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" or "a hard stone of nearly pure

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". However, the Arabic name for quartz is ''ṣawwān'' (صَوَّان). The name is also the name of a type of

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of the herbal plant

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. Variants include Merouane / Marouane / Marouan. Feminine forms of the name include Marwa / Marwah and Marwana/ Marwanah (مروانة ''marwānah''). Notable persons with these names include:

Given name

Marwan

Marwan I Marwan ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayya ( ar, links=no, مروان بن الحكم بن أبي العاص بن أمية, Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ ibn Umayya), commonly known as MarwanI (623 or 626April/May 685), was the fo ...

, Umayyad caliph (r. 684–685) *

Marwan II Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam ( ar, مروان بن محمد بن مروان بن الحكم, Marwān ibn Muḥammad ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam; – 6 August 750), commonly known as Marwan II, was the fourteenth and last caliph of ...

, Umayyad caliph ( r. 744–750) * Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa (d. 797), Abbasid-era poet *

Marwan (rapper) Mohamed Marwan (in Arabic محمد مروان) better known as just Marwan (born 1980) is a Danish-Palestinian rap Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic sp ...

, Danish-Palestinian rapper Mohamed Marwan *

Marwan Ali Marwan Ali ( ar, مروان علي) is a Tunisian pop singer, the winner of the Arab Super Star show, a version of the British show Pop Idol. SuperStar is broadcast on Future TV, a Lebanese television station and is the first Idol franchise t ...

, Tunisian pop singer *

Marwan Barghouti Marwan Hasib Ibrahim Barghouti (also transliterated al-Barghuthi; ar, مروان حسيب ابراهيم البرغوثي; born 6 June 1959) is a Palestinian political figure convicted and imprisoned for murder by an Israeli court. He is rega ...

, leader of the Palestinian group Fatah * Marwan Charbel, Lebanese general and politician *

Marwan Dudin Marwan Akram Dudin (1936 – 18 April 2016) was a Jordanian politician and civil servant. He held high level positions at Jordan's national airline and the Hashemite Broadcasting Service before he held several ministerial posts in the 1970s and 19 ...

(1936–2016), Jordanian politician *

Marwan Hamadeh Marwan Hamadeh ( ar, مروان حمادة; born 11 September 1939) is a Lebanese journalist and politician, who served in various capacities in different cabinets, including minister of education, minister of telecommunications, minister of econ ...

, Lebanese politician *

Marwan Hamed Marwan Hamed ( ar, مروان حامد; born May 29, 1977) is a young Egyptian film director.Adil M. Asgarov, 'Hamed, Marwan (1977–)', Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa'. He is the son of author Wahid Hamed an ...

, Egyptian film director *

Marwan Kassab-Bachi Marwan Kassab-Bachi (1934-2016) (Arabic: مروان قصاب باشي ), known as Marwan, was a German painter of Syrian origin. After being born in Damascus, Syria, he spent most of his life in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and larg ...

(1934–2016), German painter of Syrian origin *

Marwan Kenzari Marwan Kenzari ( ar, مروان كنزاري; born 16 January 1983) is a Dutch actor born in The Hague, Netherlands. Starting his career in 2008, he first came to prominence for his role in the 2013 film ''Wolf'', which earned him a Golden Calf a ...

, Dutch Tunisian actor *

Marwan Khoury Marwan Khoury ( ar, مروان خوري; born February 3, 1968) is a Lebanese singer, writer, composer and music arranger. He has composed hits for artists such as Majida El Roumi, Saber Rebaï, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Assala Nasri, Najwa Karam, Fa ...

, Lebanese artist *

Marwan al-Muasher Marwan al-Muasher ( ar, مروان المعشر) (born 1956) is a Jordanian diplomat and politician who was Jordan's foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and its deputy prime minister during 2004 and 2005. He currently serves as vice president f ...

, Jordanian politician *

Marwan al-Shehhi Marwan Yousef Mohamed Rashid Lekrab al-Shehhi ( ar, مروان يوسف محمد رشيد لكراب الشحي, , also transliterated as Alshehhi; 9 May 1978 – 11 September 2001) was an Emirati al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist who served a ...

, 9/11 terrorist from the UAE

Mervan

* Mervan Çelik, Swedish footballer of Kurdish descent

Merwan

Meher Baba Meher Baba (born Merwan Sheriar Irani; 25 February 1894 – 31 January 1969) was an Indian spiritual master who said he was the Avatar, or God in human form, of the age. A major spiritual figure of the 20th century, he had a following of ...

, (1894–1969), Indian spiritual leader born Merwan Sheriar Irani * Merwan Rim, French actor and singer-songwriter * Merwan ha-Levi, 11th-century philanthropist of Narbonne

Surname

Ashraf Marwan Ashraf Marwan ( ar, أشرف مروان‎, 2 February 1944 – 27 June 2007) was an Egyptian billionaire, who worked as a spy for Israeli Mossad. Egyptian officials claim he was a double agent who also worked for them. From 1969, Marwan ...

, Egyptian businessman

Ibn / Bint / Abu

* Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ( r. 685–705) was the

Umayyad The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the ...

caliph of the

Arab Caliphate A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

. *

Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam ( ar, عبد العزيز بن مروان بن الحكم, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam; died 12 May 705) was the Umayyad governor and ''de facto'' viceroy of Egypt between 685 and his death. He w ...

Caliphal governor of Egypt for 685 to 705. * Mu'awiya ibn Marwan, son of Umayyad caliph

. * Bishr ibn Marwan, Umayyad provincial governor. * Aban ibn Marwan, Governor of Palestine under Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik. * Uthman ibn Marwan, son of

. * Ubayd Allah ibn Marwan Army commander * Ayyub ibn Marwan, son of Umayyad caliph

. * Dawud ibn Marwan, son of Umayyad caliph Marwan I. * Umar ibn Marwan, son of Umayyad caliph Marwan I. *

Muhammad ibn Marwan Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam () (died 719/720) was an Umayyad prince and one of the most important generals of the Umayyad Caliphate in the period 690–710, and the one who completed the Arab conquest of Armenia. ...

, son of caliph Marwan I, Governor of Caliphal province of Armenia and Father of Marwan II. * Ubaydallah ibn Marwan ibn Muhammad, was an Umayyad prince, son of caliph

. * Abdallah ibn Marwan ibn Muhammad was an Umayyad prince. * Asma bint Marwan, a medieval Arabian female poet (7th century) * Ibn Marwan, chieftain in the Al-Andalus (9th century) *

Ubayd Allah Abu Marwan Ubayd Allah (), known as Abu Marwan (), was a general in the service of Emir Abd ar-Rahman II of Córdoba. He was an uncle of the Emir Al-Hakam I. In 826, Aissó revolted and requested help from Abd ar-Rahman, who sent the general Abu Marwan. ...

, general in the Al-Andalus (8th/9th century)

Fictional characters

* Habib Marwan, in the TV drama ''24''