Najm al-Din
Najm al-Din (Arabic: نجم الدين ) is a male given name of Arabic origin, formed from Najm and al-Din, meaning star of the religion. It may refer to:
People
- Khwaja Najamuddin Ahmed (ca. 1114 - ca. 1175), Afghan Sufi saint
- Najm ad-Din Ayyub (died 1173), Kurdish soldier, father of Saladin
- Najmuddin Kubra (1145–1221), Persian Sufi philosopher
- Najm al-Din Razi (1177–1256), Persian Sufi philosopher
- Al-Malik as-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub, or just As-Salih Ayyub (ca. 1205–1249), Ayyubid ruler of Egypt
- Najm al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (died 1276), Persian Islamic philosopher and logician of the Shafi`i school
- Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi (died 1330), Persian physician
- Najimuddin Ali Khan (1750–1766), Nawab of Bengal
- Jumeken Najimedenov (1935–1983), Kazakh composer
- Najmuddin Shaikh (born 1939), Pakistani diplomat
- Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad, known as Mullah Krekar (born 1956), exiled Kurdish politician
- Najmadin Shukr Rauf (1957–1985), Kurdish soldier
- Suzan Najm Aldeen (born 1966), Syrian actress
- Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (born 1986), Sudanese athlete
- Najm Eldin Abdullah (born 1987), Sudanese footballer
- Najmiddin Jalolov (died 2009?), Uzbek Islamic fighter
- Najmuddin Khan, Pakistani politician
Places
- Mazraeh-ye Khodaqoli Najam ol Din, village in Iran
See also
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