Nasir al-Din ( ar, نصیر الدین or or , 'defender of the faith'), was originally a honorific title and is an Arabic masculine given name and surname. There are many variant spellings in English due to transliteration. Notable people with the title or name include:
Politics and government
*Nasir ad-Din
Mahmud I of Great Seljuq, sultan of the Seljuk Empire 1092–1094
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Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1066–1121), Fatimid vizier of Egypt, nicknamed Nasir al-Din
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Nasir ad-Din Qabacha, Muslim Turkic governor of Multan from 1203
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Nasir al-Din Mahmud (reigned 1201–22), of the Artuqids of Hisnkeyfa
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Nasiruddin Mahmud (eldest son of Iltutmish)
Nāṣir ad-Dīn Maḥmūd ( fa, ; r. 1227–1229) was the eldest son of the Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish and his chief consort Turkan Khatun, (as the court historian Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani clearly mentioned in the Tabaqat-i Nasiri, th ...
(died 1229), ruler of Bengal
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Nasir ad-Din Mahmud
Nasir al-Din Mahmud (or Mahmud II) was the Zengid Emir of Mosul 1219–1234. He was successor of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah II and was the last Zengid ruler of Mosul. Contemporary historians state that he was killed by the atabeg of Mosul, Badr al-D ...
, Zengid Emir of Mosul 1219–1234
*Nasir ad-Din al-Malik
al-Mansur Ibrahim bin Asad ad-Din Shirkuh (died 1246), emir of Homs under the Ayyubid dynasty
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Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, Sultan of Delhi (1246–1266), Muslim Turkic ruler
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Al-Malik al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah
Al-Said Barakah (1260–1280; original name: Muhammed Barakah Qan ( ar, محمد بركة قان), royal name: al-Malik al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah () was a Mamluk Sultan who ruled from 1277 to 1279 after the death of his father Baibars. His mo ...
(1260–1280), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria
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Nasiruddin Bughra Khan, governor and then Sultan of Bengal (1281–1291)
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Nasr al-Din (died 1292), a provincial governor of Yunnan in China during the Yuan dynasty
*Al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Muhammad ben Qalawun, or just
Al-Nasir Muhammad (1285–1341), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
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Syed Nasiruddin, a Sufi saint and military leader associated with the spread of Islam in Bengal in the 14th century
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Nasir al-Din Muhammad (died ), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
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Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III, a ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty 1390–1394
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Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq, the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty to rule Delhi, 1394–1413
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Nasir-ud-din Nusrat Shah Tughluq
Sultan Nasir-ud-din Nusrat Shah Tughluq, was a ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty. He was the son of Fath Khan, and during the reign of Mahmud II, he was brought forward from Mewat to the royal palace at Firozabad and put forward as a claimant to th ...
, a ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty
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An-Nasir ad-Din Muhammad
An-Nasir ad-Din Muhammad ( ar, الصالح ناصر الدين محمد بن ططر; 1411 – 1422) was the son of Sayf ad-Din Tatar, and a Mamluk sultan of Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transc ...
(1411–1422), the son of Sayf ad-Din Tatar, and a Mamluk sultan of Egypt 1421–1422
*Nasiruddin
Mahmud Shah of Bengal (died 1459), sultan of Bengal
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Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (died 1532), sultan of Bengal
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Nasir ad-Din al-Qasri Muhammad ibn Ahmad
Nasir ad-Din al-Qasri Muhammad ibn Ahmad (), also Nasir al-Qasiri, was the young son of the Sultan of Fez, Sultan Ahmad.
Life
In 1545, his father Sultan Ahmad was taken prisoner by his southern rivals the Saadians. His successor, Ali Abu Hassun ...
(died 1547), the young son of the Sultan of Fez, Sultan Ahmad
*Nasir ud-din Muhammad, or
Humayun (1508–1556), Mughal Emperor
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Nasr ad-Din
Nasir al-Din ( ar, نصیر الدین or or , 'defender of the faith'), was originally a honorific title and is an Arabic masculine given name and surname. There are many variant spellings in English due to transliteration. Notable people with ...
(died 1674), leader of the Berber tribes during the
Char Bouba war
* Nasruddin (reigned 1690–1710), 15th
Sultan of Brunei
The sultan of Brunei is the monarchical head of state of Brunei and head of government in his capacity as prime minister of Brunei. Since independence from the British in 1984, only one sultan has reigned, though the royal institution dates bac ...
