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: /ʃamsaddiːn/) (, "sun of the faith") is an Arabic personal name or title. Notable persons with this name are:

10th–13th century

Shams al-Din Altınapa Shams al-Din Altınapa or Atabey Altun Aba (, 1192–1237) was a Seljuk vizier. He at first was a military commander under Kilij Arslan II and Süleyman Shah II. After Süleyman II died, he served his son, Giyaseddin Keyhüsrev I, and then la ...

, Seljuk

atabeg Atabeg, Atabek, or Atabey is a hereditary title of nobility of Turkic language, Turkic origin, indicating a governor of a nation or province who was subordinate to a monarch and charged with raising the crown prince. The first instance of the ti ...

*Muhammad ibn Ahmad Shams al-Din

al-Maqdisi Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr, commonly known by the ''Nisba (onomastics), nisba'' al-Maqdisi or al-Muqaddasī, was a medieval Arab geographer, author of ''The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions'' and '' ...

(c. 945–1000), Arab geographer *Shams al-Din

Ibn Fallus Shams ad-Dīn Abû’t-Tāhir Ismāʽīl ibn-Ibrāhīm ibn-Ġāzī ibn-ʽAlī ibn Muhammad al-Ḥanafī al-Māridīnī (1194–1252), often called Ismāʽīl ibn-Fullūs or Ibn Fallus, was an Arab Egyptian mathematician of the Islamic Golden Age. ...

(1194-1240), Arab Egyptian mathematician *Shams al-Din Muhammad bin Ali, or

Suzani Samarqandi Shams al-Dīn Muhammad b. ‘Alī (or possibly Mas‘ūd) () (d. 1166) was a poet born in Samarqand or its vicinity. He is more often known by the name Suzani (, meaning "needle maker"), or Suzani Samarqandi (). According to one theory, the name ...

(died 1166), Persian poet *Shams al-Din

Ildeniz Shams al-Din Ildeniz, Eldigüz or Shamseddin Eldeniz (, , died 1175–1176) was an atabeg of the Seljuq empire and founder of the dynasty of Eldiguzids, atabegs of Azerbaijan, which held sway over Armenia, Iranian Azerbaijan, and most of northwe ...

(died ), atabeg of Azerbaijan *

Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam (; died at Mount Arafat on 9 February 1188) was the 1st Emir of Baalbek under Ayyubid Dynasty, Although he was not from Ayyubid origin. He was a military commander first in the service of Nur ad-Din, the Zen ...

(died 1188), Zengid governor of Damascus and Ayyubid emir of Baalbek *Shams-ud-din

Iltutmish Shams ud-Din Iltutmish (1192 – 30 April 1236) was the third of the Mamluk kings who ruled the former Ghurid territories in northern India. He was the first Muslim sovereign to rule from Delhi, and is thus considered the effective founder of ...

(1192-1236), Muslim Turkic sultan of Delhi *

Shamsuddin Sabzwari Shamsuddin Sabzwari Multani (died 1276 C.E) was a Muslim saint from Sabzewar in present-day Iran who arrived in Multan in Punjab, Pakistan in the early 1200 C.E. He established a dargah there and preached Islam to the local population. Shamsu ...

(died 1247), Sufi missionary in southern Punjab *Shams al-Din Muhammad, or

Shams Tabrizi Shams-i Tabrīzī () or Shams al-Din Mohammad (1185–1248) was a Persian * * * * Shafi'ite poet, who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is referenced with great rev ...

(1185-1248), Persian Sufi mystic * Shams al-Din Lu'lu' al-Amini (died 1251), regent of Aleppo *

Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Mas'ud Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Mas'ud ibn Khalaf ibn Mihraban (died March/April 1255) was the first Mihrabanid Malik of Sistan. He ruled from 1236 until his death. Biography Shams al-Din likely came from one of the eminent families of Sistan.Bosworth, p. ...

