Nur al-Din ( ar, translit=nūr ad-dīn, نور الدين) is a male Arabic

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, translating to "light of the religion", ''nūr'' meaning "light" and ''

dīn Dīn ( ar, دين, Dīn, also anglicized as Deen) is an Arabic word with three general senses: judgment, custom, and religion. It is used by both Muslims and Arab Christians. In Islamic terminology, the word refers to the way of life Muslims ...

'' meaning "religion". More recently, the name has also been used as a surname. There are many Romanized spelling variants of the name. The element نور can be spelled ''Nur'', ''Noor'', ''Nor'', ''Nour or Nuer. ''The element دين can be spelled either ''Din'', ''Deen'' or ''Dine''. The

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in front of the " sun letter" ''d'' is realized only as a gemination /dː/, the Arabic pronunciation being /nuːrudːiːn/. Syntactically, the name is an ''iḍāfah'' (

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), in full vocalization ''nūru d-dīni''. Consequently, depending on the system of Romanization, the definite article can be rendered as ''al'', ''ad'', ''ud'', ''ed'' or ''d''. Among the variant romanized spellings in common use are ''Nuraddin'', ''Nureddin'', ''Noureddin'', ''Noureddine'', ''Nooradeen'', ''Nordeen'', ''Nourdin'', ''Noordine'', ''Nordine'', ''Nuradin'', ''Nurdin'', ''Nooruldeen''; scientific transliterations are ''Nur ad-Din'', ''Nur-ud-Din'', ''Nur al-Din'', etc.

Given name

Medieval and up to 1800

Nur ad-Din, atabeg of Aleppo Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī (; February 1118 – 15 May 1174), commonly known as Nur ad-Din (lit. "Light of the Faith" in Arabic), was a member of the Zengid dynasty, which ruled the Syrian province (''Shām'') of the Seljuk Empire. He reign ...

(1118–1174), member of the Zengid dynasty, ruler of the Syrian province of the Seljuk Empire *

Nur al-Din Muhammad Nur ad-Din Muhammad (r. 1175–1185 CE) was a member of the Artuqid dynasty, and the son of Fahkr al-Din Qara Arslan (Kara Arslan). Life Nur ad-Din Muhammad was the Artuqid ruler of the Diyar Bakr, the northernmost region of Mesopotamia. In 1179 ...

(died 1185), member of the Artuqid dynasty *

Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji () (also spelled Nur al-Din Ibn Ishaq al-Betrugi and Abu Ishâk ibn al-Bitrogi) (known in the West by the Latinized name of Alpetragius) (died c. 1204) was an Iberian-Arab astronomer and a Qadi in al-Andalus. Al-Biṭrūjī ...

(also known as Alpetragius) (died ca. 1204), Arab astronomer and philosopher * Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I (reigned 1193–1211), Zengid emir of Mosul *

Nure Sofi Nûre Sûfi Bey ( tr, Nureddin Bey) was the founder of Karamanid dynasty, a Turkic dynasty which ruled part of Anatolia in the 14th and 15th centuries as a rival of the Ottoman Empire. He was the son of Hodja Sad al-Din ( tr, Hoca Sadeddin) who had ...

(died ca. 1257), Turkish religious leader *Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd al-'Azīz Ibn al-Qamar (1326–1398), Tunisian Berber prince *

Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali Nund Rishi ( c. 1377 – c. 1438 AD; sometimes spelled Nund Reshi), also known as Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani, Sheikh-Ul-Alam (spritual guide of the world) and by the title Alamdar-e-Kashmir ("Flag Bearer of Kashmir"), was a Kashmiri Sufi saint, ...

(1377–1440), Kashmiri saint of the rishi order * Nuruddin Sikandar Shah (r. 1481),

Sultan of Bengal The Sultanate of Bengal (Middle Bengali language, Middle Bengali: শাহী বাঙ্গালা ''Shahī Baṅgala'', Classical Persian: ''Saltanat-e-Bangālah'') was an empire based in Bengal for much of the 14th, 15th and 16th centu ...

*Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman

Jami Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī ( fa, نورالدین عبدالرحمن جامی; 7 November 1414 – 9 November 1492), also known as Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān or Abd-Al-Rahmān Nur-Al-Din Muhammad Dashti, or simply as J ...

(1414–1492), Persian poet *Nur ad-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Hirawi al-Qari, known as

Ali al-Qari Nur ad-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Hirawi al-Qari ( ar, نور الدين أبو الحسن علي بن سلطان محمد الهروي القاري; d. 1605/1606), known as Mulla Ali al-Qari () was an Islamic scholar. He was b ...

