Shams al-Din ( IPA: /ʃamsaddiːn/) ( ar, شمس الدين , link=no, "sun of the faith") is an Arabic personal name or title. Notable persons with this name are:

10th–13th century

Shams al-Din Altınapa Shams al-Din Altınapa or Atabey Altun Aba ( tr, Şemseddin Altun Aba, 1192–1237) was a Seljuk vizier. He at first was a military commander under Kilij Arslan II and Süleyman Shah II. After Süleyman II died, he served his son, Giyaseddin K ...

, Seljuk atabeg *Muhammad ibn Ahmad Shams al-Din al-Maqdisi (c. 945–1000), Arab geographer *Shams al-Din Muhammad bin Ali, or

Suzani Samarqandi Shams al-Dīn Muhammad b. ‘Alī (or possibly Mas‘ūd) ( fa, شمس‌الدین محمد بن علی ) (d. 1166) was a Persian poet born in Samarqand or its vicinity. He is more often known by his name, Suzani (, meaning "needle maker"), or S ...

(died 1166), Persian poet *Shams al-Din Ildeniz (died ), atabeg of Azerbaijan *

Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam ( ar, شمس الدين ابن المقدم; died at Mount Arafat on 9 February 1188) was the 1st Emir of Baalbek under Ayyubid Dynasty, Although he was not from Ayyubid origin. He was a military commander f ...

( century), Zengid governor of Damascus and Ayyubid emir of Baalbek *Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (died 1236), Muslim Turkic sultan of Delhi * Shamsuddin Sabzwari (died 1247), Sufi missionary in southern Punjab *Shams al-Din Muhammad, or Shams Tabrizi (died 1248), Persian Sufi mystic * Shams al-Din Lu'lu' al-Amini (died 1251), regent of Aleppo * Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Mas'ud (died 1255), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan *

Ajall Shams al-Din Omar Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din Omar al-Bukhari ( fa, سید اجل شمس‌الدین عمر بخاری; ; 1211–1279) was Yunnan's first provincial governor, appointed by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China. Life Shams al-Din was of Central Asian ...

(1211–1279), provincial governor of Yunnan *Shams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khallikān (1211–1282), Iraqi Shafi'i Islamic scholar * Shams al-Din Juvayni (died 1285) vizier and sahib-divan under three Mongol Ilkhans *Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud

al-Shahrazuri Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud Shahrazuri was a 13th-century Muslim physician, historian and philosopher. He was of Kurdish origin. It appears that he was alive in AD 1288. However, it is also said that he died in the same year. Shahrazuri was ...

(died c. 1290), Kurdish physician and historian

14th–17th century

* Shams al-Din Muhammad (1257–1310), imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community *

Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi (c. 1250 – c. 1310) was a 13th-century astronomer and mathematician from Samarkand. Life and works Nothing is known of al-Samarqandi's life except that he composed his most important works in the last two decades of the 7th and early decades ...

(c. 1250 – c. 1310), astronomer and mathematician from Samarkand *

Shamsuddin Firuz Shah Shamsuddin Firuz Shah ( fa, شمس الدين فيروز شاه, bn, শামসুদ্দীন ফিরুজ শাহ, ''Shams Ad-Dīn Firūz Shāh'') (reigned: 1301–1322) was the independent ruler of the Lakhnauti Kingdom. He ascen ...

(died 1322), sultan of the Bengali kingdom of Lakhnauti * Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi (1256–1327), Arab geographer *Shams-ud-Din Shah Mir (died 1342), ruler of Kashmir *

Ali Shams al-Din I Ali Shams al-Din ibn Ibrahim () was the thirteenth Tayyibi Isma'ili '' Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq'' in Yemen, from 1329 to his death in 1345. Family Syedna Ali Shamsuddin was the son of 11th Dai Syedna Ibrahim ibn al-Husayn (Ibn al-Walid). Life Durin ...

