Alija is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Ifraim Alija (born 1985), footballer
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Kučuk Alija (died 1804), janissary, mutesellim of Kragujevac and one of four Dahiyas who controlled Belgrade Pashaluk
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Alija Jussupowa (born 1984), rhythmic gymnast of Kazakh ethnicity who competes for Kazakhstan
Bosnian Given name – male
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Alija Alijagić (1896-1922), Bosnian communist and assassin
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Alija Behmen (1940–2018), former mayor of Sarajevo and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Alija Bešić (born 1975), retired Luxembourgian professional football player of Bosnian descent
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Alija Đerđelez, popular legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania
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Alija Dumas (born 1929), former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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Alija Gušanac (
fl. 1804–05), Albanian Ottoman brigand
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Alija Isaković
Alija Isaković (15 January 1932 – 14 March 1997) was a Bosnian writer, essayist, publicist, playwright, and lexicographer of the Bosnian language.
Isaković studied Slavic languages and literature and was a graduate of the University of Saraje ...
(1932–1997), Bosnian writer, publicist and lexicographer of Bosnian
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Alija Izetbegović
Alija Izetbegović (; ; 8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician, lawyer, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first president of the Presidency of the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovin ...
(1925–2003), the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Alija Krnić (born 1993), Montenegrin footballer
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Alija Sirotanović
Alija Sirotanović (14 August 1914 – 16 May 1990) was a Yugoslav miner, Hero of Socialist Labour and perhaps the most famous of all Yugoslav udarniks. He was held up by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia to be a model of a hard-worker in the ...
(1914–1990), Yugoslav miner of Bosniak ethnicity, Hero of Socialist Labour
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Alija Solak (born 1944), Bosnian footballer
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Alija Šuljak
Alija Šuljak (1901–1992) was a prominent Bosnian Muslim Croat who was a professor, politician and military officer of Ustaše during World War II, best known as one of the main perpetrators of the genocide of Serbs in Eastern Herzegovina.
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(1901-1992), Bosnian Muslim Croat politician and Ustaše military officer
Fictional characters
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Alija Eaglespike of ''Warrior'', a fantasy novel written by Australian author Jennifer Fallon
See also
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Alija del Infantado, a municipality which is part of Tierra de La Bañeza comarca, an autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain
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Alia (name) Alia or Aleah is both a surname and a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Alias (TV series)
Surname
*Gjergj Elez Alia, a legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania
*Giuseppe Alia, murderer of Father Leo Hei ...
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Aliya
Aliya ( ar, عَلِيَّة ), Aaliyah, Alia, or Aliyah is an Arabic feminine given name. It is the feminine of the name Ali, meaning "exalted".
People
* Aliya bint Ali (1911–1950), Queen of Iraq
* ''Aliyah bint Abdallah al-Mansur'', was th ...
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Alijan (disambiguation)
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Alinja
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Avlija
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Balija
Balija is a caste of the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala.
Origins
Variations of the name in use in the medieval era were ''Balanja'', ''Bananja'', ''Bananju'', ''Banajiga'' and ''Banijiga'', with probable co ...
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Galija
Galija ( sr-cyr, Галија; ) is a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Niš in 1977.
The central figures of the band are brothers Nenad Milosavljević (vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica) and Predrag Milosavljević (vocals). A larg ...
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Malija
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Salija
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Bosnian masculine given names
Albanian masculine given names
Bosniak masculine given names
Albanian-language surnames
