Sayyid (name) explained
Sayyid (also spelt Saiyed, Seyit, Seyd, Syed, Said, Sayed, Sayyed, Saiyid, Seyed, al-Sayyed and Seyyed) (Arabic: سيد pronounced as /ar/, in Persian sejˈjed/; meaning 'Lord', 'Master'; plural: Sadat Arabic: سادة is a masculine name given to descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[1] It is not to be confused with Sa‘id (or Saeed, pronounced as /ar/).
Given name
- Said Alam, Pakistani pediatric surgeon and political activist
- Sayed Awad, Egyptian composer
- Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer
- Sayed Gouda, Egyptian poet
- Sayed Haider, Bangladeshi physician and Language Movement activist
- Sayed Marei (1913–1993), Egyptian engineer and politician
- Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer
- Sayed Mosaad, Egyptian footballer
- Sayed Yusuf, Indian field hockey player
- Sayyid Gaddaf al-Dam, Libyan brigadier general
- Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian pan-Islamist
- Sayyed Mahmud Khan, Great and powerful general in Akbar's army
- Seyed Mohyeddin Seghatoleslam, Persian Architect
- Syed Abul Maksud, Bangladeshi writer and columnist
- Syed Ahmed Khan, Indian educator and politician
- Syed Ahmed, British Bangladeshi entrepreneur
- Syed Badrudduja, Indian-Bengali politician and activist
- Syed Farid, Indian footballer
- Syed Faruk, Singaporean football manager
- Syed Hussain, Indian politician
- Syed Ibrahim, Indian Sufi
- Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer
- Syed Mahmud, Indian politician
- Syed Manzoorul Islam, Bangladeshi author
- Syed Masood, fictional character, mispronounced as Sa‘id
- Syed Mujtaba Ali, Bengali author
- Syed Nomanul Haq, Pakistani historian of philosophy and science
- Syed Rashid Ali, Danish cricketer
- Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician
- Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani artist referred to as Sadequain
- Syed Shamsul Haque, Bangladeshi poet
- Syed Sheh Hassan Barakbah, Malaysian judge
- Syed Yazid, Malaysian unionist
- Syed Ziaur Rahman, Indian scientist and pharmacologist
- Sayed Muhammad Gulabzoi, Afghan General
- Sayyid Abdullah, first Vice-President of Afghanistan
- Sayed Ahmad Zia Muzafari, coach of the Afghanistan national football team (1979-1981)
Seyid
Seyit
Surname
See also
- Syed Ali, a related name, including a list of people with this name
- Seyid
Notes and References
- Encyclopedia: Van Arendonk. C.. Graham. W.A.. 1960–2007. Sharīf. Bearman. P. J.. P. J. Bearman. Bianquis. Th.. Bosworth. C. E.. Clifford Edmund Bosworth. van Donzel. E.. Heinrichs. W. P.. W. P. Heinrichs. Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.
