Sa‘īd (سعيد) is a male Arabic given name meaning "happy". The name can also be transliterated as Said or Saeed
People named Sa‘id
As a given name:
- Sa'id ibn Zayd, one of the Companions of Muhammed
- Sa'id Ibn Sultan, sultan of Muscat and Oman
- Sa'id Hormozi, Iranian musician
- Said Taghmaoui (born 1973), French actor
- Sheikh Said (disambiguation)
- Saeed Akhtar Mirza, born 1943), Indian film director
- Sultan Said Khan, ruler of Kashgaria in 1514-1533
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As a surname:
- Abdelmadjid Sidi Said, leader of the Algerian trade union: UGTA
- Agha Saeed, chairman of the American Muslim Alliance
- Amina Said (1953–), poet
- Brian Said, Maltese footballer
- Edward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian-American literary critic and theorist
- Samira Said, Moroccan pop star
- Wafic Saïd (born 1939), Syrian businessman
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Named Abu Sa‘id (meaning "father of Sa‘id"):
- Abu Sa'id (Ilkhanid dynasty) (1316–1335), ninth ruler of the Ilkhanate state in Iran
- Abu Sa'id (Timurid dynasty) (1424–1469), mid-fifteenth century Timurid Empire ruler in what are today parts of Persia and Afghanistan
- Khaled Hassan Abu Sa‘id (born 1928), Palestine Liberation Organization
- Abusaeid Abolkheir (also known as Abu Sa‘eed), a Persian Sufi and poet
Fictional characters
Other uses
- Sa'idi refers to the inhabitants of Upper Egypt. This term is not linked to the name Sa‘id, as they are two different Arabic words: the former is pronounced and spelled with a Ṣād (thus صعيدي) and the latter, a Sīn.
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