As-Suwaidi (''as-Suwaydi'', ''al-Suwaidi'', etc.; ) is an Arabic nisbat derived from '' suwayd'' (an Arabic name derived from a root '' s-w-d'' "black", or from the Arabic name of

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As-Suwaydi (physician) As-Suwaydi (1204–1292, AH 604–690, full name ''‘Izz al-Dīn Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭarkhān as-Suwaydī'' ) was a medieval Arab physician from the Aws tribe, and a pupil of Ibn al-Baytar. Active in Cairo and Dam ...

, a medieval physician (d. 1292) *

Tawfiq al-Suwaidi Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (; 11 May 1892 – 15 October 1968) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq on three occasions stretching from 1929 to 1950. Early life and education Al-Suwaidi was born in Baghdad in 1892, he completed his ...

(1892-1968), Iraqi politician *

Naji al-Suwaidi Naji al-Suwaydi (Arabic: ''ناجي السويدي''; 1882 – 17 August 1942) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq from November 1929 to March 1930. Gertrude Bell wrote in May, 1921:Naji Suwaidi has drawn up and submitted ...

(1882 – 1942), Iraqi politician *

Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (born 10 October 1984 in Qatar) is a male shot putter from Qatar. Biography His personal best throw is 20.54 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, lo ...

(born 1984), a Qatari athlete * a nisba referencing the Syrian

As-Suwayda Governorate As-Suwayda or Al-Suwayda Governorate () is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is the southernmost governorate, covering an area of 5,550 km², and is part of the historic Hawran region. The capital and largest city of ...

* a nisba meaning "from Sweden" used as ''nom de guerre'' (''kunya'') by a number of Islamic terrorists from or based in Sweden, see

Islam in Sweden Swedish contact with the Muslim world dates back to the 7th–10th centuries, when the Vikings traded with Muslims during the Islamic Golden Age. Since the late 1960s and more recently, Muslim immigration from the Middle East, Balkans and H ...

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As-Suwaidi (Riyadh) Al-Suwaidi () is a residential neighborhood and a subject of Baladiyah al-Urayja located on the right bank of Wadi Hanifa in southwestern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the city's 'residential districts' and is relatively overpopulated in ter ...

, a district of Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. *

Bayt As Suwaydi Sanaa ( '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate of Amanat Al-Asema ...

, Yemen

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