Aswad is a
male
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A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to ...
Arabic
given name
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that means "
black
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" (also used for people of
black complexion).
People named Aswad include:
*
Aswad ibn Yazid, narrator of
hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approva ...
People using it in their
patronymic
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include:
*
Miqdad ibn Aswad
Miqdaad ibn Amr al-Bahrani ( ar, المقداد بن عمرو ٱلْبَهْرَانِيّ, '), better known as al-Miqdaad ibn al-Aswad al-Kindi ( ar, المقداد بن الأسود ٱلْكِنْدِيّ) or simply Miqdaad, was one of the Sah ...
, companion of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
*
Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad, former government minister in Iraq
Other uses
Other uses of the word include:
*Al-Abd Al-Aswad, a form of torture noted in Syria
[A. M. Rosenthal]
On My Mind; A Tour Of Syria
''New York Times'', October 25, 1994. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
*
Hajarul Aswad, the
Black Stone
The Black Stone ( ar, ٱلْحَجَرُ ٱلْأَسْوَد, ', 'Black Stone') is a rock set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba, the ancient building in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an ...
at the Kaaba in Mecca
*
Aswad,
British
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** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
reggae
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group
* Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (
ASWAD)
* أيلول الأسود (aylūl al-aswad),
Black September.
See also
*
Arabic name
References
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