Ziauddin

The name Ziauddin is a common transliteration of the male Muslim given name more correctly written Ḍiya ad-Dīn (Arabic: ضياء الدين). It means the “Shine of the Religion” It may refer to:

People

• Ziauddin Barani (1285–1357), Indian historian and political philosopher
• Ziauddin Muhammad (flourished in the 17th century), scientific instrument maker in the Mughal Empire; one of the fourth generation of the Lahore family of astrolabists
• Ziauddin Ahmad (1878–1947), scholar and politician in colonial India
• Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri (1913–1999), Pakistani journalist and writer
• Mohammad Ziauddin (army officer) (born 1939), Bangladeshi military officer
• Zia Uddin (born 1941), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
• Ziauddin Ahmed (Bangladesh) (1950–2017), Bangladeshi military officer
• Ziauddin Sardar (born 1951), Pakistani writer on Islam
• Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu (1954–2021), Bangladeshi politician
• Ziyaettin Doğan or Ziya Doğan (born 1961), Turkish football manager
• Ziaeddin Niknafs (born 1986), Iranian footballer
• Ziauddin Rizvi (died 2005), Shi'a cleric from Gilgit
• Qari Ziauddin (died 2010), Afghan militia leader
• Ziauddin Butt, a Pakistani military officer jailed as a result of the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état
• Ziauddin (Afghan militia leader), Afghan militia leader
• Muhammad Ziauddin Yusuf (born 1986), British businessman and politician

See also

• Ziauddin Pur, census town in India
• Qarah Zia od Din, town in West Azarbaijan province, Iran
• Dr. Ziauddin Group of Hospitals, hospital group in Pakistan named in honor of Ziauddin Ahmed
• Ziauddin Medical University, medical school in Karachi, Pakistan named in honor of Ziauddin Ahmed

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