Aswad is a
male
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Arabic
given name
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that means "
black
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" (also used for people of
black complexion).
People named Aswad include:
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Aswad ibn Yazid (died 74/75 AH), narrator of
hadith
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People using it in their
patronymic
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Patronymics are used, b ...
include:
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Abdulrazzaq Aswad Iraqi military leader and governor (1918-2002)
*
Miqdad ibn Aswad
Al-Miqdad ibn Amr al-Bahrani (), better known as al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad al-Kindi () or simply Miqdad, was one of the Sahabah, companions of the Islamic Muhammad, prophet Muhammad. His Kunya (Arabic), kunya was Abu Ma'bad (). Miqdad was born in ...
(died 33 AH), companion of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
*
Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad (born 1952), former government minister in Iraq
Other uses
Other uses of the word include:
*Al-Abd Al-Aswad, a form of torture noted in Syria
[A. M. Rosenthal]
On My Mind; A Tour Of Syria
''New York Times'', October 25, 1994. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
*
Hajarul Aswad, the
Black Stone
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at the Kaaba in Mecca
*
Aswad,
British
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reggae
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group
* Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (
ASWAD)
* أيلول الأسود (aylūl al-aswad),
Black September
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.
See also
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Arabic name
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References
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