(died 1255), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan * Ajall Shams al-Din Omar (1211–1279), provincial governor of Yunnan *Shams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad

Ibn Khallikān Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān (; 22 September 1211 – 30 October 1282), better known as Ibn Khallikān, was a renowned Islamic historian of Kurdish origin who compiled the celebrated biographical encyclopedi ...

(1211–1282), Iraqi Shafi'i Islamic scholar *

Shams al-Din Juvayni Shams al-Din Juvayni (; also spelled Joveyni) was a Persian statesman and member of the Juvayni family. He was an influential figure in early Ilkhanate politics, serving as ''sahib-i divan'' (vizier and minister of finance) under four Mongol Ilkh ...

(died 1285) vizier and sahib-divan under three Mongol Ilkhans *Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud

al-Shahrazuri Shams al-Din Muhammad Mahmud Shahrazuri () knowns as Shahrazuri () was a 13th-century Muslim physician, historian and philosopher. He was of Kurds, Kurdish origin. It appears that he was alive in AD 1288. However, it is also said that he died in th ...

(died c. 1290), Kurdish physician and historian

14th–17th century

* Shams al-Din Muhammad (1257–1310), imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community * Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi (c. 1250 – c. 1310), astronomer and mathematician from Samarkand * Shamsuddin Firuz Shah (died 1322), sultan of the Bengali kingdom of Lakhnauti *

Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi Sheikh Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi or simply al-Dimashqi () (1256–1327) was a medieval Arab geographer, completing his main work in 1300. Born in Damascus—as his name "Dimashqi" implies—he mostly wrote of his native land, the Greater ...

(1256–1327), Arab geographer *Shams al-Din Abu’Abdallah Muhammad ibn’Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf Lawati al-Tanji

Ibn Battuta Ibn Battuta (; 24 February 13041368/1369), was a Maghrebi traveller, explorer and scholar. Over a period of 30 years from 1325 to 1354, he visited much of Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Iberian Peninsula. Near the end of his life, Ibn ...

(1304-1368), explorer *Shams-ud-Din

Shah Mir Shamsu'd-Din Shah Mir (; – 6 July 1342) or simply as Shah Mir or Shah Mirza was the second Sultan of Kashmir and founder of the Shah Mir dynasty. Shah Mir is believed to have come to Kashmir during the rule of Suhadeva, where he rose to ...

(1300-1342), ruler of Kashmir *

Ali Shams al-Din I Ali Shams al-Din ibn Ibrahim () was the thirteenth Tayyibi Isma'ili '' Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq'' in Yemen, from 1329 to his death in 1345. Family Syedna Ali Shamsuddin was the son of 11th Dai Syedna Ibrahim ibn al-Husayn (Ibn al-Walid). Life Durin ...

(died 1348), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community *

Shams al-Din ibn Fazl Allah Shams al-Din was the leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1347 until around 1348. Reign Shams al-Din was the son of Fazl Allah and the brother of 'Abd al-Razzaq and Wajih ad-Din Mas'ud. As such, he had significant support amongst the membe ...

(died c. 1348), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar *

Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali (died 1351–52) was the leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1348 until his death. Biography Shams al-Din 'Ali was a member of the Sabzewar aristocracy and a leader of one of the city guilds. During Shaikh Has ...

(died c. 1352), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar *Shams ud din, or

Shams Tabraiz (missionary) Shams Tabraiz (died 1356), also known as Shams ud din, was an Ismaili saint in India who preached Islam in the Sindh and Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about ...

(died 1356), Ismaili saint in India *

Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah was the founder of the Sultanate of Bengal and its inaugural Ilyas Shahi dynasty. The Ilyas Shahi Dynasty ruled Bengal for 145 years (1342–1487), except for a 21-year interregnum by the House of Ganesha, descendants of R ...

(died 1358), sultan of Bengal *Shams al-Din

Ibn Muflih Ibn Mufliḥ al-Maqdisī, in full "Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muflih ibn Muhammad ibn Mufarraj al-Ramini al-Maqdisi" (710-763 AH/1310-1362 CE), was one of the leading authorities in Hanbali Law and one of the most prolific writers ...

