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People

Given name

Arslan Aydemirov Arslan Aydemirovich Aydemirov (russian: Арслан Айдемирович Айдемиров; born 1 August 1977) is a former Russian professional Association football, football player. Club career He played in the Russian Football National Le ...

(born 1977), Russian footballer * Arslan Ekşi (born 1985), Turkish volleyball player * Arslan Toğuz (1886–1963), police commissioner of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish militia leader and politician *

Uğur Arslan Kuru Uğur Arslan Kuru (born 16 February 1989) is a Turkish people, Turkish Association football, football player who plays for TFF Second League club Arnavutköy Belediyespor. Career He began football in 2001 at Düzce G.Birliği, before joining Dü ...

(born 1986), Turkish footballer

Surname

* Ahmet Arslan (born 1986), Turkish mountain runner *

Alparslan Arslan Alparslan Arslan (born 1977 in Kiğı) is a Turkish criminal convicted for murdering Council of State (Turkey), Council of State member Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin, and wounding four others. He also took part in the bombing of the newspaper ''Cumhuriy ...

(born 1977), Turkish criminal * Antonia Arslan (born 1938), Italian writer of Armenian origin * Aybüke Arslan (born 1994), Turkish women's footballer * Buse Arslan (born 1992), Turkish actress *

Ender Arslan Ender Arslan (born 13 January 1983) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player who played at the point guard position. He is assistant coach for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Professional care ...

(born 1983), Turkish basketball player * Ertuğrul Arslan (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Faysal Arslan (1941–2009), Lebanese politician * Firat Arslan (born 1970), German professional boxer of Turkish origin *

Hakan Arslan Hakan Arslan (born 18 July 1988) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sivasspor. Playing career Arslan is a youth product of İstanbul Güngörenspor having joined their youth academy in 1998, and started his professional car ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer * Huseyin Arslan, American engineer * Ilke Arslan, Turkish American microscopist * Kadir Arslan (born 1977), Turkish volleyball player * Kamber Arslan (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Koray Arslan (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Majid Arslan (1908–1983), Lebanese politician * May Arslan (1928–2013), member of the Lebanese Arslan family *

Murat Arslan Murat Arslan (born 1974) is a former Turkish judge active in the Judges and Prosecutors Union and political prisoner. Biography He is married and father of two children. He graduated from the faculty of law of the Istanbul University in 199 ...

, Turkish judge *

Murat Aslan Murat Aslan (born December 13, 1986) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is playing for Galatasaray Men's Volleyball Team, Galatasaray, in addition to 48 caps with the national team. External links Player profile at galatasaray.org
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(born 1986), Turkish volleyball player * Mustafa Arslanović, Bosnian football defender *

Nadia Arslan Nadia Arslan (Arabic: نادية أرسلان), also romanised as Nadia Arsalan, was a Lebanese actress who came to prominence in Egyptian films of the 1970s. Born Hind Arslan (Arabic: هند أرسلان) to a Druze family of Syrian and Lebanes ...

(1949–2008), Lebanese actress *

Namosh E. Arslan Namosh (born 8 May 1981), also known as Namosh E. Arslan or Namosh Erkan Arslan, is a German singer, musician, performance artist, actor and DJ of Kurdistan, Kurdish descent. Life and work Namosh has lived in Berlin since 1999 and is known for ...

(born 1981), German singer, musician, performance artist, actor and DJ *

Osman Arslan Osman Arslan (born December 21, 1942 in Kalecik, Ankara) is a high ranked Turkish judge and currently the First President of the Court of Cassation A court of cassation is a high-instance court that exists in some judicial systems. Courts of ...

(born 1942), Turkish judge * Qutlu Arslan, 12th-century Georgian politician and statesman * Shakib Arslan, (1869–1946), Lebanese politician, writer, poet, historian *

Sibel Arslan Sibel Arslan (born 23 June 1980 in Erzincan, Turkey)Talal Arslan (born 1963), Lebanese politician * Tolgay Arslan (born 1990), German-Turkish footballer * Volkan Arslan (born 1978), Turkish footballer *

Yılmaz Arslan Yılmaz Arslan (born 20 April 1968) is a German film director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer of Turkey, Turkish descent. Early life and education Yilmaz Arslan was born on the Mediterranean coast in Kazanlı, Kazanll, Turkey. In 1975, ...

(born 1968), German film director of Kurdish origin *

Zeina Talal Arslan Emira Zeina Arslan ( ar, زينة طلال أرسلان) is the wife of Emir Talal Arslan, son of Lebanese independence figure Emir Majid Arslan II and Head of the House of Arslan which includes the Lakhmid throne of Al-Hira. She takes care of s ...

, Lebanese social activist

Title

Il-Arslan Il-Arslan ("The Lion") (full name: ''Taj ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Abul-Fath Il-Arslan ibn Atsiz'', Persian: تاج الدین ابوالفتح ایل ارسلان بن اتسز) (died March 1172) was the Shah of Khwarezm from 1156 until 1172. He was t ...

(died 1172), Kharazm Shah *

Alp Arslan Alp Arslan was the second Sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty. He greatly expanded the Seljuk territory and consolidated his power, defeating rivals to the south and northwest, and his v ...

(1029–1072), second sultan of the Seljuk dynasty *

Arslan ibn Mas'ud Arslan-Shah of Ghazna (full name: ''Sultan ad-Dawlah Abul-Moluk Arslan-Shah ibn Mas'ud'') (b. ? – d. 1118) was the Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1116 to 1117 C.E. Biography In 1116, he overthrew his older brother Shir-Zad, took the Gha ...

(died 1118), Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire *

Arslan Khan (prince) Arslan Khan was the prince of the Karluks. Mongol emperor Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Kh ...

, Prince of the Karluks * Arslan Shah I (died 1142), Sultan of Kerman *

Kara Arslan Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan (or Kara Arslan) (r. 1144–1174 CE) was a member of the Artuqid dynasty and son of Rukn al-Dawla Dāʾūd, bey of Hasankeyf. Kara Arslan ruled Hasankeyf following Dāʾūd's death on 19 Muharram 539 (22 July 1144). He was ...

(died 1174), member of the Artuqid dynasty * Kilij Arslan I (1079-1107), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm, first sultan in Konya *

Kilij Arslan II Kilij Arslan II ( 1ca, قِلِج اَرسلان دوم) or ʿIzz ad-Dīn Kilij Arslān ibn Masʿūd ( fa, عز الدین قلج ارسلان بن مسعود) (Modern Turkish ''Kılıç Arslan'', meaning "Sword Lion") was a Seljuk Sultan of Rûm ...

(died 1192), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm * Kilij Arslan III (died 1205), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm * Kilij Arslan IV (died 1265), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm *

Nur ad-Din Arslan Shah I Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I (or Arslan Shah) was the Zengid Emir of Mosul 1193–1211. He was successor of Izz al-Din Mas'ud. See also * Zengid dynasty The Zengid dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Oghuz Turkic origin, which ruled parts of the Le ...

(died 1211), Zengid Emir of Mossul

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