Shams al-Din (
IPA: /ʃamsaddiːn/) (,
"sun of the faith"
) is an
Arabic personal name or title.
Notable persons with this name are:
10th–13th century
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Shams al-Din Altınapa, 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
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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
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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
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* 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
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Shams al-Din Lu'lu' al-Amini (died 1251), regent of Aleppo
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Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Mas'ud (died 1255), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
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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
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Shams al-Din Juvayni (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
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Shams al-Din Muhammad (1257–1310), imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community
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Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi (c. 1250 – c. 1310), astronomer and mathematician from Samarkand
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Shamsuddin Firuz Shah (died 1322), sultan of the Bengali kingdom of Lakhnauti
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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
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Ali Shams al-Din I (died 1348), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community
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Shams al-Din ibn Fazl Allah (died c. 1348), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar
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Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali (died c. 1352), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar
*Shams ud din, or
Shams Tabraiz (missionary) (died 1356), Ismaili saint in India
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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
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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
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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
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Ali Shams al-Din II (died 1428), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community
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Shams al-Din al-Fanari (1350–1431), Turkish logician, Islamic theologian, and Islamic legal academic
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Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah (1419-1436), ruler of Bengal
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Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Qutb al-Din (c. 1387 – c. 1438), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
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Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah (died 1481), ruler of Bengal
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Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah III (died 1482), sultan of Bahmani
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Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (died 1487), sultan of Adal
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Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah (died 1494), Abyssinian sultan of Bengal
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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
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Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi (1440-1515), Sufi Shi'a missionary in Kashmir
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Ali Shams al-Din III (died 1527), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community
*Shamsuddin
Muhammad Khan Sur Shah Ghazi (died 1555), Sultan of Bengal
*Shamsuddin Muhammad
Ataga Khan (died 1562), minister in Mughal court
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Shams al-Din al-Ramli (1513-1596), Egyptian Shafi'i scholar
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Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi (died 1600), minister to Emperor Akbar
18th century–present
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Shamseddin Amir-Alaei (1900–1994), Iranian politician and diplomat
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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
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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
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Şemsettin Mardin, Turkish diplomat
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Abul Kalam Shamsuddin (1897–1978), Bangladeshi journalist and politician
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Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (1911–1989), Bangladeshi author and novelist
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Shamsuddin Ahmed (1920–1971), Bangladeshi surgeon
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Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922–1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
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Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926–1997), Bangladeshi author and novelist
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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
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Nasri Shamseddine (1927–1983), Lebanese singer and actor
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A. T. M. Shamsuddin (1927-2009), Bangladeshi author
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Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (1927-2025), patriarch of the Sufi Order of Azeemia
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Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine (1936–2001), Lebanese Twelver Shia Islamic scholar
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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
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Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin (1938-2020), Malaysian politician
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Samsuddin Ahmed (1945–2020), Bangladeshi politician
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Shamsuddeen Usman (born 1949), Nigerian politician
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Semezdin Mehmedinović (born 1960), Bosnian writer
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Chettithody Shamshuddin (born 1970), Indian cricket umpire
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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
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Shamsuddin Amiri (born 1985), Afghan footballer
* Şemseddin Sami Efendi, pen-name of
Sami Frashëri (1850–1904), Albanian writer, philosopher and playwright
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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
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Shamsuddin Ahmed (died 2020), Bangladeshi engineer and former MP
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AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, 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
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Shamsuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician
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Ali Chamseddine (born 1953), Lebanese physicist
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Muhammad Ali Chamseddine (1942–2022), Lebanese poet and writer
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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
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Chems-Eddine Chitour (born 1944), Algerian scholar
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Chamseddine Rahmani (born 1990), Algerian footballer
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Chamseddine Harrag (born 1992), Algerian footballer
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Chamseddine Dhaouadi (born 1987), Tunisian retired footballer
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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
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Chemseddine Nessakh (born 1988), Algerian footballer
References
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