Ayub
Ayub (Arabic: ايّوب ''Ayūb'', commonly written ايوب) is the Arabic name of the Abrahamic prophet Job. Here it refers to the Islamic prophet which is mentioned in the Quran, see Job in Islam. The spread of the name among Muslims is partly due to the fame of Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, whose name in Arabic is ''Salạ̄hu d-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayūb''. Other people with this given name * Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion (''sahaba'') of Muhammad * Ayub Ali Master, early British-Bangladeshi social reformer, politician and entrepreneur * Ayub Shah Durrani, Afghan ruler * Ayub Khan (1907-1974), second President of Pakistan * Ayub Afridi, Pakistani drug lord turned politician * Ayub Ommaya (1930-2008), a Pakistani neurosurgeon * Ayub Shah Bukhari, Pakistani Sufi * Ayub Thakur (1948-2004), Kashmiri freedom activist * Master Ayub, a Pakistani teacher who runs an open air, free of cost, school in Islamabad since 1986 * Ayub Khan Din (born 1961), British-Pakistani actor ...
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Ayub Khan (President Of Pakistan)
Muhammad Ayub Khan ( Urdu: ; 14 May 1907 – 19 April 1974), was the second President of Pakistan. He was an army general who seized the presidency from Iskander Mirza in a coup in 1958, the first successful coup d'état in the country's history. Popular demonstrations and labour strikes supported by the protests in East Pakistan ultimately led to his forced resignation in 1969. During his presidency, differences between East and West Pakistan arose to an enormous degree, that ultimately led to the Independence of East Pakistan. Trained at the British Royal Military College, Ayub Khan fought in World War II as a colonel in the British Indian Army before deciding to transfer to the Pakistan Army in the aftermath of the partition of India in 1947. His assignments included command of the 14th Division in East-Bengal. He was elevated to become the first native Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army in 1951 by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, succeeding General Do ...
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