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Memon (other)
Memon may refer to: Ethnic group and language * Memon people, Sunni Muslim community in Gujarat, India and Sindh, Pakistan ** Memons (Kathiawar) ** Kutchi Memon, from Kutch, Gujarat *** Kutchi Memons in Bombay ** Bantva Memons, from Bantva, Gujarat ** Sindhi Memon ** Memons in South Africa ** Memons in Sri Lanka * Memoni language, the language of Memon people historically associated with Kathiawar, Gujarat, India People with the surname * Abdul Jalil Memon (born 1970), Pakistani agriculturist and politician * Jan Muhammad A. Memon (born 1949), Pakistani medical professional and educationist * Maimuna Memon (born 1992), British actress and musician * Marvi Memon (born 1972), Pakistani politician * Muhammad Umar Memon (born 1939), Pakistani literature scholar, translator, poet, and writer * Nasrullah Memon (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer * Nisar Memon (born 1942), Pakistani politician * Nasir Memon, American computer scientist * Sattar Memon (born 1947), Indian physician and aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memon People
The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Sindh region of Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Khatri (Vohra), and Gujarati peoples. Memon people speak the Memoni language as their first language. Some consider the Memon language to be a dialect of the Sindhi language. The Memon language shares vocabulary with the Sindhi language, Kutchi language and Gujarati language. Today, the Memon people are connected through globally recognized organisations such as the World Memon Organisation (WMO) and International Memon orgnisation (IMO). Sindhi Memons and Kutchi Memons are related ethnic groups. History Sindhi, Gujarati origins Memon lineage traces back to Lohanas of Lahore and Sindh, who practiced Hinduism. The origin of the name comes from Mu'min (, "believer" in Arabic) and later evolved to present name Memon. The Memon community was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Umar Memon
Muhammad Umar Memon (Urdu: محمد عمر میمن) Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies, (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Memon was an accomplished scholar, translator, Urdu Short Story writer, and the editor of ''The Annual of Urdu Studies''. Memon retired from the University of Wisconsin after 38 years of service but remained active as a scholar: besides working on translation of Urdu works into English, he served on the editorial board of '' Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies'' and was also an advisor to the Urdu Project. Biography Memon was born in Aligarh, India in 1939. In 1954, his family moved to Karachi, Pakistan where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees. After his graduation, he taught at Sachal Sarmast College and Sind University. In 1964 he won a Fulbright scholarship to the United States. This move enabled him to earn a master's degree from Harvard University and eventually a doctorate in Islamic Studies from UCLA. Memo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momin (other)
Momin or Mumin ( ar, مؤمن) is an Arabic Islamic term, frequently referenced in the Quran, meaning "believer", and may refer to: People named Momin * Lokshahir Bashir Momin Kavathekar (born 1947), Indian poet and writer * Momin Khan Momin (1800–1851), Mughal-era poet * Abdul Momin (1788–1885), 24th sultan of Brunei * Abdul Momin Imambari (1930–2020), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar * Numal Momin, Indian politician * Friedrich von Frankenberg, also known as Sheikh Momin, early proponent of Sufism in Australia Places * Kot Momin, a town in the Sargodha district of Punjab, Pakistan * Ghari Momin, a small village in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, India Groups * Momin Ansari, a Muslim community, mainly in India, Pakistan, and Nepal See also * Mumin * Memon people The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Sindh region of Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakub Memon
Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. Jane Dammen McAuliffe (General Editor) Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an Volume Three : J-O The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia Pre-Islamic Arabia ( ar, شبه الجزيرة العربية قبل الإسلام) refers to the Arabian Peninsula before the emergence of Islam in 610 CE. Some of the settled communities developed into distinctive civilizations. Informatio ... and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname. It is common in Polish, Czech and Slovak languages, where it is transliterated as :wikt:Jakub, Jakub. Yakub may also refer to: Religious figures *Jacob in Islam, Yāˈqub bin Isḥāq bin Ibrāhīm (Jacob), prophet of Islam *Yakub (Nation of Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Memon
Ibrahim Mushtaq Abdul Razzaq Memon (born 24 November 1960), better known by the nickname Tiger Memon, is a gangster and terrorist, reputed to be one of the masterminds behind the 1993 Mumbai bombings. He is wanted by Interpol and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is a former member of D-Company, a gang led by Dawood Ibrahim. He got the nickname ''Tiger'' after helping a petty drugs and weapons smuggler to evade the crime branch of Mumbai Police by driving his car recklessly over 100 km/h on one-way roads. He has been sanctioned under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. 1993 Bombay bombings Memon's role as the prime accused in the blasts was confirmed by a Special Court set up under the terms of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act after the conviction of the others accused in the case. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saud Memon