(died 1605), Afghan Islamic scholar *

Nuruddin ar-Raniri Nuruddin ibn Ali ar-Raniri ( ar, نورالدين بن علي الرانيري) (also transliterated Nur ud-Din ar-Raniri / Randeri, died 1658) was an Islamic mystic and scholar from Rander in Surat province of Gujarat, in India, who worked ...

(died 1658), Indian Islamic scholar *

Noor Mohammad Nooruddin Syedna Noor Mohammed Nooruddin ( ar, نور محمد نور الدين) was the 37th al-Dai al-Mutlaq (vicegerent) of the Dawoodi Bohra Community, a subsect of Shia Islam. Early life Noor Mohammad Nooruddin was born in Jamnagar in the era of his ...

(died 1719), Dai-al-Mutlaq (vicegerent) of the Dawoodi Bohra Community *

Nur al-Din Nimatullah al-Jazayiri Sayyid Nur al-Din bin Ni'matallah al-Musawi al-Jazayiri ( ar, نور الدين بن نعمة الله الموسوي الجزائري, translit=Nūr al-Dīn bin Niʻmatallāh al-Jazāʼirī); 1677 – 29 December 1745) was a Safavid Iranian Ja'fa ...

(died 1745), Safavid Iranian Ja'fari jurist, linguist and writer * Hassan Nooraddeen I (died 1799), sultan of the Maldives

Born after 1800

Ibrahim Nooraddeen Ibrahim Nooraddeen (Dhivehi: ސުލްޠާން އިބްރާހީމް ނުރައްދީން; died 1892) was twice the sultan of the Maldives. His first reign was from 1882 through 1886. After 4 years, 11 months and 29 days, Muhammad Mueenuddeen II too ...

(died 1892), sultan of the Maldives *

Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha, also known as Nurettin Pasha (1833–1912) was an Ottoman statesman. He was the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 2 May 1882 to 12 July 1882.Kastamonu Valisi Abdurrahman Nureddin Paşa' , Abdurrahmanpaşa Lis ...

(1833–1912), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire *

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (also spelt: Hakim Nur-ud-Din) ( ar, حکیم نور الدین) (8 January 1834 – 13 March 1914) was a close companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, and was chosen as his first successor on ...

(1841–1914), Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community *

Nur al-Din al-Salimi Nur al-Dīn al-Sālimī ( ar, نور الدين السالمي; full name Nur al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥumayd ibn Sullūm al-Sālimī, c. 1286-1332 AH/1869-1914 CE) was an Omani historian and scholar noted for his expertise in Ib� ...

(1869–1914), Omani Ibadi scholar *

Nureddin Pasha Nureddin Ibrahim Pasha ( tr, Nurettin Paşa, Nureddin İbrahim Paşa; 1873 – 18 February 1932), known as Nureddin İbrahim Konyar from 1934, was a Turkish military officer who served in the Ottoman Army during World War I and in the Turkis ...

(1873–1932), Turkish military officer *

Hassan Nooraddeen II Sultan Sir Hassan Nooraddeen Iskandar II, KCMG ( dv, ސުލްޠާން ޙަސަން ނޫރައްދީން ދެވަނަ) was Sultan of the Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republ ...

, (1887–1967), sultan of the Maldives *

Nureddine Rifai Nureddin Rifai (1899 – January 1980) ( ar, نور الدين الرفاعي) was director of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces and the 25th Prime Minister of Lebanon. Rifai was appointed to be Prime Minister by Suleiman Frangieh Suleiman ...

(1899–??), Lebanese politician *

Münir Nurettin Selçuk Münir Nurettin Selçuk (1900 or 1901 – April 27, 1981) was a Turkish classical musician and tenor singer. Biography He was born in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul in the Ottoman Empire in 1900 or 1901. His uncle was Grand Vizier of ...

(1900–1981), Turkish musician *

Nur al-Din Kahala Nur al-Din Kahala ( ar, نور الدين كحالة; also known as Nureddin Kahalle; 1908–1965) was a Syrian politician during the United Arab Republic (UAR) period (1958–1961). Prior to the UAR period, he served as a minor government burea ...

(born 1910), Syrian politician *

Noureddin Kianouri Noureddin Kianouri ( fa, نورالدین کیانوری; 1915–1999) was an Iranian construction engineer, Urban planner Professor of Bauakademie der DDR in Berlin and a communist political leader. He studied first at University of Tehran unti ...

