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Asadullāh ( ar, أَسَدُ ٱلله), also written Asadollah, Assadullah or Asad Ullah, is a male
Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
given name meaning ''Lion of Allah''. The name was initially used to refer to the
Islamic Prophet Prophets in Islam ( ar, الأنبياء في الإسلام, translit=al-ʾAnbiyāʾ fī al-ʾIslām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God in Islam, God's message on Earth and to serve as models of ideal human behaviour. So ...
Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد;  570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
's closest kinsmen
Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...
and
Hamzah Hamza ( ar, همزة ') () is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop . Hamza is not one of the 28 "full" letters and owes its existence to historical inconsistencies in the orthography, standard writing system. It is de ...
. Initially, the title was first given to Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Muhammad's uncle.Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). ''The Companions of Badr''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. After the
Battle of the Trench The Battle of the Trench ( ar, غزوة الخندق, Ghazwat al-Khandaq), also known as the Battle of Khandaq ( ar, معركة الخندق, Ma’rakah al-Khandaq) and the Battle of the Confederates ( ar, غزوة الاحزاب, Ghazwat al- ...
, when Ali defeated
Amr ibn Abd al-Wud Amr ibn Abd al-Wud () (or Amr bin Abdu Wud or ʻAmr ibn ʻAbdī l-Widd al-ʻAmrī) was a champion of the Quraish tribe, said to have been worth over one thousand soldiers. He is most well known for his role during the Battle of the Trench in which ...
, Muhammad reportedly gave Ali the name Asadullah (Lion of God) and praised him, saying 'Ali's strike on Amr ibn Abd al-Wud is greater than the worship of both mankind and jinn until the Day of Judgement.' The name may additionally refer to: *Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan or
Mirza Ghalib ) , birth_date = , birth_place = Kala Mahal, Agra, Maratha Confederacy , death_date = , death_place = Gali Qasim Jaan, Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, Delhi, British India , occupation = Poet , language ...
(1797–1869), Urdu and Persian poet from the Indian subcontinent *
Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi Adnan Ismail Najm al-Bilawi Al-Dulaimi ( ar, عدنان إسماعيل نجم البيلاوي الدليمي, extra= 1971 – 4 June 2014), better known by the nom de guerre Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi al-Anbari ( ar, أبو عبد الرحمن ا ...
, called Asadullah by
Islamic State An Islamic state is a State (polity), state that has a form of government based on sharia, Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical Polity, polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a t ...
members * Mírzá Asadu’llah Fádil Mázandarání (ca. 1880–1957), Iranian Bahá'í scholar * Assadollah Hosseinpoor (1882/1883–1954), Iranian military officer *
Khalifa Mohammad Asadullah Khalifa Mohammad Asadullah (6 August 1890 – 23 November 1949)Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Pg 3, Online at Pioneers of Library Movement in PakistanRetrieved 10 April 2018 was a pioneer of the library movement in the Indian subcontinent before 194 ...
(1890–1949), pioneer of the library movement in the Indian subcontinent *
Asadollah Alam Asadollah Alam ( fa, اسدالله علم; 24 July 1919 – 14 April 1978) was an Iranian politician who was prime minister during the Shah's regime from 1962 to 1964. He was also minister of Royal Court, president of Pahlavi University and gov ...
(1919–1978), Prime Minister of Iran *
Assadollah Rashidian Assadollah Rashidian ( fa, اسدالله رشیدیان) was an Iranian businessman and anglophile who, along with his brothers, played a critical role in the 1953 overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. He was a principal covert ...
(active 1953), Iranian agent for foreign powers *
Asadollah Lajevardi Sayyid Assadollah Ladjevardi ( fa, اسدالله لاجوردی; 1935 – 23 August 1998) was an Iranian conservative politician, prosecutor and warden. He was one of the officials responsible for the 1988 executions of Iranian political priso ...
(1935–1998), Iranian politician and prison warden * Assadullah Sarwari (born 1941), Afghan politician *
Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani Grand Ayatollah Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani ( fa, اسدالله بیات زنجانی) is an Iranian theologian, Islamic philosopher, writer and Grand marja of Islam. He published his objection to the velayat-e faqih (religious system in Iran) and c ...
(born 1942), Iranian theologian *
Assad-Allah Imani Assad-Allah Imani ( fa, اسد‌الله ایمانی), (or Asadullah Imani) (1947 – 7 May 2018) was an Iranian Twelver Shia scholar, who was a member of assembly of experts, and also the Imam of Prayer in Shiraz. Family and life Assad-Alla ...
(born 1947) Iranian Shia Cleric, Assembly of Experts Member *
Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib ( bn, মুহম্মদ আসাদুল্লাহ আল-গালিব; born 15 January 1948) is a Bangladeshi reformist Islamic scholar and former professor of Arabic at the University of Rajshahi. He is ...
(born 1948), Bangladeshi professor of Arabic, accused of support for Islamic militancy *
Asadullah Khan Asadullah Khan is an Afghan former cricketer. Khan is a right-handed batsman and right arm medium-pace bowler. He has previously represented the Afghanistan national cricket team. Playing career His debut for the national team came in 2003 when ...
(born 1984), Afghan cricketer *
Asadullah Jan Asadullah Jan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 47. Joint Task Force -- Guantanamo analysts estimate he wa ...
, Pakistani held in Guantanamo ( ISN 47) * Asad Ullah, Afghan held in Guantanamo (ISN 912) *
Asadullah Bhutto Asadullah Bhutto ( sd, اسد الله ڀٽو) is an incumbent Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Sindh. He belongs to the Bhutto tribe of SindhDaily Times October 28, 2007 Political career Bhutto is a lawyer by profession. He completed his LL.B in 196 ...
, Pakistani politician *
Asadullah Khalid Asadullah Khalid is a politician in Afghanistan. He served as head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), which is the domestic intelligence agency of Afghanistan. Before his appointment as the head of the NDS in September 2012, Khalid ser ...
, Afghan provincial governor *
Asadullah Hamdam Assadullah Hamdam is an Afghan politician who was appointed as List of governors of Oruzgan, Governor of Oruzgan Province by President of Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai in September 2007, to replace Governor Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib who had ...
, Afghan provincial governor *
Assadullah Wafa Assadullah Wafa (born Kandahar) is the former governor of the Afghan province of Helmand, and formerly governor of Kunar Province of Afghanistan and a previous governor of the Paktia Province where he was succeeded by Hakim Taniwal. His first na ...
, Afghan provincial governor * Asadullah (Afghan cricketer), Afghan cricketer * Asadullah (Pakistani cricketer), Pakistani cricketer *Asadollah Mikaeili, known as
Darius Mikaeili Asadollah Mikaeili, better known as Dariush Mikaeili is an Iranian footballer who plays for Naft Tehran F.C. in the Iranian Premier League. Club career Mikaeli moved to Naft Tehran F.C. in 2009 after spending the previous season with Shirin Far ...
, Iranian footballer *, Iranian Politician


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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'', " ...
(given name) * Lion of Allah *
List of Arabic theophoric names This is a list of Arabic theophoric names. Islamic names ''Abdul'' with names of God Following are names consisting of the appellation ''abdul'', "servant of", followed by one of the names associated with God in the Qur'an. *Abdullah * Abdul Ah ...


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