Kamal ad-Din (, ''Kamāl ad-Dīn'') is a male Muslim

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'' in Arabic), meaning "perfection of the religion" in Arabic. The name is formed from the elements '' kamāl'' (), ''

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'' (), and ''

dīn Dīn (, also anglicized as Deen) is an Arabic word with three general senses: judgment, custom, and religion. It is used by both Muslims and Arab Christians. In Islamic terminology, the word refers to the way of life Muslims must adopt to co ...

'' (). It is often transliterated as Kamāl al-Dīn, but because the letter '' dāl'' (, ''d'') is a sun letter, the ''

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'' (, ''l'') of ''al-'' assimilates into the first letter of ''dīn'' in pronunciation, resulting in a doubled consonant. In

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the pronunciation of the name changes depending on its function. Thus, the

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of the name is Kamaluddin (''Kamālu’d-Dīn''), the

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is Kamaladdin (''Kamāla’d-Dīn''), and the

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is Kamaliddin (''Kamāli’d-Dīn'').

People

* Kamal al-Din ibn al-Humam (1388-1457),

Hanafi The Hanafi school or Hanafism is the oldest and largest Madhhab, school of Islamic jurisprudence out of the four schools within Sunni Islam. It developed from the teachings of the Faqīh, jurist and theologian Abu Hanifa (), who systemised the ...

Maturidi Maturidism () is a school of theology in Sunni Islam named after Abu Mansur al-Maturidi. It is one of the three creeds of Sunni Islam alongside Ash'arism and Atharism, and prevails in the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. Al-Maturidi codified a ...

scholar *

Kamal al-Din ibn al-Adim Kamāl al-Dīn Abū ʾl-Ḳāsim ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn Hibat Allāh Ibn al-ʿAdīm (1192–1262; ) was an Arabs, Arab biographer and historian from Aleppo. He is best known for his work ''Bughyat al-Talab fī Tārīkh Ḥalab'' (; ''Everything D ...

(1192–1262), Arab historian * Kamal al-Din Gurg (died 1315/16), Delhi Sultanate general *

Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī Kamal al-Din Hasan ibn Ali ibn Hasan al-Farisi or Abu Hasan Muhammad ibn Hasan (1267– 12 January 1319, long assumed to be 1320)) () was a Persian Muslim scientist. He made two major contributions to science, one on optics, the other on numbe ...

(1267-1318), Persian physicist and mathematician *Kamaleddin Khojandi, or Kamal Khujandi (1320-1400), Persian poet *Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa

Al-Damiri Al-Damiri (1341–1405), the common name of Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa al-Damiri (), was a Shafi'i Sunni scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, and expert in Arabic from late medieval Cairo. He was best known for his writing on Muslim j ...

(1344–1405), Egyptian writer on canon law and natural history * Kamal ud-Din of Sulu, Sultan of Sulu *

Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ( 1455/60–1535), also known as Kamal al-din Bihzad or Kamaleddin Behzād (), was a Persian painter and head of the Persian miniature#Artists and technique, royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid Empir ...

(1450–1535), painter of Persian miniatures *Ahmed Kemaleddin, known as Kemal Reis (1451–1511), Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral * Mimar Kemaleddin Bey (1870-1927), Turkish architect * Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din (1870–1932), Indian lawyer and religious writer *

Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein () (20 December 1874 – 6 August 1932) was the son of Sultan of Egypt, Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Hussein Kamel of Egypt. Renunciation of succession rights Several otherwise reliable sources mistakenly assert tha ...

(1874–1932), son of Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt * Kemalettin Sami Gökçen (1882-1934), officer of the Ottoman Army and general of the Turkish Army * Kamaloddin Jenab (1908-2006), Iranian physicist * Kamal el-Din Hussein (1921-1999), one of the Egyptian Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk *Kamaluddin Muhamad, later known as Keris Mas, (1922-1992), Malaysian writer * Kamaluddin Ahmed (politician) (1930-2018), Indian politician * Kamaluddin Ahmed (physicist) (1939-2014), Pakistani physicist *

Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin (Arabic: محمد حسن كمال الدين, born 1941) is a Bahraini former cabinet minister, member of parliament, ex-diplomat, poet, historian, writer and researcher. He is best known for having published the first Enc ...

(born 1941), Bahraini politician, diplomat, poet and historian * Kamal Uddin Siddiqui (born 1945), Bangladeshi scientist and economist * Kamaluddin Mohammed (born 1957), Malayali Indian film director * Kamaladdin Heydarov (born 1961), Azerbaijani composer and politician * Kamaluddin Azfar (1930-2025), Pakistani politician (PPP) * Kemalettin Şentürk (born 1970), Turkish footballer * Kamalludin Kasimbekov (born 1977), Uzbek held in Guantanamo * Kamalutdin Akhmedov (born 1986), Russian footballer * Kamal Uddin (politician), Pakistani politician (MMA) * Kamolidin Tashiyev (born 2000), Kyrgyzstani footballer {{given name Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names