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Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah (1803–1837), King of Oudh
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Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831–1896), Shah of Persia
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Nasruddin Khan, emir of Kokand 1875–1876
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Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu
Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Zainal Abidin III Mu’azzam Shah ( Jawi: ; 27 January 1907 – 20 September 1979) was the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and the sixteenth Sultan of Terengganu.
Early caree ...
(1907–1979), Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
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Amal Nasser el-Din
Amal Nasser el-Din ( ar, أمل نصر الدين, he, אמל נסראלדין; born 31 July 1928) is an Israeli Druze author and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1977 and 1988.
Biography
El-Din was bor ...
(born 1928), Druze Israeli author and politician
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Nasiruddin Khan
Nasiruddin Khan ( – 10 October 2018) was an Indian politician from West Bengal belonging to All India Trinamool Congress. He was a legislator of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was a minister of the Government of West Bengal too. His d ...
(c. 1948 – 2018), an Indian politician from West Bengal
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A J M Nasir Uddin
Abu Jafar Mohammad Nasir Uddin aka A J M Nasir Uddin ( bn, আ জ ম নাসির উদ্দিন; born 1 January 1957) is a Bangladeshi politician and former Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation. He is also the vice president of Banglad ...
(born 1957), Bangladeshi politician
*Nasser al-Din al-Shaer, or
Nasser al-Shaer Nasser al-Din al-Shaer ( ar, ناصر الدين الشاعر) (born 1961) is the former Education Minister of the Palestinian National Authority serving as a member of Hamas. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister in the previous cabinet. After th ...
, (born 1961), Palestinian politician
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Ghazi Nasr Al-Din
Ghazi Nasr Al-Din is a Lebanese Venezuelan who served as ''charge d'affaires'' of the Venezuelan Embassy in Damascus, Syria and is accused of assisting Hezbollah.
Early life
Ghazi Nasr Al-Din was born on 13 December 1962 or 1 October 1971 in Bei ...
(born 1962), Venezuelan diplomat and alleged Hezbollah supporter
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Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu
Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu (1 September 1967 – 3 May 2015) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He was a member of parliament from Dhaka-8 constituency.
Career
Pintu was the president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal in the 1990s. He was the ...
(1967–2015), Bangladeshi politician
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Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin
Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism.
Career
Nasiruddin served as the State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism in the Second Khaleda Cabinet. He was t ...
(fl. from 1990s), Bangladeshi politician
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Nasir Uddin Chowdhury
Nasiruddin Chowdhury ( bn, নাসিরউদ্দিন চৌধুরী; born 9 October 1985) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bangladesh Premier league club Chittagong Abahani Limited.
Club career E ...
(fl. from 1990s), Bangladeshi politician
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Nasruddin Mohseni
Sayed Nasruddin Mohseni is a politician of Afghanistan. He is a leader of the Hizb e Wahadat e Islami—a party that serves members of Hazara ethnic group, who are from Islam's Sh'ia minority.
Delegate to the Constitutional Loya Jirga 2002-20 ...
(fl. from 2002), Afghan politician
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Nasir Uddin (Naogaon politician)
Nasir Uddin was a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jam ...
(died 2017), from Bangladesh
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Nasir Uddin (Jessore politician)
Major General (Retd.) Dr. Mohammad Nasir Uddin ( bn, মোহাম্মদ নাছির ) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former member of Parliament from Jessore-2. He served as Major General in Bangladesh Army at AMC Corps.
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(fl. from 2018), from Bangladesh
Scholars and writers
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Nasreddin or Nasreddin Hodja, 13th century Seljuq satirist, populist philosopher, Sufi and wise man
*Sayyed Nasir-ud-deen
Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan
Sayyed Nasir-ud-deen Abu Yusuf Chishti ibn Abu Nasr Muhammad Saman was an early day Sufi Saint.Ahi Evren
Sheikh Pir Nasiruddin Abul Hakayik Pir Mahmud bin Ahmed Ahi Evran bin Abbas Veli al-Khoyi (1169–1261), commonly known as Ahi Evran or Pir Ahi Evren-ı Veli, was a Turkic Alevi Sufi saint, preacher, philosopher, poet, and the leader of the ...
