Aladdin

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Aladdin (Arabic: علاء الدين‎, ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn) (also spelled Ala-ud-din, Ala-ad-din, Alaeddin, Alauddin, Allaedin, or Alaattin) is a male given name which means "nobility of faith" or "nobility of religion". It is one of a large class of names ending with ad-Din. The name may refer to:

Given name

• Ala al-Din Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi al-Dimashq, or Ibn al-Nafis, (1213-1288), Arab Muslim polymath
• ‘Ala’ al-Din ‘Ata Malik Juvayni, a 13th-century Persian historian
• Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari, a 13th-century Sufi saint
• Al al-Din (died 1312), a 13th-century military expert sent to China
• Allauddin Khan, a 20th-century Indian musician
• Alauddin Al-Azad, a 20th-century Bangladeshi writer
• Alauddin Masood, a 20th-century Pakistani bureaucrat
• Allauddin (Pakistani actor), born 1923
• Hassan Alaa Eddin (Chouchou), Lebanese actor
• Alā'-ud-dīn Muhammad Husni Sayyid Mubarak, Egyptian businessman
• Aladdin (performer), full name Aladdin Abdullah Achmed Anthony Pallante, violinist on Lawrence Welk Show
• Allaedin Ghoraifi (born 1945), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja
• Alaa El-Din Abdul Moneim (born 1951), Egyptian politician
• Alaattin Çakıcı (born 1953), Turkish ultra-nationalist and convicted criminal
• Dlawer Ala'Aldeen (born 1960), Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
• Alaeddine Yahia (born 1981), Tunisian-French footballer
• Alaa-Eddine al Oujli (born 1984), Libyan footballer

Rulers

• Alā ud-Dīn Atsiz, Khwarazm Shah from 1127 until his death in 1156
• Ala ad-Din Tekish, (died 1200), Khwarazm Shah from 1172
• Ala ad-Din Muhammad II of Khwarezm (died 1221), Khwarazm Shah from 1200
• Ala ud din Masud, a 13th-century Sultan of Delhi
• Alaeddin Keykubad (disambiguation), name of three Seljuk Sultans in Anatolia
  • Kayqubad I, 'Alā al-Dīn Kayqubād bin Kaykā'ūs (died 1237)
  • Kayqubad II, 'Alā al-Dīn Kayqubād bin Kaykhusraw (died 1256)
  • Kayqubad III, 'Alā al-Dīn Kayqubād bin Ferāmurz (died 1302)
• Alauddin Khilji, a 14th-century ruler in India
• Alaeddin Pasha, son of Osman I and brother of Orhan I, first Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• Alauddin Ali Shah, a 14th-century ruler in Bengal
• Ala'a ad-Din Kujuk, (1334-1345), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 1341 to 1342
• Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, the founder in the 14th century of the Bahmani Sultanate
• Alauddin Riayat Shah of Malacca, a 15th-century sultan renowned in legend
• Alauddin Riayat Shah II of Johor, his grandson, founder of the Sultanate of Johor in the 16th century
• Alauddin al-Kahar, a 16th-century Sultan of Aceh
• Alauddin Husain Shah, a 16th-century Sultan of Bengal
• Alauddin Alam Shah, the last Malay Sultan of Singapore (in the 19th century)

Surname

• Muhammad Aladdin (born 1979), Egyptian writer

Fictional characters

• Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights
• Admiral General Aladeen from The Dictator

See also

• Aladdin (disambiguation)
• Arabic name#Common mistakes, Aladdin is sometimes confused with Allah-ad-din

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