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: /ʃamsaddiːn/) ( ar, شمس الدين , link=no, "sun of the faith") is an Arabic personal name or title. Notable persons with this name are:

10th–13th century

* Shams al-Din Altınapa, Seljuk atabeg *Muhammad ibn Ahmad Shams al-Din

al-Maqdisi Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Maqdisī ( ar, شَمْس ٱلدِّيْن أَبُو عَبْد ٱلله مُحَمَّد ابْن أَحْمَد ابْن أَبِي بَكْر ٱلْمَقْدِسِي), ...

(c. 945–1000), Arab geographer *Shams al-Din Muhammad bin Ali, or Suzani Samarqandi (died 1166), Persian poet *Shams al-Din

Ildeniz Shams al-Din Ildeniz, Eldigüz or Shamseddin Eldeniz ( fa, اتابک شمس‌الدین ایلدگز, died c. 1175–1176) was an atabeg of the Seljuq empire and founder of the dynasty of Eldiguzids, atabegs of Azerbaijan, which held sway over A ...

(died ), atabeg of Azerbaijan *

Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam ( ar, شمس الدين ابن المقدم; died at Mount Arafat on 9 February 1188) was the 1st Emir of Baalbek under Ayyubid Dynasty, Although he was not from Ayyubid origin. He was a military commander f ...

( century), Zengid governor of Damascus and Ayyubid emir of Baalbek *Shams-ud-din

Iltutmish Shams ud-Din Iltutmish ( fa, شمس الدین ایلتتمش; died 30 April 1236, ) was the third of the Mamluk kings who ruled the former Ghurid territories in northern India. He was the first Muslim sovereign to rule from Delhi, and is thus ...

(died 1236), Muslim Turkic sultan of Delhi *

Shamsuddin Sabzwari Shamsuddin Sabzwari arrived in Multan in early 1200 C.E. in modern Pakistan, established a dargah and preached Islam to the local population. Shamsuddin Sabzwari is considered to be a saint due to his poetry and the local traditions. Shamsuddin S ...

(died 1247), Sufi missionary in southern Punjab *Shams al-Din Muhammad, or

Shams Tabrizi Shams-i Tabrīzī ( fa, شمس تبریزی) or Shams al-Din Mohammad (1185–1248) was a Persian * * * * Shafi'ite poet, who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is ref ...

(died 1248), Persian Sufi mystic *

Shams al-Din Lu'lu' al-Amini Shams al-Dīn Luʾluʾ al-Amīnī (died 3 February 1251) was one of the regents of Aleppo for the Ayyūbid ruler al-Nāṣir Yūsuf and later his chief advisor and the commander-in-chief of his armies. He dominated the government of al-Nāṣir fr ...

(died 1251), regent of Aleppo *

Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Mas'ud Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Mas'ud ibn Khalaf ibn Mihraban (died March/April 1255) was the first Mihrabanid Malik of Sistan. He ruled from 1236 until his death. Biography Shams al-Din likely came from one of the eminent families of Sistan.Bosworth, p. ...

(died 1255), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan * Ajall Shams al-Din Omar (1211–1279), provincial governor of Yunnan *Shams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad

Ibn Khallikān Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān) ( ar, أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر ابن خلكان; 1211 – 1282), better known as Ibn Khallikān, was a 13th century Shafi'i Islamic scholar w ...

(1211–1282), Iraqi Shafi'i Islamic scholar *

Shams al-Din Juvayni Shams al-Din Juvayni ( fa, شمس‌الدین جوینی; also spelled Joveyni) was a Persian statesman and member of the Juvayni family. He was an influential figure in early Ilkhanate politics, serving as ''sahib-i divan'' (vizier and minist ...

(died 1285) vizier and sahib-divan under three Mongol Ilkhans *Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud

al-Shahrazuri Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud Shahrazuri was a 13th-century Muslim physician, historian and philosopher. He was of Kurdish origin. It appears that he was alive in AD 1288. However, it is also said that he died in the same year. Shahrazuri was ...

(died c. 1290), Kurdish physician and historian

14th–17th century

* Shams al-Din Muhammad (1257–1310), imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community * Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi (c. 1250 – c. 1310), astronomer and mathematician from Samarkand * Shamsuddin Firuz Shah (died 1322), sultan of the Bengali kingdom of Lakhnauti *

Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi Sheikh Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi or simply al-Dimashqi ( ar, شمس الدين الأنصاري الدمشقي) (1256–1327) was a medieval Arab geographer, completing his main work in 1300. Born in Damascus—as his name "Dimashqi" im ...

(1256–1327), Arab geographer *Shams-ud-Din

Shah Mir Shams-ud-Din Shah Mir () was a ruler of Kashmir and founder of the Shah Mir dynasty. Shah Mir is believed to have come to Kashmir during the rule of Suhadeva (), where he rose to prominence. After the death of Suhadeva and his brother Udayanad ...

