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'. However, the Arabic name for quartz is ''ṣawwān'' (). The name is also the name of a type of

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of the herbal plant

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. Variants include Merouane, Marouane and Marouan (influenced by French spelling). Feminine forms of the name include Marwa or Marwah and Marwana or Marwanah (). Notable persons with these names include:

Given name

Marwan

Marwan I Marwan ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayya (; 623 or 626April/May 685), commonly known as MarwanI, was the fourth Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad caliph, ruling for less than a year in 684–685. He founded the Marwanid ruling house of the Umayyad ...

, Umayyad caliph (r. 684–685) *

Marwan II Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan (; – 6 August 750), commonly known as Marwan II, was the fourteenth and last caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 744 until his death. His reign was dominated by a Third Fitna, civil war, and he was the l ...

, Umayyad caliph ( r. 744–750) * Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa (d. 797), Abbasid-era poet * Marwan ibn Abi al-Janub, 9th century Abbasid poet * Marwan (rapper), Danish-Palestinian rapper Mohamed Marwan *Marwan Abdelhamid (born 2000), known as Saint Levant, Palestinian singer-songwriter and rapper * Marwan Ali, Tunisian pop singer *

Marwan Barghouti Marwan Barghouti (also transliterated al-Barghuthi; ; born 6 June 1959) is a Palestinian political leader who has served as an elected legislator and has been an advocate of a two-state solution prior to his imprisonment by Israel.Marwan Charbel, Lebanese general and politician * Marwan Dudin (1936–2016), Jordanian politician * Marwan Hamadeh, Lebanese politician * Marwan Hamed, Egyptian film director * Marwan Kassab-Bachi (1934–2016), German painter of Syrian origin * Marwan Kenzari, Dutch Tunisian actor *

Marwan Khoury Marwan Khoury (; born February 3, 1968) is a Lebanese singer, writer, composer and music arranger. He has composed hits for artists such as Majida El Roumi, Saber Rebaï, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Assala Nasri, Najwa Karam, Fadl Shaker, Elissa (Lebanese ...

, Lebanese artist * Marwan al-Muasher, Jordanian politician *

Marwan al-Shehhi Marwan Yousef Mohamed Rashid Lekrab al-Shehhi (; 9 May 197811 September 2001) was an Emirati terrorist hijacker from al-Qaeda who served as the hijacker-pilot of United Airlines Flight 175, crashing the Boeing 767 into the South Tower of the ...

(1978–2001), Emirati terrorist and 9/11 hijacker

Merwan

Meher Baba Meher Baba (born Merwan Sheriar Irani; 25 February 1894 – 31 January 1969) was an Indian spirituality, spiritual master who said he was the Avatar, or God in human form, of the age. A spiritual figure of the 20th century, he had a following o ...

, (1894–1969), Indian spiritual leader born Merwan Sheriar Irani * Merwan Rim, French actor and singer-songwriter * Merwan ha-Levi, 11th-century philanthropist of Narbonne

Surname

* Ashraf Marwan (1944–2007), Egyptian businessman

Ibn / Bint / Abu

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam (; July/August 644 or June/July 647 – 9 October 705) was the fifth Umayyad caliph, ruling from April 685 until his death in October 705. A member of the first generation of born Muslims, his early life in ...

( r. 685–705) was the

Umayyad The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (, ; ) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty. Uthman ibn Affan, the third of the Rashidun caliphs, was also a membe ...

caliph of the Arab Caliphate * Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan Caliphal governor of Egypt for 685 to 705 * Bishr ibn Marwan, Umayyad provincial governor. * Aban ibn Marwan, Governor of Palestine under Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik * Ubayd Allah ibn Marwan Army commander * Muhammad ibn Marwan, son of caliph Marwan I, Governor of Caliphal province of Armenia and Father of Marwan II * Asma bint Marwan, a medieval Arabian female poet (7th century) * Ibn Marwan, chieftain in the Al-Andalus (9th century) * Ubayd Allah Abu Marwan, general in the Al-Andalus (8th/9th century)

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