Zubaida (or Zubaidah, Zubeida, Zubaydah, Zubeda, Sobeyda ) is an Arabic (زُبَيْدَة), feminine given name that means "soft-bodied", "like cream", and is also an idiom for prime (in beauty, in virtue, grace), originating from the fact that cream is the prime part of the dessert, or the core of something that is growing. It is mostly used in Asia. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

Zubaidah bint Ja'far Zubaidah bint Ja`far ibn al-Mansur () (died 26 Jumada I 216 AH / 10 July 831 CE) was the best known of the Abbasid princesses, and the wife and double cousin of Harun al-Rashid. She is particularly remembered for the series of wells, reservoirs ...

(766–831), the favourite wife of Harun al-Rashid *

Zübeyde Sultan Zübeyde Sultan (; 28 March 1728 – 4 June 1756) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Ahmed III (reign 1703 – 1730) and his consort Musli Kadın. She was the half-sister of Sultans Mustafa III (reign 1757 – 1774) and Abdul Hamid I ( ...

(1728–1756), Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan

Ahmed III Ahmed III (, ''Aḥmed-i sālis''; was sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of sultan Mehmed IV (r. 1648–1687). His mother was Gülnuş Sultan, originally named Evmania Voria, who was an ethnic Greek. He was born at Hacıoğlu Pazarcık, ...

Zübeyde Hanım Zübeyde Hanım (1857 – 15 January 1923) was the mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. She was the only daughter of the Hacısofular family which included her two brothers. Zübeyde was born in Langaza vil ...

(1856–1923), mother of Turkish statesman

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...

Zubeida Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir (1911 – 21 September 1988) was an Indian actress. Early in her career, she starred in a number of silent films, which were followed by a breakthrough in the first Indian talkie ''Alam Ara'' (1931). Her other notable ...

(1911–1988), Indian film actress * Zubaida Yazdani (1916–1996), Indian historian *

Zubeida Agha Zubeida Agha (; 1922–1997) was among the first Pakistani Modern Artists. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, she was the first artist to hold an exhibition of her paintings. She helped bring the modern idiom to Pakistan.(Associated Press ...

(1922–1997), Pakistani artist *

Zubeida Begum Vidya Rani (born Zubeida Begum) (1926 – 26 January 1952), often known as Zubeida or Zubeidaa, was an Indian actress. Early life Zubeida Begum was the daughter of Qasembhai Mehta, a Bohra Muslim businessman, and his wife Faiza Bai, a singer ...

(1926–1952), Indian film actress *

Zubaida Khanum Zubaida Khanum (1935 – 19 October 2013) was a Pakistani playback singer who recorded over 250 film songs during the Golden Age of Pakistani film music of the 1950s and 1960s. She was considered Pakistani equivalent to Marni Nixon of Holly ...

(1935–2013), Pakistani playback singer *

Zubaida Tharwat Zubaida Ahmed Tharwat (; 15 June 1940 – 13 December 2016), was an Egyptians, Egyptian film, stage and television actress. She started her acting career in 1956, and quickly rose to stardom in Egypt. After six years hiatus in the 1960s, she retu ...

(1940–2016), Egyptian actress *

Zubaida Gulshan Ara Zubaida Gulshan Ara ( is a Bangladeshi writer. She was the chairperson of Bangladesh Shishu Academy. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2005 by the Government of Bangladesh The government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh () is the cent ...

(c. 1943/44–2017), Bangladeshi writer *

Zubaida Tariq Zubaida Tariq (; 4 April 1945– 4 January 2018), commonly known as Zubaida Aapa (), was a Pakistani chef, herbalist, and cooking expert. She was the first celebrity cook of Pakistan, appearing on numerous TV shows, and was also known for her ' ...

(1945–2018), Pakistani chef *

Zubaida Jalal Khan Zubaida Jalal Khan (Urdu: زبيدہ جلال خان; born 31 August 1959) is a Pakistani politician, a teacher, libertarian and social activist, who served as the Defence Production Minister from August 2018 until April 2022. After successful ...

(b. 1959), Pakistani politician * Zübeyde Kaya (b. 1991), Turkish women's football defender *

Zübeyde Süpürgeci Zübeyde Süpürgeci (born 20 July 1993) is a Turkish Paralympian Track and field, athlete competing in the T54 (classification), T54 Disability sport classification, disability class events of 100 metres, 100m, 400 metres, 400m and 800 metres, ...

(b. 1993), Turkish Paralympian athlete * Zubaida Bai, Malaysian expert in health products * Zubeida Malik, British journalist * Zubaida al-Meeki, Syrian colonel and dissident * Zubeda Munir (1948–present), among the first Norwegian-Pakistani women to work in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. Origin: Thiro Chak,

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. Wife of late

Hussain Munir Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, Houcine, Hocine or Husain (; ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or ...

(1936–2025). Grandmother of Asad Jonas Munir Arshad (1992).

Surname

Sami Zubaida Sami Zubaida (born 1937 in Iraq), left Iraq in 1953 at the age of sixteen.
Sami Zubaida. He is now an

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