(1308-1361), authority on Hanbali Law *Shams ud-Din

Amir Kulal Amir Kulāl (1278–1370), , , birth name Shams ud-Dīn (, ), was a Persian Sufi Islamic scholar, widely considered to be one of the most influential in history. He was a member of the mystical Khajagan order. His father was the Sufi scholar ...

(1278-1370), tribal head, scholar and religious figure in Turkistan *

Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah al-Khalili Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Khalīlī (; 1320–1380) was a Mamluk-era Syrian astronomer who compiled astronomical tables. He worked for most of his life as a (a religious timekeeper) at the Umayyad Mosque in Da ...

(1320–1380), Syrian astronomer *

Shams al-Din al-Kirmani Abū 'Abd Allāh Shams al-Din Muḥammad b. Yūsuf b. ʿAlī al-Kirmāni, better known as Shams al-Din al-Kirmani (; 1317 – 1384) was a Sunni Muslim scholar originally from Kerman. He was a distinguished scholar who specialized in a number of Is ...

(1317-1384), Sunni scholar *Khwaja Shams al-Din Muhammad

Hafez (), known by his pen name Hafez ( or 'the keeper'; 1325–1390) or Hafiz, “Ḥāfeẓ” designates someoone who has learned the Qurʾān by heart" also known by his nickname Lisan al-Ghaib ('the tongue of the unseen'), was a Persian lyri ...

-e Shirazi (1315–1390), Persian lyric poet *

Ali Shams al-Din II Ali Shams al-Din ibn Abdallah () was the 18th Tayyibi Isma'ili '' Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq'' in Yemen. He succeeded his brother al-Hasan Badr al-Din I in 1418, and held the post until his death in 1428, when he was succeeded by his nephew (al-Hasan's ...

(died 1428), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community * Shams al-Din al-Fanari (1350–1431), Turkish logician, Islamic theologian, and Islamic legal academic *

Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah Shamsuddīn Aḥmad Shāh (, ; 1433–1436) was the last Sultan of Bengal belonging to the House of Ganesha. He was the son and successor of Sultan Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah. After his father's death, he ascended the throne at the age of 14. Ear ...

(1419-1436), ruler of Bengal *

Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Qutb al-Din Shams al-Din 'Ali (born c. 1387; died 1438 or 1439) was the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1419 until his death. He was the son of Qutb al-Din Muhammad. Biography During his father's lifetime, Shams al-Din 'Ali entered the service of the Timur ...

(c. 1387 – c. 1438), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan * Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah (died 1481), ruler of Bengal * Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah III (died 1482), sultan of Bahmani * Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (died 1487), sultan of Adal *

Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah Sidi Badr, later known by his regnal name Shams ad-Dīn Muẓaffar Shāh (, ), was the Sultan of Bengal from 1491 to 1493. Described by the Indo-Persian historians as a tyrant, his cruelty was said to have alienated the nobles as well as his comm ...

(died 1494), Abyssinian sultan of Bengal * Shams al-Din Muhammad (died c. 1494), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan *Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman

al-Sakhawi Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sakhāwī (, 1428/831 AH – 1497/902 AH) was a reputable Shafi‘i Muslim hadith scholar and historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an ...

(1428–1497), Egyptian Islamic scholar *

Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi Mir Syed Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Arāqi (; CE) was an Iranian, Muslim Sufi saint. Araqi was part of the order of Twelver Shia Sufis in Jammu and Kashmir who greatly influenced the social fabric of the Kashmir Valley and its surrounding regions ...

(1440-1515), Sufi Shi'a missionary in Kashmir * Ali Shams al-Din III (died 1527), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community *Shamsuddin

Muhammad Khan Sur Muhammad Khan Sur, also known by his regnal title Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah Ghazi, was the Sultan of Bengal from 1553 to 1555. He was initially appointed as a governor of Bengal by Emperor Islam Shah Suri of the Sur Empire in 1545, but after his ...