(died 1348), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community *

Shams al-Din ibn Fazl Allah Shams al-Din was the leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1347 until around 1348. Reign Shams al-Din was the son of Fazl Allah and the brother of 'Abd al-Razzaq and Wajih ad-Din Mas'ud. As such, he had significant support amongst the membe ...

(died c. 1348), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar *

Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali (died 1351–52) was the leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1348 until his death. Biography Shams al-Din 'Ali was a member of the Sabzewar aristocracy and a leader of one of the city guilds. During Shaikh Hasa ...

(died c. 1352), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar *Shams ud din, or

Shams Tabraiz (missionary) Shams Tabraiz (died 1356), also known as Shams ud din, was an Ismaili saint in India who preached Islam in the Sindh and Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, ...

(died 1356), Ismaili saint in India *

Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah Haji Ilyas, better known as Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah ( bn, শামসুদ্দীন ইলিয়াস শাহ, fa, ), was the founder of the Sultanate of Bengal and its inaugural Ilyas Shahi dynasty which ruled the region for 150 year ...

(died 1358), sultan of Bengal *Shams al-Din

Ibn Muflih Ibn Mufliḥ al-Maqdisī, in full "Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muflih ibn Muhammad ibn Mufarraj al-Ramini al-Maqdisi" (710-763 AH/1310-1362 CE), was one of the leading authorities in Hanbali Law and one of the most prolific writers of t ...

(died 1361), authority on Hanbali Law *Shams ud-Din Amir Kulal (died 1370), tribal head, scholar and religious figure in Turkistan * Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah al-Khalili (1320–1380), Syrian astronomer *

Shams al-Din al-Kirmani Shaikh Shamsud-Din al-Kermani ( ar, شيخ شمس الدين الكرماني) or Kirmani (d. 1384/5) was a Sunni Muslim scholar. He wrote a commentary on ''Sahih Bukhari''. See also * List of Ash'aris and Maturidis The list of Ash'aris and ...

(died c. 1385), Sunni scholar *Khwaja Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi (1315–1390), Persian lyric poet *

Ali Shams al-Din II Ali Shams al-Din () ( ar, ʿAlī Shams al-Dīn ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Walīd) was the 18th Tayyibi Isma'ili '' Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq'' in Yemen. He succeeded his brother al-Hasan Badr al-Din I in 1418, and held the post until his death in 1428, when ...

(died 1428), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community * Shams al-Din al-Fanari (1350–1431), Turkish logician, Islamic theologian, and Islamic legal academic * Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah (died 1435), ruler of Bengal * Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Qutb al-Din (c. 1387 – c. 1438), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan *

Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah ( fa, شمس الدین یوسف شاه, bn, শামসউদ্দীন ইউসুফ শাহ) was the Sultan of Bengal from 1474 to 1481. He belonged to the Ilyas Shahi dynasty and was the successor of his father, ...

(died 1481), ruler of Bengal *

Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah III Muhammad Shah III Lashkari or Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah III was the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1463 to 1482. Ascension Muhammad Shah III was 8 or 9 years old when he ascended the throne on 30 July 1463 on the death of his brother, Niza ...

(died 1482), sultan of Bahmani * Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (died 1487), sultan of Adal *

Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah Sidi Badr, later known by his regnal name Shams ad-Dīn Muẓaffar Shāh ( fa, , bn, শামসউদ্দীন মোজাফফর শাহ), was the Sultan of Bengal from 1490 to 1494. Described by the Indo-Persian historians as a tyran ...

(died 1494), Abyssinian sultan of Bengal * Shams al-Din Muhammad (died c. 1494), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan *Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi (1428–1497), Egyptian Islamic scholar * Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi (died 1526), Sufi Shi'a missionary in Kashmir *

Ali Shams al-Din III Ali Shams al-Din ibn al-Husayn Husam al-Din () (died on 21 Zilqad 933 AH /1527 AD), Zabeed, Yemen, was the 22nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (Absolute Missionary) of Tayyibi Isma'ilism Tayyibi Isma'ilism is the only surviving sect of the Musta'li branch ...

