Ahad (;

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

: אחד; ; ) is a Middle Eastern given forename primarily used by Muslims and Jews. It is also used as a family name (surname) (e.g.

Oli Ahad Oli Ahad ( – 20 October 2012) was a Bangladeshi politician and language activist of the Language Movement. He was awarded The Independence Day Award in 2004 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life Ahad was born in to a Bengali family in ...

). Ahad is usually used in the Middle East, and it means "Unique".

Given name

* Ahad bint Abdullah Al Busaidi (born 1969), wife of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman *

Ahad Ha'am Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg (18 August 1856 – 2 January 1927), primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name Ahad Ha'am (, lit. 'one of the people', ), was a Hebrew journalist and essayist, and one of the foremost pre-state Zionist thinkers. ...

, pen name of Asher Ginsberg (1856–1927), Hebrew writer * Ahad Israfil (1972–2019), American shooting survivor * Ahad Pazaj (born 1970), Iranian wrestler *

Ahad Raza Mir Ahad Raza Mir (; born 29 September 1993) is a Pakistani-Canadian actor who primarily works in Urdu-language television. Mir is the recipient of several awards, including four Hum Awards and a Lux Style Award. The son of actor Asif Raza Mir, Mi ...

(born 1993), Pakistani actor

Surname

Abdul Ahad (music director) Abdul Ahad (18 January 1918 – 14 May 1996) was a Bangladeshi composer, music director and singer. He was the recipient of Independence Day Award in 1978. The Government of Pakistan awarded him Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in 1962 and Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 19 ...

(1918–1996), Bangladeshi musical artist *

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (Arabic: غيث عبدالأحد, born 1975) is an Iraqi journalist who began working after the U.S. invasion. Abdul-Ahad has written for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Washington Post'' and published photographs in ''The New York T ...

(born 1975), Iraqi journalist *

(1928–2012), Bangladeshi politician *

Samia Ahad Samia Ahad is a Pakistani chef who is head chef at the Coriander Leaf restaurant in Singapore, having previously worked in restaurants in Manhattan. Ahad opened a second restaurant, inside her Screening Room entertainment complex. Career Samia Ah ...

, Pakistani chef *

Nick Ahad Nick may refer to: People and fictional characters * Nick (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Désirée Nick, German actress and writer Places * Nick, Hungary, a village * Nick, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, a v ...

(born 1976), English radio presenter, journalist and writer

Fictional character

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad The ''Assassin's Creed'' media franchise, which primarily consists of a series of Open world, open-world action-adventure game, action-adventure Stealth game, stealth video games published by Ubisoft, features an extensive cast of characters i ...

, a

Levant The Levant ( ) is the subregion that borders the Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean sea to the west, and forms the core of West Asia and the political term, Middle East, ''Middle East''. In its narrowest sense, which is in use toda ...

ine member of the Assassin Order, main character of the videogame series

Assassin's Creed ''Assassin's Creed'' is a historical fiction, historical action-adventure video game series and media franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil (game engine), Anvil and its m ...

Religion

Al-Aḥad al-Aḥad or Aḥad (Arabic: الأحد) is one of the names of God (Arabic: ''Allah'') according to Islam, meaning "The One". This name means that God, in Islam, is the one who is singled out in all aspects of perfection and that nothing else sha ...

, one of the

Names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam () are 99 names that each contain Attributes of God in Islam, which are implied by the respective names. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, ...

References

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