Nu'man ( ar, نعمان ) or Nu'maan is an Arabic given name dating to pre-Islamic times, meaning ''blood'' or ''red''. Prevailingly, the Islamic given name is most commonly associated to the Arabic word meaning ''bliss''. It is also used with the definite article, , transliterated ''an-Nu'man'' or ''al-Nu'man''. Alternatives spellings include ''Noman'', ''Nouman'', ''Noumaan'', and ''Numan''.It may refer to: *seven of the

Ghassanid Kings The Ghassanids ( ar, الغساسنة, translit=al-Ġasāsina, also Banu Ghassān (, romanized as: ), also called the Jafnids, were an Arab tribe which founded a kingdom. They emigrated from southern Arabia in the early 3rd century to the Levan ...

(327-ca. 600) *

Al-Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qays Al-Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qays ( ar, النعمان بن امرؤ القيس), surnamed al-A'war (, "the one-eyed") and al-Sa'ih (, "the wanderer/ascetic"), was the king of the Lakhmid Arabs (reigned ca. 390–418Shahîd (1986), p. 633). Nu'man wa ...

(reigned ca. 390–418), king of the Lakhmids *

Al-Nu'man II ibn al-Aswad Al-Nu'man II ibn al-Aswad ( ar, النعمان بن الأسود) was the tenth Lakhmid king, reigning in 497–503 AD. His mother was Umm al-Mulk bint 'Amr ibn Hajar al-Kindi Kindi may refer to: *Al-Kindi (surname) *Kindi Department, department of ...

(reigned 497–503), king of the Lakhmids *

Al-Nu'man VI ibn al-Mundhir Al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Mundhir ( ar, النعمان بن المنذر), known in Greek sources as Naamanes () was a king of the Ghassanids, a Christian Arab tribe allied to the Byzantine Empire. The eldest son of al-Mundhir III ibn al-Harith, he ros ...

(active 581-583), king of the Ghassanids * Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir (active (582–ca. 602), king of the Lakhmids *

Nouman ibn Muqarrin An-Numan ibn Muqarrin ( ar, النعمان بن مقرن) (died December 641) was a companion of Muhammad. He was the leader of the tribe of Banu Muzaynah. The tribe of Banu Muzaynah had their habitations some distance from Yathrib on the carav ...

(died 641), one of the companions of Muhammad *Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zuṭā ibn Marzubān, known as

Abū Ḥanīfa Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān ( ar, نعمان بن ثابت بن زوطا بن مرزبان; –767), commonly known by his '' kunya'' Abū Ḥanīfa ( ar, أبو حنيفة), or reverently as Imam Abū Ḥanīfa by Sunni Musl ...

(699—767), founder of the Sunni Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence *

Qadi al-Nu'man Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥayyūn al-Tamīmiyy ( ar, النعمان بن محمد بن منصور بن أحمد بن حيون التميمي, generally known as al-Qāḍī al-Nu‘mān () or as ibn ...

(died 974), Isma'ili jurist, official historian of the Fatimid caliphs * Köprülü Numan Pasha (died 1719), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire *

Noman Çelebicihan Noman Çelebicihan ( crh, نعمان چلبى جهان, ''Numan Çelebicihan''; 1885 – 23 February 1918) was a Crimean Tatar politician, lawyer, mufti of Crimean Muslims, and writer. He was the President of the short-lived independent Crimean ...

(1885-1918), Crimean Tatar politician * Ahmad Muhammad Numan (1909-1996), twice Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic *

Yasin Said Numan Yasin Said Numan ( ar, ياسين سعيد نعمان; born 1948) is the former General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party from 2005 to 2015. He is the current ambassador of Yemen to the United Kingdom since 2015. Numan joined the Yemeni Na ...

, Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1986-1990 * Numan Gumaa (born 1937) Egyptian lawyer and politician *

Mohamed Noman Galal Mohamed Noman Galal ( ar, محمد نعمان جلال; born 1943) is a former Egyptian Ambassador and author. His appointments as a senior diplomat have included representing Egypt in China, Pakistan, India as well as the United Nations and the ...

(born 1943), Egyptian diplomat and author * Numan Kurtulmuş (born 1959), Turkish politician *

Noman Mubashir Noman Mubashir (born June 13, 1974) is a Norwegian journalist employed by the NRK. Of Pakistani descent, early in his career he hosted the multi-ethnic programme Migrapolis ''Migrapolis'' (1997-2016) was a Norwegian award-winninTV programmea ...

(born 1974), Pakistani-Norwegian journalist * Noman Bashir, Pakistani admiral *

Nomanul Haq Syed Nomanul Haq (Nu'man al-Haqq) ( ur, ; born February 15, 1948 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistani scholar and historian specialised in the fields of Islamic history and Islamic philosophy. He is currently a visiting distinguished professor ...

, Pakistani-American historian *

Marwan Abdullah Abdulwahab Noman Marwan Abdullah Abdulwahab Noman is a Yemeni diplomat. He quit his position as Ambassador to Japan over the 2011 Yemeni uprising but was denied by the government.

, Yemeni diplomat *

No'man Ashour No'man Ashour (January 1918 – 5 April 1987) was an Egyptian poet and playwright, born in Mit Ghamr, Dakahlia Governorate. He is most known for the foundation of realism in the Egyptian drama. Moreover he considered comedy as the best me ...

, Egyptian poet and playwright *

Noman Benotman Noman M. Benotman (born 1967) is a former fighter of the Libyan militant organization known as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. Benotman has been active in reforming his former terrorist comrades in prison, attempting to persuade them to renoun ...

, Libyan politician * Noman Masood, Pakistani television actor * Noman Ijaz, Pakistani television and film actor *

Nouman Ali Khan Nouman Ali Khan is a Pakistani-American Islamic speaker and Arabic instructor who founded the Bayyinah Institute for Arabic and Qur’anic Studies after serving as an instructor of Arabic at Nassau Community College. He has been named one of ...

, Pakistani-American Muslim speaker

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