(1169–1261), Turkish Muslim preacher
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī ( fa, محمد ابن محمد ابن حسن طوسی 18 February 1201 – 26 June 1274), better known as Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ( fa, نصیر الدین طوسی, links=no; or simply Tusi in the West ...
(1201–1274), Persian scientist, mathematician, philosopher, physician and theologian
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Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi
Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-Dehlavi (Urdu نصیرالدین چراغ دہلوی ) (–1337) was a 14th-century mystic-poet and a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order. He was a disciple of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya,[Nasiruddin Sailani Badesha
Syedana Nasiruddin Sailani Badesha was a sufism, sufi saint of the Chishti Order. He arrived in India in 857 Islamic Calendar, a.h. (1453 AD) by the blessings and order of Khaja Garibnawaz. He settled in Koppal and began teaching there. He was ...]
(died 1507), Sufi saint
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Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999), Syrian-Albanian Islamic scholar
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Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai
Partaw-i Shah Nasir al-Din Nasir Hubb-i 'Ali Hunzai (17 May 1917 – 15 January 2017), known also as ''Allamah, 'Allamah'' (lit. learned) ''Hunzai', 'Allamah Sahib'', or by his epithets, ''Baba-yi Burushaski'' (lit. The Father of Burushaski), ''L ...
(born 1917), Pakistani writer and poet
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Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani
Syed Ghulam Naseeruddin Naseer (14 November 1949 – 13 February 2009) ( ur, پیر نصیر الدین نصیر) was a Pakistani poet and Islamic scholar of the Chishti Sufi order. He was the custodian of the Golra Sharif shrine in the Isla ...
(1949–2009), a Pakistani poet and Islamic scholar of the Chishti Sufi order
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Nasreddin Lebatelier
Yahya Michot (born Jean Michot) is a Belgian Muslim who is a professor of Islamic studies.
Background
Yahyah Michot was the president of the Higher Council of Muslims in Belgium from 1995 to 1998.
Yahyah Michot teaches at the Hartford Seminary ...
, pseudonym of Yahyah Michot (fl. from 1995), Belgian Muslim writer
Sports
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Shaikh Nasiruddin
Shaikh Mohammed Nasiruddin (9 August 1916 - 15 January 1991) was an Indian cricketer active from 1938 to 1942 who played for Northamptonshire (Northants) in 1938 and 1939.
He was born in Gujarat on 9 August 1916 and died in Karachi on 15 Januar ...
(1916-1991), an Indian cricketer
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Nasreddine Akli
Nasreddine Akli (born May 10, 1953; ar, نصر الدين أكلي) is a former Algerian footballer and coach. He holds the Algeria national football team record for goals scored in one match, scoring six goals against South Yemen in the 1973 Pa ...
(born 1953), Algerian footballer
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Nor Saiful Zaini Nasir-ud-Din
Nor Saiful Zaini Nasir-ud-Din (born 27 March 1966) is a Malaysian field hockey player. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XX ...
(born 1966), Malaysian hockey player
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Alain Nasreddine (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player
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Nasreddine Kraouche
Nasreddine Kraouche ( ar, نصر الدين كراوش; born 27 August 1979 in Thionville) is a former professional football midfielder. Born in France, he represented Algeria
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(born 1979), Algerian footballer
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Ali Nasseredine
Ali Hassan Nasseredine ( ar, علي حسن نصر الدين; born 24 January 1983) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a striker. He played for the Lebanon national team between 2003 and 2006, scoring eight goals in 19 caps.
Comin ...
(born 1983), Lebanese footballer
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Nasiruddin Faruque
Nasiruddin Faruque is a first-class and List A cricketer from Bangladesh. He was born on 31 August 1983 and is a left-handed batsman. He made his debut for Barisal Division in 2003/04 and played through the 2006/07 season. He has also represented ...
(born 1983), Bangladeshi cricketer
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(born 1984), Algerian boxer
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Nasiruddin Chowdhury
Nasiruddin Chowdhury ( bn, নাসিরউদ্দিন চৌধুরী; born 9 October 1985) is a Bangladeshi professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Bangladesh Premier ...
(born 1985), Bangladeshi footballer
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Nasr Eldin El Shigail (born 1985), a Sudanese footballer
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Nasreddine Megdich
Nasreddine Megdich (born 29 August 1991) is a Qatari handball player for Al Rayyan and the Qatari national team.
