Ziauddin Explained
The name Ziauddin is a common transliteration of the male Muslim given name more correctly written Ḍiya ad-Dīn (Arabic: ضياء الدين). It means the “Shine of the Religion” It may refer to:
People
- Diya al-din Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi, (1097 – 1168), Persian Sufi
- Diyā' ad-Dīn Ibn Athir (1163 - 1239), Arab writer and literary critic
- Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi (died 1245), Hanbali Islamic scholar
- Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi (died 1350), Persian physician and Sufi living in India
- Ziauddin Barani (1285 - 1357), Indian historian and political philosopher
- Ziauddin Ahmad (1878 – 1947), scholar and politician in colonial India
- Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee (1888 – 1969), Prime Minister of Iran
- Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri, known as Z. A. Suleri (1913 - 1999), Pakistani journalist and writer
- Ziaeddin Shademan (born 1923), Iranian Basketball Player
- Diaa al-Din Dawoud (1926-2011), Egyptian politician
- Mohammad Ziauddin (army officer) (born 1939), Bangladeshi military officer
- Zia Uddin (born 1941), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
- Ziauddin Ahmed (Bangladesh) (1950-2017), Bangladeshi military officer
- Ziauddin Sardar (born 1951), Pakistani writer on Islam
- Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu (1954–2021), Bangladeshi politician
- Ziyaettin Doğan or Ziya Doğan (born 1961), Turkish football manager
- Ziaeddin Niknafs (born 1986), Iranian footballer
- Ziauddin Rizvi (died 2005), Shi'a cleric from Gilgit
- Qari Ziauddin (died 2010), Afghan militia leader
- Ziauddin Butt, a Pakistani military officer jailed as a result of the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état
- Ziauddin (Afghan militia leader), Afghan militia leader
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