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Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

pronunciation originally from the

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

name, Thaqib (ثاقب ''thāqib''), is a masculine given name which means "influential notion of the well-chosen, the truthful". Notable people with this name include: * Saqib Ali (born 1975), member of Maryland House of Delegates *

Saqib Ali (cricketer) Saqib Ali (born 14 April 1978) is a former Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team from 2006 to 2015, including in five One Day International (ODI) matches. He captained them to the ICC World Cricke ...

(born 1978), a United Arab Emirates cricketer *

Saqib Bhatti Mohammad Saqib Bhatti (born 18 June 1985) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meriden and Solihull East, formerly Meriden, since the 2019 general election. He previously served as Parlia ...

(born 1985), British Conservative politician * Saqib Hanif (born 1994), a Pakistani football player * Saqib Mahmood (born 1997), English cricketer who plays for Lancashire * Saqib Mahmood (cricketer, born 1977), English cricketer who played for Somerset * Saqib Qureshi (1947-1998), a Pakistani cricket umpire *

Saqib Saleem Saqib Saleem Qureshi (; born 8 April 1988) is an Indian actor and model who works in the Hindi film industry. He worked as a model before beginning his film career. After moving to Mumbai, Qureshi appeared in several advertisements. While doing ...

(born 1988), an Indian film actor * Saqib Sumeer, Pakistani performer and writer *

Saqib Zulfiqar Mohammad Saqib Zulfiqar (born 28 March 1997) is a Dutch cricketer. He made his List A cricket, List A debut for the Netherlands national cricket team, Netherlands against Emirati cricket team in the Netherlands in 2017, the United Arab Emirates o ...

(born 1997), a Dutch cricketer *

Saquib Nachan Saquib Nachan (died 28 June 2025) was an Indian terrorist who was convicted for his involvement in the 2002 and 2003 bombs at Mumbai Central railway station, Vile Parle and Mulund. Nachan was convicted of possessing weapons under the Preventio ...

, convicted criminal

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