najm al-Din al-Khabushani (1116–1191), Persian Shafi'i jurist
- 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 (c. 1205–1249), Ayyubid ruler of Egypt
- Najm al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (died 1276), Persian Islamic philosopher and logician of the Shafi`i school
- Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi (died 1330), Persian physician
- Najimuddin Ali Khan (1750–1766), Nawab of Bengal
- Jumeken Najimedenov (1935–1983), Kazakh composer
- Najmuddin Shaikh (born 1939), Pakistani diplomat
- Najmaldin Karim (1949-2020), Governor of Kirkuk Province
- 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
- Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (born 1986), Sudanese athlete
- Najm Eldin Abdullah (born 1987), Sudanese footballer
- Najmiddin Jalolov (died 2009?), Uzbek Islamic fighter
- Najmuddin Khan, Pakistani politician
Places
- Mazraeh-ye Khodaqoli Najam ol Din, village in Iran
See also