(died 1342), ruler of Kashmir * Ali Shams al-Din I (died 1348), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community *

Shams al-Din ibn Fazl Allah Shams al-Din was the leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1347 until around 1348. Reign Shams al-Din was the son of Fazl Allah and the brother of 'Abd al-Razzaq and Wajih ad-Din Mas'ud. As such, he had significant support amongst the membe ...

(died c. 1348), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar *

Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali (died 1351–52) was the leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1348 until his death. Biography Shams al-Din 'Ali was a member of the Sabzewar aristocracy and a leader of one of the city guilds. During Shaikh Hasa ...

(died c. 1352), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar *Shams ud din, or Shams Tabraiz (missionary) (died 1356), Ismaili saint in India *

Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah Haji Ilyas, better known as Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah ( bn, শামসুদ্দীন ইলিয়াস শাহ, fa, ), was the founder of the Sultanate of Bengal and its inaugural Ilyas Shahi dynasty which ruled the region for 150 year ...

(died 1358), sultan of Bengal *Shams al-Din

Ibn Muflih Ibn Mufliḥ al-Maqdisī, in full "Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muflih ibn Muhammad ibn Mufarraj al-Ramini al-Maqdisi" (710-763 AH/1310-1362 CE), was one of the leading authorities in Hanbali Law and one of the most prolific writers of t ...

(died 1361), authority on Hanbali Law *Shams ud-Din

Amir Kulal Amir Kulāl (1278–1370), fa, امیر کلال, ar, امیر کلال, birth name Shams ud- Dīn ( fa, شمس الدین, ar, شمس الدین), was a Persian Sufi Islamic scholar, widely considered to be one of the most influential in hi ...

(died 1370), tribal head, scholar and religious figure in Turkistan *

Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah al-Khalili Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Khalīlī ( ar, شمس الدين عبد الله محمد بن محمد الخليلي ; 1320–1380) was a Mamluk-era Syrian astronomer who compiled extensive tables for astronomical ...

(1320–1380), Syrian astronomer * Shams al-Din al-Kirmani (died c. 1385), Sunni scholar *Khwaja Shams al-Din Muhammad

Hafez Khwāje Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī ( fa, خواجه شمس‌‌الدین محمّد حافظ شیرازی), known by his pen name Hafez (, ''Ḥāfeẓ'', 'the memorizer; the (safe) keeper'; 1325–1390) and as "Hafiz", ...

-e Shirazi (1315–1390), Persian lyric poet * Ali Shams al-Din II (died 1428), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community *

Shams al-Din al-Fanari Mulla Shams ad-Din Muhammad ibn Hamzah al-Fanari (Arabic: محمد بن حمزة الفناري, Turkish: Şemseddin Mehmed Fenari), 1350–1431,Alan Godlas, Molla Fanari and the Misbah al-Uns: The Commentator and The Perfect Man, ''Internationa ...

(1350–1431), Turkish logician, Islamic theologian, and Islamic legal academic *

Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah Shamsuddīn Aḥmad Shāh ( bn, শামসউদ্দীন আহমদ শাহ, fa, ; r. 1433–1436) was the last Sultan of Bengal belonging to the House of Ganesha. He was the son and successor of Sultan Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah. Afte ...

(died 1435), ruler of Bengal *

Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Qutb al-Din Shams al-Din 'Ali (born c. 1387; died 1438 or 1439) was the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1419 until his death. He was the son of Qutb al-Din Muhammad. Biography During his father's lifetime, Shams al-Din 'Ali entered the service of the Timuri ...

(c. 1387 – c. 1438), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan *

Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah ( fa, شمس الدین یوسف شاه, bn, শামসউদ্দীন ইউসুফ শাহ) was the Sultan of Bengal from 1474 to 1481. He belonged to the Ilyas Shahi dynasty and was the successor of his father, ...

(died 1481), ruler of Bengal * Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah III (died 1482), sultan of Bahmani *

Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad ( ar, شمس اد الدين بن محمد) (reigned 1472–1487) was a Sultan of the Sultanate of Adal and a son of Muhammad ibn Badlay. Reign During Shams ad-Din's reign, an army of the Emperor of Ethiopia Eskender i ...

(died 1487), sultan of Adal * Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah (died 1494), Abyssinian sultan of Bengal * Shams al-Din Muhammad (died c. 1494), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan *Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman

al-Sakhawi Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sakhāwī ( ar, شمس الدين محمد بن عبدالرحمن السخاوي, 1428/831 AH – 1497/902 AH) was a reputable Shafi‘i Muslim hadith scholar and historian who was born in Cai ...

(1428–1497), Egyptian Islamic scholar *

Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi Mir Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Arāqi (; CE), also known as ''Mir Syed Muhammad Musavi Isfahani'', was an Iranian Sufi Muslim saint. Araqi was part of the order of Twelver Shia Sufis in Jammu and Kashmir who greatly influenced the social fabri ...

