Burhan ( ar, برهان, ) is an Arabic male name, an epithet of the Islamic Prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
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It is especially popular in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
, as it respects
Turkish vowel harmony
In phonology, vowel harmony is an assimilatory process in which the vowels of a given domain – typically a phonological word – have to be members of the same natural class (thus "in harmony"). Vowel harmony is typically long distance, me ...
and the end syllable "-han" can be interpreted as the Turkish variant of "
Khan".
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Given name
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Burhan Ali, self-declared Shah of Shirvan
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Burhan Nizam Shah II (ruled 1591–1595), the ruler of Ahmadnagar in the Deccan
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Buran bint al-Hasan ibn Sahl, wife of Abbasid caliph
al-Ma'mun
Abu al-Abbas Abdallah ibn Harun al-Rashid ( ar, أبو العباس عبد الله بن هارون الرشيد, Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hārūn ar-Rashīd; 14 September 786 – 9 August 833), better known by his regnal name Al-Ma'm ...
(r. 813–833)
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Burhan G (born 1983), Danish R&B and pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish-Turkish origin
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Burhan Alankuş (born 1950), Turkish alpine skier
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Burhan Atak (1905–1987), Turkish footballer
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Burhan Asaf Belge (1899–1967), served as the representative of Muğla province during the 11th term of Turkish National Assembly
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Burhan Al-Chalabi (born 1947), British-Iraqi writer and political commentator
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Burhan Conkeroğlu (1903–2001), Turkish wrestler
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Burhan Doğançay
Burhan C. Doğançay (11 September 1929 – 16 January 2013) was a Turkish-American artist. Doğançay is best known for tracking walls in various cities across the world for half a century, integrating them in his artistic work.
Biography
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(born 1929), Turkish-American painter and photographer
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Burhan Eşer
Burhan Eşer (born 1 January 1985) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for TFF Second League
TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2 ...
, Turkish footballer
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Burhan Ghalioun
Burhan Ghalioun ( ar, برهان غليون, Burhān Ghalyūn; born 11 February 1945 in Homs, Syria) is a French-Syrian professor of sociology at the Université de Paris III Sorbonne University in Paris, and the first chairman of the Syrian o ...
(born 1945), French Syrian professor of sociology
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Burhan Imad Shah, an infant ruler of Berar
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Burhan Kuzu (1955–2020), Turkish academic and politician
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Burhan Muhammad (1957–2015), Indonesian diplomat
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Burhan Qurbani (born 1980), Afghan-German film director, writer and actor of Hazara origin
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Burhan Sahyouni (born 1986), Syrian footballer
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Burhan Sargun (born 1929), Turkish footballer
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Burhan Shahidi (1894–1989), political leader in Xinjiang, China
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Burhan Sönmez, Turkish novelist
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Burhan Wani (1994–2016), was the chief commander of a Kashmiri militant group Hizbul Mujahideen
;Burhanullah
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Burhanullah Shinwari Burhanullah Shinwari was the deputy chairman of the upper house of Afghanistan's legislature.
In July 2008 he led a delegation of legislators to investigate the Deh Bala wedding party bombing, an incident where American helicopter fired on ...
, deputy chairman of the upper house of Afghanistan's legislature
;Burhanuddin
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Ghazi Burhanuddin, first Muslim resident of Sylhet
* Burhanuddin Awliya(Garib) (21 chisti from in order) a Sufi (wali)and a islamic scholar resting in khuldabad Shareef (Having a big shrine) in Aurangabad also known as Rauza in Maharashtra India. Record available in British library too.
Surname
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Mohamed Burhan
Mohamed Burhan (born 1903, date of death unknown) was a Turkish sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII O ...
(1903-??), Turkish sprinter
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Mohan Niranjit Burhan
Mohan Burhan is a judge of the Supreme Court of Seychelles. He was born in Sri Lanka in 1957. Burhan was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia Sri Lanka and graduated from the Sri Lanka Law College. He was awarded a master's degree in La ...
, a judge of the Supreme Court of Seychelles
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Qasem Burhan (born 1985), Qatari footballer from Al Gharrafa
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Rahim Burhan (born 1949), Macedonian theatre director
Tribal name
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Burhan (Pashtun tribe), a tribe of Afghanistan
See also
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Burhan (disambiguation)
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Arabic name
Arabic language names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from the Arabic-speaking and also Muslim countries have not had given/middle/ family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughout ...
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Borhani
Borhani, ( bn, বোরহানী) is a traditional yogurt-like drink from Bangladesh. Borhani is made from sour doi, green chilli, mustard seeds, black salt, coriander and mint. It is considered by some to be a type of lassi. It is very common ...
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Burhan al-Din (disambiguation)
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Burkhan (disambiguation)
References
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Arabic-language surnames
Arabic masculine given names
Bosniak masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names
Urdu masculine given names