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Anwar (name)
Anwar (or Anwer, Anwaar, Anouar, Anvar, Enver) is the English transliteration of two Arabic language, Arabic names commonly used in the Arab world by both Arab Christians and Muslims: the male given name ''ʼAnwar'' (أنور), meaning "luminous" or the female given name ''ʼAnwār'' (أنوار), meaning "a collection of lights". In Arabic Anwar is also a Comparison (grammar), comparative adjective with the meaning of "more enlightened". Both variations may also be encountered as surnames, sometimes also with the accompanying "al" (the definite article "the") as in Al Anwar. In Francophone countries, both names are usually transliterated as Anoir, Anouar and Al Anouar with the definite article "al". The name is transliterated in Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Turkey as Enver. Notable people with the name Anwar and variants include: People with the given name Anwar *Anwar (singer) (born 1949), Indian playback singer * Anwar Ali (banker) (1913–1974), Pakistani economist *Anwar a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anvar
Anvar is a given name and surname. The name comes from Arabic and means "light", like the variant Anwar. Notable persons with the name Anvar include: Persons with the given name *Anvar Berdiev (born 1978), Uzbek footballer * Anvar Bikzhanov (born 1951), Russian football coach *Anvar Gafurov (born 1982), Uzbek footballer * Anvar Gazimagomedov (born 1988), Russian footballer *Anvar Ibragimgadzhiyev (born 1991), Russian footballer *Anvar Ibragimov (born 1965), Soviet fencer *Anvar Juraboev (1948–2010), Uzbek journalist, historian and politician *Anvar Mammadkhanli (1913–1990), writer and screenwriter, script writer, translator and art worker *Anvar Chingizoglu (born 1962, Azerbaijani historian, ethnologist and genealogist * Anvar Rajabov (born 1988), Uzbek footballer * Anvar Sadat (1918–1981), President of Egypt, serving 1970 to 1981 *Anvar Saidenov (born 1960), Kazakh national bank chairman *Anvar Soliev (born 1978), Uzbek footballer * Anvar-qori Tursunov, Uzbek imam *Anvar Yunus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Hussain (actor)
Anwar Hussain (11 November 1925 – 1 January 1988) was an Indian actor and producer. He was a popular character actor from the 1940s to 1982 and acted in over 200 Bollywood films. Some of his best known roles are from '' Ab Dilli Dur Nahin'', ''Gunga Jumna'' (1961), ''Shaheed'', ''Baharon Ke Sapne'', '' Victoria No. 203'' (1972), ''Chori Mera Kaam'', ''Loafer'', ''Gaddar'', '' Rafoo Chakkar'' and '' Jail Yatra''. He was the son of singer-turned director Jaddanbai and thus, maternal half-brother to noted actress Nargis Dutt and Akhtar Hussain. Hussain is best known for his roles in ''Gunga Jumna'' (1962) and ''Rocky'' (1981) with his nephew Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Balraj Dutt (born 29 July 1959) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over four decades, Dutt has won several accolades and acted in over 100 films, ranging from romance to comedy genres, though u .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Wagdi
Anwar Wagdi or Wagdy ( ar, أنور وجدي, ; 11 October 1904 – 14 May 1955), born Anwar Wagdi Yehia El Fattal, was an Egyptian actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Life Anwar was born in the Cairo district of El Daher, Cairo. His father was of Syrian descent. Anwar's Egyptian mother, Muhiba El-Rikaby, was from Cairo. Anwar Wagdy was married to Egyptian actresses Elham Hussein, Leila Mourad (three times), and Laila Fawzi. He died at 50 in Sweden while seeking treatment for polycystic kidney disease. Career Anwar Wagdy began his acting career as an extra in 1922 in the Youssef Wahbi Theatre Company's production of Julius Caesar. He quickly leaped to stardom and played leading roles in and/or directed 92 Egyptian films between the 1932 and 1955. He achieved particular success partnering with his wife, Egyptian legend Leila Mourad. Youssef Wahbi directed his first film: "Defense" in 1934 and called "Anwar Wagdy" to take part in this film with him. After the failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Tjokroaminoto
Oetarjo Anwar Tjokroaminoto (3 May 1909 – 16 November 1975) was an Indonesian politician and journalist. He served as Minister of Social Affairs for a year in the Wilopo Cabinet, and was the Prime Minister of Pasundan for less than a month during January 1950. Son of Indonesian nationalist and Sarekat Islam founder H.O.S. Tjokroaminoto, he studied journalism in his youth and for some time worked in schools affiliated with his father's political party PSII before working for newspapers. He worked for the '' Asia Raya'' newspaper during the Japanese occupation period, and he was also managing editor for '' Pemandangan''. After Indonesian independence, Tjokroaminoto entered politics through the Masyumi Party, serving briefly as a minister before moving to PSII. He was part of the government of the State of Pasundan and was appointed prime minister, though suspicions after the APRA coup d'état resulted in Pasundan's dissolution shortly afterwards. Tjokroaminoto then rejoined t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Siraj
Anwar Siraj (born 8 December 1978, in Ethiopia) is retired Ethiopian footballer. Siraj was also a member of the Ethiopia national football team The Ethiopia national football team, nicknamed ''ዋሊያ'', after the Walia, represents Ethiopia in men's international football and is controlled by the Ethiopian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Ethiopia. The team .... He finished his career in 2009. External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Siraj, Anwar 1978 births Living people Ethiopian footballers Association football defenders Ethiopia international footballers EEPCO F.C. players Oman Club players Saint George S.C. players Al-Saqr SC players Al-Wehda SC (Aden) players Ethiopian Premier League players Yemeni League players Ethiopian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Oman Expatriate footballers in Yemen Ethiopian expatriate sportspeople in Oman Ethiopian expatriate sportspeople in Yemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwer Sultan