(died 1526), Sufi Shi'a missionary in Kashmir * Ali Shams al-Din III (died 1527), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community *Shamsuddin Muhammad

Ataga Khan Shamsuddin Muhammad Atgah Khan (died 16 May 1562), also known as Khan-e-Kalan Shamsu'd-Din Muhammad Khan Atgah Khan, was a prominent figure in the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar. He held important positions in Akbar's court, including that of ...

(died 1562), minister in Mughal court * Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi (died 1600), minister to Emperor Akbar * Qazi Mohamed Shamsuddin (died 1645), Chief Justice of the Maldives

18th century–present

Shamseddin Amir-Alaei Shamseddin Amir-Alaei (1900–August 1994) was an Iranian politician who served as both interior minister and justice minister in the first cabinet of Mohammad Mosaddegh. He also held other government and diplomatic posts. Early life and educat ...

(died 1994), Iranian politician and diplomat *

Muhammad Shamsuddeen III Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen Iskander III, , ( Dhivehi: ސުލްޠާން މުޙައްމަދު ޝަމްސުއްދީން; 20 October 1879 – 12 March 1935), son of Ibrahim Nooraddeen and Kakaage Don Goma, was the Sultan of the Maldives first from ...

(1879–1935), Sultan of the Maldives *

Şemsettin Günaltay Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay (; 17 July 1883 – 19 October 1961) was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950. Biography Günaltay was born 1883 in the Kemaliye town of the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Azi ...

(1883–1961) prime minister of Turkey * Şemsettin Mardin, Turkish diplomat *

Abul Kalam Shamsuddin Abul Kalam Shamsuddin (3 November 18974 March 1978) was a journalist, politician and littérateur. He was born at Trishal of Mymensingh. Early life Shamsuddin passed HSC from Dhaka College in 1919. Then we went to Ripon College (presently S ...

(1897–1978), Bengali journalist and politician * Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (1911–1989), Bangladeshi author and novelist * Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922–1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir *

Shamsuddin Abul Kalam Shamsuddin Abul Kalam ( bn, শামসুদ্দিন আবুল কালাম; 19261997), was an actor and an author of Bengali literature in Bangladesh. He was born in Barisal. He is the maternal uncle of A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid. Life A ...

(1926–1997), Bangladeshi author and novelist *

Shamsuddin Qasemi Shamsuddin Qasemi ( bn, শামসুদ্দীন কাসেমী; 5 March 1935 – 19 October 1996) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician, author and educationist. He was the founding president of the Khatme Nabuwwat Andolan Coun ...

(1935–1996), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician *

Nasri Shamseddine Nasri Shamseddine ( ar, نصري شمس الدين, also spelled Nasri Chamseddine; 27 June 1927 – 18 March 1983) was a Lebanese singer and actor. Biography Shamseddine was born Nasreddine Moustapha Shamesedine () in the village of Joun, in th ...

(1927–1983), Lebanese singer and actor * A. T. M. Shamsuddin (born 1927), Bangladeshi author *Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (born 1927), patriarch of the Sufi Order of Azeemia * Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine (1936–2001), Lebanese Twelver Shia Islamic scholar *

Shamsodin Vaezi Grand Ayatollah Shams al-din al-Waizi (Arabic: شمس الدين الواعظي) (born 1936) is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja'. He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei and Muhsin al-Hakim.

(born 1936), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja *, Iranian Shia Marja *

Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin Abdul Aziz bin Shamsuddin ( ms, عبدالعزيز بن شمس الدين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 10 June 1938 – 16 October 2020) was a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Rural and Regional Development from 2004 t ...

(born 1938), Malaysian politician *

Shamsuddeen Usman Shamsuddeen Usman, , (born 18 September 1949) is a Nigerian economist, banker and public servant. He is currently the CEO oSUSMAN & Associates an economic, financial and management consulting firm headquartered in Nigeria. He was the Finance Mi ...

(born 1949), Nigerian politician *

Semezdin Mehmedinović Semezdin Mehmedinović (born 1960 in Kiseljak is a Bosnian writer and magazine editor. After studying Librarianship and Comparative Literature in Sarajevo, he worked as an editor of "Lica" and "Valter" magazines, which served as a voice of opposi ...

(born 1960), Bosnian writer *

Chettithody Shamshuddin Chettithody Shamshuddin (born 22 March 1970) is an Indian cricket umpire. He is a member of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires in the on-field category and officiates in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T2 ...

(born 1970), Indian cricket umpire * Shamsuddin Amiri (born 1985), Afghan footballer * Şemseddin Sami Efendi, pen-name of

Sami Frashëri Sami bey Frashëri ( tr, Şemseddin Sami Bey; June 1, 1850 – June 18, 1904) or Şemseddin Sâmi was an Ottoman Albanian writer, philosopher, playwright and a pr ...

(1850–1904), Albanian writer, philosopher and playwright *

Ashari Samsudin Mohamad Ashari bin Samsudin (born 7 June 1985) is a retired Malaysian footballer who mainly plays as a right winger but can also play as a forward and an attacking midfielder. Ashari has a great dribbling skill with a good vision and pace in ...

(born 1985), Malaysian footballer

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