Al-Ghani or Ghaani (

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:الغنى) is an Islamic term and the meaning of Al-Ghani is Generous or Bountiful. Ghaani may refer to:

People

Given name or mononym

* Ghani Animofoshe (born 1985), Nigerien footballer * Ghani Yalouz (born 1968), French wrestler and Olympian * Mullah Ghani, briefly governor of Nimruz Province, Afghanistan in 1995 *Ghani Khan (

Khan Abdul Ghani Khan , image = Khan Abdul Ghani Khan 1940s.jpg , image_size = 250px , caption = Khan in the 1940s , birth_date = , birth_place = Hashtnagar, North-West Frontier Province, British India, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan , death_date = , dea ...

, 1914–1996), Pashto language poet

Surname

* Abdul Ghani, a male Muslim given name, including a list of people with the name * Ahmed Yasin Ghani (born 1991), Iraqi footballer of Kurdish descent *

Aishah Ghani Aishah binti Ghani ( ms, عائشة بنت غاني, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 15 December 1923 – 19 April 2013) was a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Social Welfare from 1973 to 1984 and Head of Wanita UMNO wo ...

(1923–2013), Malaysian politician and government minister *Ali Ghani or Aly Goni (born 1991), Indian actor *

Ashraf Ghani Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan politician, academic, and economist who served as the president of Afghanistan from September 2014 until August 2021, when his government was overthrown by the Taliban. Born in L ...

(Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, born 1949), former president of Afghanistan * Cyrus Ghani (1929–2015), Iranian-born academic, lawyer, Iranian studies scholar, and film critic * Esmail Ghaani (born 1957), Iranian military commander *

Hassan Ghani Hassan Ghani, (born 1985Mis ...

, (born 1985), Scottish broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker *

Karim Ghani Karim Ghani ( ta, கரீம் கனி) was a politician in South-East Asia of Indian origin. Before the Second World War Karim Ghani was a parliamentary secretary in Burma under Dr. Ba Maw, who was the first Burma Premier (1937–1939) and hea ...

, politician in South-East Asia of Indian origin * Nazneen Ghaani, Indian actress *

Nus Ghani Nusrat Munir Ul-Ghani (born 1 September 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wealden in East Sussex since 2015. She is serving as Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy ...

(born 1972), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) *

Owais Ahmed Ghani Owais Ahmed Ghani (Urdu: ), a mechanical engineer by profession, is the former governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, who previously governed southwestern province of Balochistan for four and a half years. He became active in ...

, former governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan *

Rula Ghani Rula F. Saadah Ghani (Afghan name: Bibi Gul; born 1948) is a former first lady of Afghanistan and wife of former president of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani. In 2015, Rula Ghani was named to the Time 100, a list of the world's most influential people, ...

, First Lady of Afghanistan and the wife of Ashraf Ghani *

Tanveer Ghani Tanveer Ghani is a British actor. He has appeared in various British television programmes and British films. One of his first roles was in the BBC hospital drama, ''Angels'' (1982). He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Rezaul Kabir ...

, British Asian actor *

Usman Ghani Usman Ghani ( ps, ; born 20 November 1996) is an Afghanistan international cricketer He is a right-handed opening batsman. Career He made his debut in 2014 Asian Cricket Council Premier League against HongKong at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur ...

(born 1996), Afghanistan cricketer *

Yusof Ghani Yusof Ghani (born 1950 in Johor, Malaysia) is a Malaysian painter, sculptor, writer, professor and curator. His career spans over three decades which resulted into diverse series that deals with Southeast Asian motifs with an Abstract Expressionis ...

(born 1950), Malaysian painter, sculptor, writer, professor and curator

Films

* ''Ghani'' (2006 film), or ''The Cycle'', a Bangladeshi film * ''Ghani'' (2022 film), an Indian Telugu-language film

Other uses

Ghani (letter) Ghani (asomtavruli , nuskhuri , mkhedruli ღ) is the 26th letter of the three Georgian scripts.Machavariani, p. 136 In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 700.Mchedlidze, (2) p. 99 Ghani commonly represents the voiced velar fricati ...

, the 26th letter of the three Georgian scripts

People

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Surname

Films

Other uses

See also