Shah Ghazi (died 1555), Sultan of Bengal *Shamsuddin Muhammad Ataga Khan (died 1562), minister in Mughal court *

Shams al-Din al-Ramli Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Ḥamza al-Manūfī al-Miṣrī al-Anṣārī S̲h̲ams al-Dīn(; 151313 January 1596 CE) also known as Shams al-Din al-Ramli was an Egyptian Sunni scholar, known as the leading Shafi'i jurist and muhaddith in his era. H ...

(1513-1596), Egyptian Shafi'i scholar *

Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi () was a Mughal Empire, Mughal official who served as minister and superintendent of construction during the reign of Akbar. He served as governor of Subah of Lahore between 1598 and 1600. He was a son of Khwaja Alauddi ...

(died 1600), minister to Emperor Akbar

18th century–present

* Shamseddin Amir-Alaei (1900–1994), Iranian politician and diplomat *

Muhammad Shamsuddeen III Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen Iskander III, , ( Dhivehi: ސުލްޠާން މުޙައްމަދު ޝަމްސުއްދީން; 20 October 1879 – 12 March 1935), son of Ibrahim Nooraddeen and Kakaage Don Goma, was the Sultan of the Maldives first from ...

(1879–1935), Sultan of the Maldives *

Şemsettin Günaltay Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay (; 17 July 1883 – 19 October 1961) was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950. Biography Günaltay was born 1883 in the Kemaliye town of the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Az ...

(1883–1961) prime minister of Turkey *

Şemsettin Mardin Şemsettin Mardin was one of the Turkish ambassadors. Biography Mardin was born in Egypt. He was a member of very long-established family. He was uncle to Arif Mardin and Betul Mardin. Mardin served as the ambassador of Turkey to Lebanon from J ...

, Turkish diplomat *

Abul Kalam Shamsuddin Abul Kalam Shamsuddin (3 November 18974 March 1978) was a journalist, writer and politician. He was born in Trishal in the Mymensingh district of Bengal. Early life Shamsuddin graduated from Dhaka College in 1919. He then went to the Ripon C ...

(1897–1978), Bangladeshi journalist and politician *

Abu Jafar Shamsuddin Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (12 March 1911 – 24 August 1988) was a Bangladeshi writer. He was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1968 and Ekushey Padak in 1983. Early life and education Shamsuddin was born on 12 March 1911, to a Benga ...

(1911–1989), Bangladeshi author and novelist * Shamsuddin Ahmed (1920–1971), Bangladeshi surgeon * Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922–1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir * Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926–1997), Bangladeshi author and novelist *

Shamsuddin Qasemi Shamsuddin Qasemi (; 5 March 1935 – 19 October 1996) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician, author and educationist. He was the founding president of the Khatme Nabuwwat Andolan Council, former secretary-general of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam ...

(1935–1996), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician *

Nasri Shamseddine Nasri Shamseddine (, also spelled Nasri Chamseddine; 27 June 1927 – 18 March 1983) was a Lebanese singer and actor. Biography Shamseddine was born Nasreddine Moustapha Shamesedine () in the village of Joun, in the southern part of the Chouf mo ...

(1927–1983), Lebanese singer and actor *

A. T. M. Shamsuddin A. T. M. Shamsuddin (1927–2009), also known by the pen name ''Charubak'', was a Bangladeshi author, journalist, translator, communist and union organizer. He served as the general secretary of the East Pakistan Journalists Union and as a member ...

(1927-2009), Bangladeshi author * Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (1927-2025), patriarch of the Sufi Order of Azeemia * Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine (1936–2001), Lebanese Twelver Shia Islamic scholar *

Shamsodin Vaezi Grand Ayatollah Shams al-din al-Waizi al-sabzevari (Arabic: شمس الدين الواعظي السبزواري) (born 1936) is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja'. He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoe ...

(born 1936), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja *

Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin Abdul Aziz bin Shamsuddin (; 10 June 1938 – 16 October 2020) was a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Rural and Regional Development from 2004 to 2008. Career In 1975, he was appointed as a special officer to the then Minister ...

