Imad al-Din or Imad ad-Din (), also Imad ud-din, is a male Muslim given name meaning "pillar of the religion, faith", composed from the nouns ‘''imad'', meaning pillar, and ''
al-Din
Ad-Din ( , "(of) the religion/faith/creed") is a suffix component of some Arabic names in the construct case, meaning 'the religion/faith/creed', e.g. Saif ad-Din ( , "Sword of the Faith"). Varieties are also used in non-Arabic names throughout t ...
'', of the faith.
[ {{cite book, title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names, author= S. A. Rahman, publisher=Goodword Books, location=New Delhi, year=2001]
This
theophoric name
A theophoric name (from Greek: , ''theophoros'', literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or a god's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that d ...
is formed from the Arabic male given name
Imad.
Other written variants are Imadaddin, Imaduddin, Emadeddin, etc.
Notable bearers of the name include:
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Al-Kiya al-Harrasi
al-Kiyā al-Harrāsī, S̲h̲ams al-Islām ʿImād ad-Dīn Abû ’l-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī aṭ-Ṭabarī (), commonly known as al-Kiya al-Harrasi was a prominent Shafi'i jurisconsult, legal theoretician, traditionist, scriptural exe ...
(1058-1110), Islamic scholar
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Imad al-Din Zengi
Imad al-Din Zengi (; – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkoman atabeg of the Seljuk Empire, who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the namesake and founder of the Zengid dyn ...
(c. 1085–1146), emir of Mosul and Aleppo
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Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani
Muhammad ibn Hamid (; 1125 – 20 June 1201), commonly known as Imad al-Din al-Isfahani (), was a historian, scholar, and rhetorician. He left a valuable anthology of Arabic poetry to accompany his many historical workshttp://www.crusades-encyc ...
(1125–1201), Persian poet and historian
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Amadin, 13th-century Yazidi saint
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Imadaddin Nasimi
Seyid Ali Imadaddin Nasimi (; ), commonly known as simply Nasimi (), was a 14th- and 15th-century Hurufi poet who composed poetry in his native Azerbaijani, as well as Persian and Arabic languages. He is regarded as one of the greatest Turk ...
(1369–1417), Azerbaijani Ḥurūfī poet
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Idris Imad al-Din
Idris Imad al-Din ibn al-Hasan al-Qurashi (; 1392 – 10 June 1468) was the 19th of Tayyibi Isma'ilis from 1428 to 1468. A major religious and political leader in 15th-century Yemen, as well as a notable theologian, Idris was also an important m ...
(1392–1468), head of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community and historian
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Imad al-Din Mahmud ibn Mas‘ud Shirazi (mid 16th century), Persian physician
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Muhammad Imaduddin I (1580–1648), sultan of the Maldives
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Muhammad Imaaduddeen IV (died 1882), sultan of the Maldives
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Muhammad Imaaduddeen V (died 1893), sultan of the Maldives
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Imad ud-din Lahiz (1830-1900), Islamic writer who converted to Christianity
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Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868–1932), sultan of the Maldives
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Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad (born 1948), American Muslim scholar
*Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed, known as
Dodi Fayed
Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em Fayed (; 15 April 195531 August 1997), commonly known as Dodi Fayed, was an Egyptian film producer and the eldest child of the businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. He was romantically involved with Diana, Princess of W ...
(1955–1997), Egyptian film producer
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Emadeddin Baghi (born 1962), Iranian journalist and political activist
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Ja'far us Sadiq Imaduddin (born 1973), Indian Scholar
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Imaduddin (ICMI) (1931-2008), Indonesian religious and political activist
*Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, also known as
Abu Dahdah, Syrian-born Spaniard sentenced to prison in Spain for his part in the September 11, 2001 attacks
References
Arabic-language masculine given names
Masculine given names