Burhan ( ar, برهان, ) is an Arabic male name, an epithet of the Islamic Prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...
.
It is especially popular in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
, as it respects
Turkish vowel harmony
In phonology, vowel harmony is an assimilatory process in which the vowels of a given domain – typically a phonological word – have to be members of the same natural class (thus "in harmony"). Vowel harmony is typically long distance, mea ...
and the end syllable "-han" can be interpreted as the Turkish variant of "
Khan".
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Given name
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Burhan Ali, self-declared Shah of Shirvan
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Burhan Nizam Shah II (ruled 1591–1595), the ruler of Ahmadnagar in the Deccan
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Buran bint al-Hasan ibn Sahl
Buran bint al-Hasan ibn Sahl ( ar, بوران بنت الحسن بن سهل; 6 December 807 – 21 September 884) also known as Khadija bint al-Hasan ibn Sahl (), was one of the wives of the Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun.
Buran was al-Ma'mun's second ...
, wife of Abbasid caliph
al-Ma'mun (r. 813–833)
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Burhan G (born 1983), Danish R&B and pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish-Turkish origin
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Burhan Alankuş (born 1950), Turkish alpine skier
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Burhan Atak (1905–1987), Turkish footballer
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Burhan Asaf Belge (1899–1967), served as the representative of Muğla province during the 11th term of Turkish National Assembly
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Burhan Al-Chalabi
Dr Burhan Al-Chalabi (FRSA) (born 1 March 1947) is a British-Iraqi writer and political commentator, and an expert on Middle Eastern relations. He is also the publisher of the London Magazine, Britain's oldest journal of the arts and literature (es ...
(born 1947), British-Iraqi writer and political commentator
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Burhan Conkeroğlu (1903–2001), Turkish wrestler
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Burhan Doğançay (born 1929), Turkish-American painter and photographer
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Burhan Eşer, Turkish footballer
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Burhan Ghalioun (born 1945), French Syrian professor of sociology
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Burhan Imad Shah
Burhan Imad Shah ( fa, ), was an infant ruler of Berar. He gained the throne at the age of three, and is known to have been one of the belligerents at the Battle of Talikota but was later overthrown by Tufail Khan. Shortly after the death of Tuf ...
, an infant ruler of Berar
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Burhan Kuzu (1955–2020), Turkish academic and politician
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Burhan Muhammad (1957–2015), Indonesian diplomat
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Burhan Qurbani (born 1980), Afghan-German film director, writer and actor of Hazara origin
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Burhan Sahyouni (born 1986), Syrian footballer
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Burhan Sargun (born 1929), Turkish footballer
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Burhan Shahidi
Burhan Shahidi ( ug, بۇرھان شەھىدى, برهان شهيدي, translit=Burhan Shehidi; zh, s=包尔汉·沙希迪, t=包爾漢·沙希迪, p=Bāo'érhàn·Shāxīdí; russian: Бурхан Шахиди; tt-Cyrl, Борһан Шәһид ...
(1894–1989), political leader in Xinjiang, China
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Burhan Sönmez
Burhan Sönmez is a Kurdish prize-winning novelist from Turkey. He is the President of PEN International, elected at the Centennial Congress in 2021.
Sönmez is the author of five novels. His first novel, ''North'' (Kuzey), was published in 200 ...
, Turkish novelist
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Burhan Wani
Burhan Wani (19 September 1994 – 8 July 2016) was a commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, an Islamist militant organization and insurgent group of the Kashmir conflict. He had become a popular figure amongst the local Kashmiri populace, having d ...
(1994–2016), was the chief commander of a Kashmiri militant group Hizbul Mujahideen
;Burhanullah
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Burhanullah Shinwari, deputy chairman of the upper house of Afghanistan's legislature
;Burhanuddin
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Ghazi Burhanuddin, first Muslim resident of Sylhet
* Burhanuddin Awliya(Garib) (21 chisti from in order) a Sufi (wali)and a islamic scholar resting in khuldabad Shareef (Having a big shrine) in Aurangabad also known as Rauza in Maharashtra India. Record available in British library too.
Surname
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Mohamed Burhan (1903-??), Turkish sprinter
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Mohan Niranjit Burhan, a judge of the Supreme Court of Seychelles
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Qasem Burhan (born 1985), Qatari footballer from Al Gharrafa
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Rahim Burhan (born 1949), Macedonian theatre director
Tribal name
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Burhan (Pashtun tribe), a tribe of Afghanistan
See also
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Burhan (disambiguation) Burhan is an Arabic male name.
Burhan may also refer to:
__NOTOC__ Places
* Burhan, Pakistan, town located along the Rawalpindi-Peshawar road, in the Punjab province of Pakistan
* Burhan Interchange, interchange located in the west of Hasan Abdal ...
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Arabic name
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Borhani
Borhani, ( bn, বোরহানী) is a traditional yogurt-like drink from Bangladesh. Borhani is made from sour doi, green chilli, mustard seeds, black salt, coriander and mint. It is considered by some to be a type of lassi. It is very commo ...
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Burhan al-Din (disambiguation)
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Burkhan (disambiguation)
References
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Arabic-language surnames
Arabic masculine given names
Bosniak masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names
Urdu masculine given names