Saud Memon (circa 1961 – 18 May 2007) was a Pakistani businessman from Karachi dealing in yarn and textiles. Memon was said to own the Al-Qaeda safe house in Karachi where American journalist Daniel Pearl was killed. Memon was wanted by law-enforcement agencies in the Pearl case for supposedly providing the place where Pearl was beheaded and subsequently buried. However, Memon was never formally charged. Disappearance and involvement During the investigation of the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl's in January 2002, the police were looking for Memon, an industrialist who reportedly owned the shed where Pearl's remains were found, by January 2003. Memon was named by several arrested members of Harakat ul-Mujahedeen Al-Almi as their chief financial backer and was believed to have fled Pakistan. Memon was reported as being still at large. In April 2005, it was reported that Memon was one of the trustees of Al-Akhtar Trust International, a charity, the United States Treasu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirajul Haq Memon
Sirajul Haq Memon (24 October 1933 – 2 February 2013) was a Pakistani Sindhi language novelist, journalist, historian, scholar, linguist, story-writer, and advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was born in Tando Jam town, Hyderabad District to school-teacher and poet Mohammad Yaqub Niaz in a house that would eventually have ten siblings, including renowned Sindhi scholar Dr Fahmida Hussain. After completion of his early education, his family shifted from his native town to Hyderabad where he completed his matriculation examinations in 1950, after which he moved to Karachi. After his B.A. (Hons), he pursued the study of Law at Karachi's S.M. Law College; he also started working as a part-time sub-editor at the weekly Sindh Observer to meet the expenses of education and boarding at the Jinnah Courts. After graduating, he moved back to his hometown Hyderabad, where he worked with Mohammad Usman Diplai at his printing press, and then as an assistant in the Sindhi Adabi B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharjeel Memon
Sharjeel Inam Memon (Urdu: ), sd, شرجیل انعام ميمڻ , born 14 June 1974) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from June 2008 to May 2018. Early life and education He was born on 14 June 1974 in Hyderabad, Pakistan. He earned the degree of Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Sindh and Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Technology from the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology. Political career He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate for Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ... (PPP) for PS-62 Tharparkar III in by-election held in June 2008. In March 2011, he was inducted into the Provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sattar Memon
Sattar ( ar, ستار ) is a male Muslim given name and surname. It occurs in the compound form *Abdul Sattar, where further details can be found. People with the name in its simple form include: Given name *Sattar (singer) (born 1949) birth name Hasan Sattar, Iranian pop and traditional singer *Sattar Alvi, Pakistani fighter pilot *Sattar Bahlulzade (1909–1974), Azerbaijani painter * Sattar Hamedani (born 1974), Iranian footballer *Sattar Khan (1868–1914), Iranian revolutionary soldier *Sattar Memon (born 1947), Indian-American doctor and author * Sattar Seid (born 1987), Iranian skier *Sattar Zare (born 1982), Iranian footballer Surname *Arshia Sattar (born 1960), Indian translator and author *Aziz Sattar (born 1925), Malaysian actor *Farooq Sattar (born 1960), Pakistani politician *Hassan Sattar (born 1949), Iranian pop singer *Mohammad Abdus Sattar (1925-2011), Indian Footballer *Naveed Sattar, Scottish medical researcher *Reefat Bin-Sattar (born 1974), Bangladeshi ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasir Memon
Nasir Memon is a computer scientist based in Brooklyn, New York. Memon is a professor and chair of the New York University Tandon School of Engineering computer science and engineering department and affiliate faculty at the computer science department in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. He is also the Department Head of NYU Tandon Online, the online learning unit of the school. He introduced cyber security studies to New York University Tandon School of Engineering, making it one of the first schools to implement the program at the undergraduate level. Memon holds twelve patents in image compression and security. He is the founding director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Security and Privacy (CRISSP) and CRISSP Abu Dhabi. In 2002, Memon founded Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW), an annual conference where tens of thousands of students compete in events and learn skills in cyber security Memon is also co-founder of Digital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisar Memon
Nisar Memon (born 31 December 1942; ur, نثار میمن, sd, نثار ميمڻ ) is a politician from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan, belonging to Pakistan Muslim League (Q) during the Pervez Musharraf regime in Pakistan.Soomro, Wasim condole with Nisar Memon Dawn (newspaper), Published 19 October 2005, Retrieved 22 March 2019 His daughter, , was a member of the . Background Nisar Memon holds a Master of Science deg ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasrullah Memon
Nasrullah Memon (born 2 March 1978) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part .... References External links * 1978 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Hyderabad (Pakistan) cricketers People from Shikarpur District {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