(died 1527), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community *Shamsuddin Muhammad Ataga Khan (died 1562), minister in Mughal court *

Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi was Emperor Akbar's minister and superintendent of construction. His shrine named Hakimon ka Maqbara is located in Hasan Abdal, in Attock District. He built the fish pond and the tomb Gurdwara Panja Sahib between 1581 a ...

(died 1600), minister to Emperor Akbar * Qazi Mohamed Shamsuddin (died 1645), Chief Justice of the Maldives

18th century–present

Shamseddin Amir-Alaei Shamseddin Amir-Alaei (1900–August 1994) was an Iranian politician who served as both interior minister and justice minister in the first cabinet of Mohammad Mosaddegh. He also held other government and diplomatic posts. Early life and educat ...

(died 1994), Iranian politician and diplomat * Muhammad Shamsuddeen III (1879–1935), Sultan of the Maldives * Şemsettin Günaltay (1883–1961) prime minister of Turkey *

Şemsettin Mardin Şemsettin Mardin was one of the Turkish ambassadors. Biography Mardin was born in Egypt. He was a member of very long-established family. He was uncle to Arif Mardin and Betul Mardin. Mardin served as the ambassador of Turkey to Lebanon from Ja ...

, Turkish diplomat * Abul Kalam Shamsuddin (1897–1978), Bengali journalist and politician *

Abu Jafar Shamsuddin Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (12 March 1911 – 24 August 1988) was a Bangladeshi writer. He was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1968 and Ekushey Padak in 1983. Early life and education Shamsuddin was born on 12 March 1911, to a Beng ...

(1911–1989), Bangladeshi author and novelist *

Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922 – 19 April 1999) was the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir for a brief period of time from 12 October 1963 to 29 February 1964. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1956 and re-elected in 1962, 1967 ...

(1922–1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir * Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926–1997), Bangladeshi author and novelist * Shamsuddin Qasemi (1935–1996), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician * Nasri Shamseddine (1927–1983), Lebanese singer and actor *

A. T. M. Shamsuddin A. T. M. Shamsuddin (1927–2009), also known by the pen name ''Charubak'', was a Bangladeshi author, journalist, translator, communist and union organizer. He served as the general secretary of the East Pakistan Journalists Union and as a member ...

(born 1927), Bangladeshi author *Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (born 1927), patriarch of the Sufi Order of Azeemia *

Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine Ayatollah Mohammad Mahdi Shamseddine ( ar, محمد مهدي شمس الدين) was a Lebanese Twelver Shia scholar. Shahid Awwal who known as Shamseddine, sun of the faith, was ancestor of Muhammad Mahdi. Biography Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine ...

(1936–2001), Lebanese Twelver Shia Islamic scholar *

Shamsodin Vaezi Grand Ayatollah Shams al-din al-Waizi (Arabic: شمس الدين الواعظي) (born 1936) is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja'. He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei and Muhsin al-Hakim.

(born 1936), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja *, Iranian Shia Marja *

Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin Abdul Aziz bin Shamsuddin ( ms, عبدالعزيز بن شمس الدين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 10 June 1938 – 16 October 2020) was a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Rural and Regional Development from 2004 t ...

(born 1938), Malaysian politician * Shamsuddeen Usman (born 1949), Nigerian politician * Semezdin Mehmedinović (born 1960), Bosnian writer * Chettithody Shamshuddin (born 1970), Indian cricket umpire *

Shamsuddin Amiri Shamsuddin Amiri ( fa, شمس الدین امیری) (born 12 February 1985) is an Afghan football player. The goalkeeper played for Kabul Bank FC and the Afghanistan national team. He is one of the most experienced players among the current A ...

(born 1985), Afghan footballer * Şemseddin Sami Efendi, pen-name of Sami Frashëri (1850–1904), Albanian writer, philosopher and playwright * Ashari Samsudin (born 1985), Malaysian footballer

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