Anwer Sultan (born 19 July 1962) is an Indian sport shooter. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ... in Sydney, in the men's trap. References 1962 births Living people Indian male sport shooters Olympic shooters of India Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Asian Games medalists in shooting Asian Games silver medalists for India Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Shooters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Recipients of the Arjuna Award 21st-century Indian people Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{India-sportshoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Shaikh (critic Of Islam)
Anirudh Gyan Shikha (1 June 1928 – 25 November 2006; popularly known as Anwar Shaikh) was a British India-born British writer, who spent much of his adult life in Pakistan and United Kingdom, dying in Cardiff, Wales.''The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West'' by Daniel Pipes, Pg. 283 Biography Born Hajji Muhammad Shaikh, he was born into a family descended from Kashmiri Pandit converts to Islam in the city of Gujrat located in the north of Punjab. He was born on the day of the Haj, or pilgrimage, in 1928 which prompted his parents to attach 'Hajji' to his first name, but he was also born with aposthia (in which boys are born without foreskin), which was seen as an even greater omen for a bright future; thus his name then became Muhammad Anwar Shaikh, with Anwar meaning radiant in the Arabic language. In his youth, Shaikh was an ardent believer of the Sunni branch of Islam his family devoutly practised, especially his mother, who could recite a large part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and a close confidant of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, under whom he served as Vice President twice and whom he succeeded as president in 1970. In 1978, Sadat and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, signed a peace treaty in cooperation with United States President Jimmy Carter, for which they were recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize. In his eleven years as president, he changed Egypt's trajectory, departing from many of the political and economic tenets of Nasserism, re-instituting a multi-party system, and launching the Infitah economic policy. As President, he led Egypt in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Pervez
Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez OBE, HPk ( ur, سر انور پرویز; born 15 March 1935) is a Pakistani-born British billionaire businessman and former bus conductor and driver. He is the founder and chairman of Bestway Group. According to the ''Sunday Times Rich List'', in 2020 Anwar Pervez's net worth was £3.1 billion (US$3.75 billion); which made him the richest Pakistan-born Briton in the UK. The 2021 list gave his family's assets as £1.364 billion, placing them 125th on the list. Early life Mohammed Anwar Pervez was born on 15 March 1935 to a subsistence farming family in Rawalpindi. He did his matriculation in Pakistan. He studied at Forman Christian College. In 1956, he moved to the UK at the age of 21. Career His first job was as a telephone operator in the state-owned telecommunication company PTCL. There he used to work for a month and most of them were spent on anti-malaria medications. In 1956, he emigrated to England. There he became a bus conductor and driver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Maqsood
Anwar Maqsood Hameedi (born 7 September 1939, Urdu:), popularly known as Anwar Maqsood, is a Pakistani scriptwriter, television presenter, satirist, humorist, and infrequent actor. He was well known for his drama write-ups for PTV in the late 1970s and 1980s. Early life and family Anwar Maqsood was born on 7 September 1939 in Hyderabad State. He studied at the Gulbarga Trust School in Aurangabad. His large family migrated to Karachi in 1948, after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. His childhood years were spent in PIB Colony, Karachi with his siblings and family. Maqsood belongs to a prominent family of Pakistan and some of his siblings are well known in their own right: his sister, Fatima Surayya Bajia was a well-known writer in Pakistan and South Asia whose marriage ended early in divorce. She then chose to play a key role in the upbringing of her nine young brothers and sisters and became a maternal figure to them. Another sister Zehra Nigah, is a relatively well-known poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Khan (cricketer)
Anwar Khan (Urdu: انور خان) (born December 24, 1955, Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1979. He was a bowling all-rounder. He was a match referee in 2008 Pentangular Cup The Pentangular Trophy was a first-class cricket competition that was held intermittently in Pakistan between 1973–74 and 2011–12. History The Pentangular Trophy was first contested in 1973–74. From 1977–78 through to 1979–80 it was known .... References Khan, Anwar Khan, Anwar Pakistan Test cricketers Pakistani cricketers Karachi Whites cricketers Karachi Blues cricketers National Bank of Pakistan cricketers Sindh cricketers Bahawalpur cricketers Cricketers from Karachi {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
