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Nur al-Din (Arabic: نور الدين) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern use, surname, composed of the elements Nur, meaning light and ad-Din, meaning of the faith.[1][2] The first element may be spelled Nur, Noor, Nor or (in French-speaking areas) Nour. The middle element may appear as al, ad, ud, ed or d. The last element usually appears as Din, Deen or Dine. Spacing and hyphenation are variable. The name may refer to:
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People
Male
- Nur ad-Din Zangi (1118–1174), member of the Zengid dynasty, ruler of the Syrian province of the Seljuk Empire
- Nur al-Din Muhammad (died 1185), member of the Artuqid dynasty
- Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (also known as Alpetragius) (died ca. 1204), Arab astronomer and philosopher
- Nur ad-Din Arslan Shah I (reigned 1193–1211), Zengid emir of Mosul
- Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd al-'Azīz Ibn al-Qamar (1326–1398), Tunisian Berber prince
- Nur al-Din Ni’mat Allah, known as Shah Ni'matullah Wali (1330–1431), Syrian Islamic scholar and Sufi poet
- Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali (1377–1440), Kashmiri saint of the rishi order
- Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414–1492), Persian poet
- Nuruddin ar-Raniri (died 1658), Indian islamic scholar
- Hassan Nooraddeen I (died 1799), sultan of the Maldives
- Ibrahim Nooraddeen (died 1892), sultan of the Maldives
- Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (1841–1914), Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
- Nureddin Pasha (1873–1932), Turkish military officer
- Hassan Nooraddeen II, (1887–1967), sultan of the Maldives
- Noor-ud-din Qureshi (died 1943), leader within the Muslim community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Münir Nurettin Selçuk (1900–1981), Turkish musician
- Noureddin Kianouri (1915–1999), Iranian communist leader of the Tudeh Party
- Nordine Ben Ali (born 1919), Algerian-French footballer
- Nureddin al-Atassi (1930–1992), President of Syria
- Nuredin Loxha (1935–1992), Kosovar Albanian theatre director
- Noureddin Zarrinkelk (born 1937), Iranian film animator
- Nurettin Sözen (born 1937), Turkish politician
- Nooruddeen Durkee (born 1938), American sufi
- Jalal Mansur Nuriddin (born 1944), American poet
- Nurettin Yardımcı (born 1944), Turkish archaeologist
- Mohammad Noordin Sopiee (1944–2005), Malaysian academician
- Nuruddin Farah (born 1945), Somali novelist
- Nourredine Kourichi (born 1954), Algerian-French footballer
- Nur-eldeen Masalha (born 1957), Palestinian writer
- Mohamed Khaled Nordin (born 1958), Malaysian politician
- Noureddine Daifallah (born 1960), Moroccan calligrapher
- Noordeen Mashoor (born 1962), Sri Lankan politician
- Zulkifli Nordin (born 1962), Malaysian politician
- Nordin Mohamed Jadi (born 1962), Malaysian athlete
- Nordine Zouareg (born 1962), Algerian fitness coach
- Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang (born 1963), Chinese Muslim calligrapher
- Noordin Mohammad Top (1968–2009), Malaysian-Indonesian Islamist militant
- Noureddine Morceli (born 1970), Algerian athlete
- Noureddine Naybet (born 1970), Moroccan footballer
- Nurettin Demirtaş (born 1972), Turkish politician
- Noureddine Drioueche (born 1973), Algerian footballer
- Nourredine Yagoubi (born 1974), Algerian judoka
- Noureddine Ziyati (born 1974), Moroccan footballer
- Nordin Jbari (born 1975), Moroccan-Belgian footballer
- Nordin Abdullah formerly Matthew Gordon Williams (born 1976), Australian-Malaysian businessman
- Noureddine Daham (born 1977), Algerian footballer
- Noureddine Kacemi (born 1977), Moroccan footballer
- Nordine Ben Allal (born 1978/89), Moroccan-Belgian criminal
- Nourdin Boukhari (born 1980), Moroccan-Dutch footballer
- Nordine Sam (born 1982), Algerian-French footballer
- Nordin Gerzić (born 1983), Bosnian footballer
- Nordine Oubaali (born 1986), Moroccan-French boxer
- Mohd Nasril Nourdin (born 1986), Malaysian footballer
- Nordin Amrabat (born 1987), Moroccan-Dutch footballer
- Nordine Assami (born 1987), Algerian-French footballer
- Noureddine Smaïl (born 1987), Algerian-French athlete
- Nurudeen Orelesi (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
- Herdi Noor Al-Deen (born 1992), Iraqi Kurdish foorballer
- Noureddine Kacemi, Moroccan footballer
- Nuruddin Khan, chief of Bangladesh army
- Dara Nur al-Din, Iraqi judge
- Zainudin bin Nordin, Singaporean politician
- Nourdine Bourhane, Prime Minister of Comoros
- Nourdine Midiladji, Comoros politician
- Nour Eddine (singer), Moroccan film director, musician, choreographer and singer, based in Italy
- Noor al-Deen (detainee), Syrian detained by the CIA
- Muayyed Nureddin, Canadian Muslim detainee
- Nuradin Abdi, Somali accused in connection with Columbus Shopping Mall Bombing Plot
female
- Juliette Noureddine (born 1962), French singer
- Norzailina Nordin (born 1962), Malaysian chef
fictional
See also
- Nur al-Din Bimaristan, medieval hospital in Damascus
- Nur al-Din Madrasa, madrasa in Damascus
- Nur al-Din Mosque, mosque in Hama
- Nürəddin, village in Azerbaijan
References
- ^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
- ^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
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