Husayn

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Husein, Hussein, Hussain, Husain, Husayin, Hussayin, Huseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Husseyn (Arabic: حسین Ḥussayn), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good" or "handsome" or "beautiful". It is commonly given as a male given name among Muslims, in honor of Husayn ibn Ali (626-680 AD), although the name is so common it is also given to persons of secular backgrounds. In some Persian sources the forms Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein is used ^[1]. The Turkish form is Hüseyin.

Given names

• Husayn ibn Ali – grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and son of Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Husayn Bayqarah – Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 to his death
• Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca – Sherif and Emir of Mecca
• Hussein Chalayan – British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer
• Hussein el-Husseini – former Lebanese Parliament Speaker
• Husein Gradaščević – Bosniak 19th century leader and rebel
• Hussein of Jordan – King of Jordan
• Hussein Kamel – son-in-law of Saddam Hussein
• Husayn Kamil – Sultan of Egypt and King of The Sudan (December 19, 1914 – October 9, 1917)
• Hussein Onn – third Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Husain Abdullah – safety for the Minnesota Vikings
• Husayn (Safavid) – former Safavid king of Persia
• Barack Hussein Obama – President of the United States of America

Patronymics

• Ali ibn Husayn – son of Shi’as’ third Imam Hussain ibn Ali and Shahrbānū
• Ali Akbar ibn Husayn – son of Shi’as’ third Imam Hussain ibn Ali and Umm-e-Laila
• Ali Asghar ibn Husayn – son of Shi’as’ third Imam Hussain ibn Ali and Rubab
• King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein – King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• Ali bin Hussein of Jordan – son of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife
• Alia al Hussein – third wife of King Hussein of Jordan
• Tahir ibn Husayn – Persian general and governor during the Abbasid caliphate
• M.F. Hussain – eminent artist from India
• Ali bin Hussein of Hejaz – King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca
• Fatimah bint Husayn
• Fouad Hussein – Jordanian journalist
• Hala Hussein – daughter of Saddam Hussein
• Hussein el-Husseini – former Lebanese Parliament
• Muhammad Husayn Haykal – Egyptian writer, journalist, politician and a former Minister of Education in Egypt
• Nasser Hussain – former Essex and England cricketer.
• Robert Hossein, a French film actor, director and writer.
• Princess Muna al-Hussein – second wife of King Hussein of Jordan
• Qusay Hussein – son of Saddam Hussein
• Raghad Hussein – daughter of Saddam Hussein
• Rana Hussein – daughter of Saddam Hussein
• Saddam Hussein – former President of Iraq
• Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein – pretender to the throne of Iraq
• Taha Hussein – Egyptian writer and Arabic literary scholar
• Uday Hussein – son of Saddam Hussein
• Zakir Hussain – famous contemporary north Indian tabla player

Other

• Husayn, Yemen, a village in eastern Yemen
• Al Hussein – Iraqi missile
• Sheikh Hussein – holy Muslim site in Ethiopia named after Sheikh Hussein (person)
• Mullá Husayn – first Letter of the Living in the Bábí movement
• Mohammad Qadir Hussain, a Pakistani Nuclear Physicist
• Hussein, An Entertainment, a novel by Patrick O'Brian
• Hussein Fatal, a American rapper, from 2Pac's Outlawz group

See also

• Hussaini

References

See also

• Arabic name
• Wikipedia articles beginning with "Husayn"