He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the ...
(born 1991), Qatari handball player
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Nur Nadihirah
Nur Nadihirah (born 21 April 1994) is a Malaysian cricketer. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Malaysia on 3 June 2018, in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup
The 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup was the seventh edi ...
(born 1994), Malaysian cricketer
Other people
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Mohammad Nasiruddin
Mohammad Nasiruddin (20 November 1888 – 21 May 1994) was a Bangladeshi journalist and progressive thinker. He became an important reformer of Muslim Bengal in early 20th century and provided platform for female writers. He received Ekushey Pad ...
(1888–1994), Bangladeshi journalist
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Advocate Nasiruddin (1892–1949), lawyer and political and social leader from Bhopal, India
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Naseeruddin Mauzi
Naseeruddin Mauzi Nagar was an Indian Khilafat Movement activist. He was one of three Khilafat Movement activists hanged by the colonial authorities for the killing of Sir Robert William Douglas Willoughby, Deputy Commissioner of Kheri
Kher ...
(died 1920), Indian Khilafat Movement activist
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Nasreddin Murat-Khan
Nasreddin Murat-Khan ِALA-LC: ; tr, Nasreddin Murat-han ; russian: Насреддин Муратханов ALA-LC: ; ur, ِALA-LC: (1904 – 15 October 1970) was a Russian-born Pakistani architect and civil engineer. He is renowned for ...
(1904–1970), Russian-born Pakistani architect
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Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950) is an Indian actor. He is notable in Indian parallel cinema. He has also starred in international productions. He has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfare A ...
(born 1949), Indian film actor and director
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Mohamed Nasr Eldin Allam
Mohamed Nasr Eldin Allam ( ar, محمد نصر الدين علام) was appointed as Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources by President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak on 11 March 2009, replacing Mahmoud Abu Zeid.
He was previously Professor ...
(born ), Egyptian water engineer and politician
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Nasreddine Dinet
Nasreddine Dinet (born as Alphonse-Étienne Dinet on 28 March 1861 – 24 December 1929, Paris) was a French orientalist painter and was one of the founders of
the Société des Peintres Orientalistes ociety for French Orientalist Painters He b ...
(1861–1929), French orientalist painter
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Naseeruddin Saami
Naseeruddin Saami (born 1945) is a classical singer from Pakistan. He is called ustad for his mastery of Indian classical music, classical music. He is best known for his Khyal style of singing. He began learning singing in 1950s from another renow ...
(fl. from 1950s), classical singer from Pakistan
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Nasiruddin Yousuff
Nasiruddin Yousuff is a Bangladeshi stage and film director. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for the film '' Guerrilla'' (2011). He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2010 for his contribution to B ...
(fl. from 1973), Bangladeshi stage and film director
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Nasrdin Dchar
Nasrdin Dchar (born 5 November 1978) is a Moroccan-Dutch actor and presenter.
Career
Dchar has acted in many theatre productions. His first important television appearance was in ''Cut'', a popular youth series of BNN. He is also seen in soa ...
(born 1978), Dutch-Moroccan actor
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Nasir Uddin (anthropologist) (born ), Bengali anthropologist
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Attia Nasreddin
Attia Nasreddin is a businessman who currently serves as the chief executive officer and chair of the Nasco Group in Nigeria.
Personal life
Nasreddin was born in Asmara, Eritrea on 24 April 1950. He has a Bachelor's degree in political scien ...
, Ethiopian businessman
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Nasiruddin Nasir
Muhammad Nasiruddin Nasir (Jawi script, Jawi: محمد ناصرالدين ناصر) also known as Nasiruddin Nasir is a Malaysian actor of Malaysian Indian, Indian-Muslim descent. He is known for portraying ''Satiya'' in ''Hikayat Putera Syazlan ...
(born 1992), Malaysian actor
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Räshid Nasretdin
Räshid Nasretdin ( Tatar: Рәшит Насретдин, ''Räşit/Rəşit Nasretdin''; 14 July 1920 – 28 August 2010) was a Finnish photographer of Tatar descent, who operated his own shop in Helsinki for decades with his wife. Among the ...
(1920-2010), Finnish Tatar photographer, entrepreneur
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