(1915–1999), Iranian communist leader of the Tudeh Party *

Nordine Ben Ali Nordine Ben Ali (July 19, 1919 – May 15, 1996) was an Algerian-French association football player and manager. He played as a midfielder and was part of the Girondins ASP side that won the Coupe de France in 1941, as well as reaching the final ...

(born 1919), Algerian-French footballer *

Noureddine Sammoud Noureddine Sammoud ( ar, نور الدين صمود; 1932 – 11 January 2022) was a Tunisian poet and academic. Life and career Born in Kelibia, Sammoud studied at the Al-Zaytuna Mosque and at the Cairo University, before getting a master's ...

(1932–2022), Tunisian poet *Nureddin al-Atassi (1929–1992), President of Syria *Nuredin Loxha (1935–1992), Kosovar Albanian theatre director *Noureddin Zarrinkelk (born 1937), Iranian film animator *Nurettin Sözen (born 1937), Turkish politician *Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni (born 1937), Algerian politician *Nooruddeen Durkee (born 1938), American Sufi *Nurettin Yardımcı (born 1944), Turkish archaeologist *Mohammad Noordin Sopiee (1944–2005), Malaysian academician *Nuruddin Farah (born 1945), Somali novelist *Nourredine Kourichi (born 1954), Algerian-French footballer *Noureddine Bouyahyaoui (born 1955), Moroccan footballer *Nur-eldeen Masalha (born 1957), Palestinian writer *Noureddine Bhiri (born 1958), Tunisian politician *Nourdine Bourhane (born 1958), Prime Minister of Comoros *Noureddine Daifallah (born 1960), Moroccan calligrapher *Nurettin Canikli (born 1960), Turkish politician *Noordeen Mashoor (born 1962), Sri Lankan politician *Nordin Mohamed Jadi (born 1962), Malaysian athlete *Nordine Zouareg (born 1962), Algerian fitness coach *Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang (born 1963), Chinese Muslim calligrapher *Noureddine Bensouda (born 1963), Moroccan civil servant *Noordin Mohammad Top (1968–2009), Malaysian-Indonesian Islamist militant *Noureddine Morceli (born 1970), Algerian athlete *Noureddine Naybet (born 1970), Moroccan footballer *Nurettin Demirtaş (born 1972), Turkish politician *Noureddine Drioueche (born 1973), Algerian footballer *Nourredine Yagoubi (born 1974), Algerian judoka *Noureddine Ziyati (born 1974), Moroccan footballer *Nordin Jbari (born 1975), Moroccan-Belgian footballer *Noureddine Daham (born 1977), Algerian footballer *Noureddine Kacemi (born 1977), Moroccan footballer * Nordine Amrani (1978–2011), Belgian criminal and spree killer in the 2011 Liège attack. *Nordine Ben Allal (born 1978/89), Moroccan-Belgian criminal *Nourdin Boukhari (born 1980), Moroccan-Dutch footballer *Nordine Sam (born 1982), Algerian-French footballer *Nordin Gerzić (born 1983), Bosnian footballer *Nordine Oubaali (born 1986), Moroccan-French boxer *Nordin Amrabat (born 1987), Moroccan-Dutch footballer *Nordine Assami (born 1987), Algerian-French footballer *Noureddine Smaïl (born 1987), Algerian-French athlete *Nurudeen Orelesi (born 1989), Nigerian footballer *Nuruddin Khan, chief of Bangladesh army *Nourdine Midiladji, Comoros politician *Nour Eddine (singer), Moroccan film director, musician, choreographer and singer, based in Italy *Nordine Hachouf, Algerian footballer *Noor al-Deen (detainee), Syrian detained by the CIA

Surname

*Mouna Noureddine (born 1937), Tunisian actress *Jalal Mansur Nuriddin (1944–2018), American poet *Mohamed Khaled Nordin (born 1958), Malaysian politician *Juliette Noureddine (born 1962), French singer known as Juliette (French singer), Juliette *Zulkifli Noordin (born 1962), Malaysian politician *Zainudin Nordin (born 1963), Singaporean politician *Mohd Nasril Nourdin (born 1986), Malaysian footballer *Herdi Noor Al-Deen (born 1992), Iraqi Kurdish footballer *Muayyed Nureddin, Canadian Muslim detainee *Dara Nur al-Din, Iraqi judge and politician

Fictional

*Nour El Deen Mahmoud Nour El Deen

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