Kurban is a term for

animal sacrifice Animal sacrifice is the ritual killing and offering of one or more animals, usually as part of a religious ritual or to appease or maintain favour with a deity. Animal sacrifices were common throughout Europe and the Ancient Near East until the spr ...

in: *Islam, see qurbani *Judaism, see

korban In Judaism, the korban ( ''qorbān''), also spelled ''qorban'' or ''corban'', is any of a variety of sacrificial offerings described and commanded in the Torah. The plural form is korbanot, korbanoth or korbans. The term Korban primarily re ...

*the Balkans, see

kourbania ''Kourbania'' ( el, το κουρμπάνι, pl. from tr, kurban, from Arabic قربان ''kurban'' 'sacrificial victim') is a Christianized animal sacrifice in parts of Greece. It usually involves the slaughter of lambs as "kourbania" offering ...

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Kurban Günebakan Kurban Günebakan (born September 13, 1978 in Kars), nicknamed ''Kaplan'' ( en, Tiger), is a Turkish amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal in the super heavyweight division at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Plovd ...

(born 1978), Turkish boxer *

Kurban Kurbanov Kurban Kurbanov (russian: Курбан Курбанов; born 21 March 1985 in Makhachkala, Dagestan) is an Uzbek freestyle wrestler from Russia. He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the 96 kg category and finished in seventh ...

(born 1985), freestyle wrestler from Uzbekistan *

Kurban Said Kurban Said ( az, Qurban Səid/, ) is the pseudonym of the author of ''Ali and Nino'', a novel originally published in 1937 in the German language by the Austrian publisher E.P. Tal. The novel has since been published in more than 30 languages. ...

, pseudonym of the author Azerbaijani–UkrainianLev Nussimbaum (1905–1942) *

Kurban Tulum Kurban Tulum ( ug, قۇربان تۇلۇم, translit=qurban tulum, ; 1883 – May 26, 1975), also called Uncle Kurban (), was a Uyghur who lived in Yutian County, Xinjiang, China in what was the Keriya oasis. He has been promoted by the Communis ...

(1883-1975), Uyghur treated by the Communist Party of China as a symbol of unity with the Uyghurs *

Naheed Kurban Nenshi Naheed Kurban Nenshi (born February 2, 1972) is a Canadian politician who was the 36th mayor of Calgary, Alberta. He was elected in the 2010 municipal election with 39% of the vote, and is the first Muslim mayor of a large North American city. ...

(born 1972), Canadian politician

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* Olga Kurban (born 1987), Russian female heptathlete *

Roy Kurban Roy D. Kurban is a 10th degree American Taekwondo martial arts grandmaster and former Karate national competitor. He lives in Strawn, Texas. Considered to be one of the greatest competitors of all time. Biography Roy Kurban began martial arts ...

, American Taekwondo martial arts grandmaster

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Kurban (band) Kurban were a Turkey, Turkish heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in 1995. The band's members were Kerem Tüzün, Burak Gürpınar, Deniz Yılmaz and Özgür Kankaynar. The band opened for Metallica in 1999 at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium, and ...

, a Turkish rock band

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