Rukn al-Din explained

Rukn al-Din, Rukn ad-Din or Rukn ud-Din (ar|ركن الدين||Pillar of the Faith) is a honorific title, now used as a given name. It may refer to:

• Abu Muhammad al-Juwayni (died 1046), renowned Islamic scholar.
• Abu al-Muzaffar Rukn ud-Dīn Barkyāruq bin Malikšāh (died 1105), sultan of Great Seljuq
• Abbas ibn Abi al-Futuh (died 1154), Fatimid vizier
• Rukn al-Dīn Mas'ūd, or Mesud I (died 1156), sultan of the Seljuqs of Rûm
• Rukn ad-Din Suleiman Shah, or Süleymanshah II (1196–1204), Seljuq Sultan of Rûm
• Rukn al-Din Khurshah (died 1256), 27th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili Shia community
• al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari (1223–1277), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria
• Rukn ud din Firuz (died 1236), Muslim Turkic ruler and Sultan of Delhi
• Rukn al-Dīn Qilij Arslān bin Kaykhusraw, or Kilij Arslan IV (died 1266), Seljuq Sultan of Rûm
• al-Malik al-Muzaffar Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Jashnakir al-Mansuri, or Baibars II (died 1309), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt
• Baybars al-Mansuri (died 1325), Mamluk-era historiographer
• Sheikh Rukn-ud-Din Abul Fath, also known as Rukn-e-Alam (1251–1335), Indian Sufi saint
• Rokneddin Mokhtari (1887–1970), Iranian musician and violinist
• Rukniddin Sharipov (born 1974), Tajik interned in Guantánamo Bay
• Shah Ruknuddin, Sufi saint in Bengal