(1938-2020), Malaysian politician *

Samsuddin Ahmed Samsuddin Ahmed (6 March 1945 – 20 December 2020) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Manikganj-2 constituency during 2001–2006. Background Ahmed was born in Mirzaganj, Harirampur Upazila, Ma ...

(1945–2020), Bangladeshi politician *

Shamsuddeen Usman Shamsuddeen Usman, , (born 18 September 1949) is a Nigerian economist, banker, technocrat and public servant. He is currently the CEO of SUSMAN & Associates, an economic, financial and management consulting firm headquartered in Nigeria. He was ...

(born 1949), Nigerian politician *

Semezdin Mehmedinović Semezdin Mehmedinović (born 1960 in Kiseljak is a Bosnian writer and magazine editor. After studying Librarianship and Comparative Literature in Sarajevo, he worked as an editor of "Lica" and "Valter" magazines, which served as a voice of opposi ...

(born 1960), Bosnian writer * Chettithody Shamshuddin (born 1970), Indian cricket umpire *

Mohammad Shamsuddin Mohammad Shamsuddin (; born 15 September 1983) is a Bangladeshi sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was student of Islamic University, Bangladesh Islamic University, Bangladesh (legally: Islamic Un ...

(born 1983), Bangladeshi sprinter * Shamsuddin Amiri (born 1985), Afghan footballer * Şemseddin Sami Efendi, pen-name of

Sami Frashëri Sami bey Frashëri (; June 1, 1850 – June 18, 1904) or Şemseddin Sâmi was an Albanian writer, lexicographer, philosopher, playwright and a prominent figure o ...

(1850–1904), Albanian writer, philosopher and playwright *

Ashari Samsudin Mohamad Ashari bin Samsudin (born 7 June 1985) is a retired Malaysian footballer who mainly played as a right winger but could also play as a forward and attacking midfielder. Ashari known as "The Silent Killer" by Malaysian media and fans ha ...

(born 1985), Malaysian footballer * Shamsuddin Ahmed (died 2020), Bangladeshi engineer and former MP *

AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik Abul Hossain Mohammed Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik is a retired judge of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh. He drew controversy after submitting verdicts in cases after his retirement, making questionable remarks on television as well as crimi ...

, Bangladeshi

Supreme Court In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

judge * Shamsuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician *

Ali Chamseddine Ali H. Chamseddine (, born 20 February 1953) is a Lebanese physicist known for his contributions to particle physics, general relativity and mathematical physics. , Chamseddine is a physics Professor at the American University of Beirut and th ...

(born 1953), Lebanese physicist * Muhammad Ali Chamseddine (1942–2022), Lebanese poet and writer *

Chems-Eddine Hafiz Chems-eddine Mohamed Hafiz (born 28 June 1954 in Algiers) is a Franco-Algerian lawyer. Since 11 January 2020, he has served as rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris. He is a member of the Commission nationale consultative des droits de l'homme (CNC ...

(born 1954), Franco-Algerian lawyer * Chems-Eddine Chitour (born 1944), Algerian scholar * Chamseddine Rahmani (born 1990), Algerian footballer * Chamseddine Harrag (born 1992), Algerian footballer * Chamseddine Dhaouadi (born 1987), Tunisian retired footballer *

Chemseddine Chtibi Chemseddine Chtibi ( – born on 14 December 1982, Amizmiz, Morocco) is a Moroccan international footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FAR Rabat in the Moroccan top league. Biography Career Chitbi started his footballing care ...

(born 1982), Moroccan footballer *

Chemseddine Nessakh Chemseddine Nessakh (; born January 4, 1988) is an Algerian footballer who plays for NA Hussein Dey in the Algerian Ligue 2 and the Algeria national team. Club career On February 18, 2009, Nessakh was chosen as the best ASM Oran player for the ...

(born 1988), Algerian footballer

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