Arshad is an Arabic male given name and a surname. It means "the right path".
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Arshad Ali (disambiguation) Arshad Ali may refer to:
* Arshad Ali (cricketer) (born 1976), Pakistani–Emirati cricket player
* Arshad Ali (Pakistani politician), Pakistani politician
* Arshad Ali (UK politician), British politician
See also
* Arshad Ali Chaudhry (1950 ...
, several people
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Arshad Ayub
Arshad Ayub (born 2 August 1958) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 13 Test matches and 32 One Day Internationals from 1987 to 1997. In January 2010, he became the manager for the Indian Cricket team for the series held in Bangladesh ...
(born 1958), Indian cricketer
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Arshad Hasan
Arshad Hasan was the executive director of ProgressNow. He was previously executive director for Democracy for America.
Education
Arshad grew up in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and attended Red River High School.
Arshad attended the Universi ...
, executive director at Democracy for America (DFA)
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Arshad Hussain (born 1990), amateur Pakistani boxer
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Arshad Laeeq
Arshad Laeeq (born 28 November 1970), also sometimes known as Arshad Laiq is a former Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He played two first-class cricket games for Pakistan Steel in 1986–87 a ...
(born 1970), Pakistani cricketer
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Arshad Mehmood (composer)
Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer, and a singer.
Early life and career
He had started composing music for Pakistan Television Corporation back in 1972.
EMI Pakistan period
He later was the driving force behind EMI Pakistan ...
, Pakistani actor, music composer and singer
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Arshad Mehmood (singer)
Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani singer.
Many of his songs for the Pakistani film industry, Lollywood, have been popular. He won the Nigar Award for Best Playback Singer in 1992 and then again in 1996.
Super-hit film songs
* "Dekha Jo Chehra Te ...
, Pakistani singer
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Arshad Pervez
Arshad Pervez (born 1 October 1953) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played two One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each t ...
(born 1953), Pakistani cricketer
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Arshad Sharif
Arshad Sharif ( ur, ; 22 February 1973 – 23 October 2022) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, and television news anchor. He specialised in investigative journalism and covered many political events in the country for national and internati ...
(born 1973), Pakistani journalist, writer and photographer
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Arshad Warsi
Arshad Warsi (born 19 April 1968) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the recipient of several awards including a Filmfare Award from five nominations and is noted for acting in varied film genres.
Before making his acting deb ...
(born 1968), Indian actor
Surname
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Abdul Rahman bin Arshad
On 6 June 1994, two Japanese tourists were robbed and attacked by two men in their shared room in the Oriental Hotel in Singapore. One of them was brutally assaulted and died, while the other survived. The case, known as the Oriental Hotel murde ...
, Singaporean convicted robber and culprit of the 1994 Oriental Hotel murder case
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Humza Arshad
Humza Mohammed Arshad ( ur, حمزه محمد ارشد; born 3 June 1985) is an English actor, comedian and writer of British Pakistani, Pakistani descent. He produces the web series ''Diary of a Bad Man'' (2010–2013) and ''Badman (web serie ...
(born 1985), British-Pakistani actor, comedian, writer and YouTube personality
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Joseph Arshad
Joseph Arshad (born August 25, 1964) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi in Pakistan.
Biography
Arshad was born on August 25, 1964, in Lahore. After completing school, he began his priestly education at St. Mary's Minor Semi ...
, (born 1964), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad
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Muhammad Arshad (writer)
Muḥammad Arshād ( bn, মাওলানা মুহাম্মদ আরশাদ, fa, مولانا محمد ارشاد), was a late 16th-century Bengali Muslim author who wrote in the Persian language. He was a prominent Mawlana that resid ...
, Persian author of medieval Bengal
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Muhammad Arshad Misbahi
Muhammad Arshad Misbahi, or Allama Maulana Hafiz Imam Muhammad Arshad al-Misbahi (born 1968, India) is the Chair of AKSA (Al-Karam Scholars Association) and has been serving at Manchester Central Mosque Victoria Park since 1997 as the Khatib, Im ...
(born 1968), the Chair of AKSA (Al-Karam Scholars Association)
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Sudirman Arshad
Dato' Sudirman bin Haji Arshad, (25 May 1954 – 22 February 1992), known mononymously as Sudirman, was a Malaysian singer and songwriter. His singing career kicked off after winning the Bintang RTM singing competition on 11 August 1976. His ...
(1954–1992), Malaysian singer and songwriter
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Ahad Ahad ( fa, احد) ( ar, احد) ( ur, احد) is a Middle Eastern given forename primarily used by Muslims and Jews. It is also used as a family name (surname) (e.g. Oli Ahad).
In Arabic Ahad means "one" and is usually used by Muslims when referr ...
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Arad (disambiguation) Arad or ARAD may refer to:
People
* Arad (given name)
* Arad (surname)
Places and jurisdictions Bahrain
* Arad, Bahrain, a village in Al Muharraq Governorate
* Arad Fort, located on Arad shore
* Arad Island, a former member of the Bahrain Islan ...
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Arsha
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Asad
Asad ( ar, أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". It is used in nicknames such as ''Asad Allāh'', one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.
People
Among prominent people named ''Asad'', " ...
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Asha
Asha (; also arta ; ae, 𐬀𐬴𐬀, translit=aṣ̌a/arta) is a Zoroastrian concept with a complex and highly nuanced range of meaning. It is commonly summarized in accord with its contextual implications of 'truth' and 'right(eousness)', 'ord ...
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