''Fāʾiz'' () is a male Arabic name meaning "successful" and "victorious" overflowing, plenty.
It is derived from its root word ''Faʾz'' ( which means "successful".
People with the name
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Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara (1862/63–1929), a
Hazara historian, writer and intellectual
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Faiz El-Ghusein (1883–1968), an official of the Turkish Government
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Faiz Ahmad ''Faiz'' (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984; Urdu, Punjabi:
فیض احمد فیض) was a Pakistani poet, and author of Urdu and Punjabi literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated Pakistani Urdu writers of his time. Out ...
(1911–1984), a Pakistani
Urdu
Urdu (;["Urdu"](_blank)
'' Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah
Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, known by some as Khatib ul Islam, was a Pakistani Islamic religious scholar, orator, poet, and writer.
Political and social contribution
He was president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan for ten years, and struggled to establi ...
(1911–1984), a Pakistani Islamic religious scholar
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Haji Faiz Mohammed (1932-), an Afghan man who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
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Faiz Ahmad
Faiz Ahmad (1946 – 12 November 1986) ( fa, فیض احمد) was an Afghan revolutionary and the founding leader of the Afghanistan Liberation Organization (ALO), a Marxist–Leninist organization established in Kabul.
Biography
Ahmad was ...
(1946–1986), an Afghan Marxist–Leninist
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Faiz al-Hasan, Bangladeshi politician
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Faiz Karizi (1953-), an Afghan singer
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Faiz Ali Faiz (1962–), a Pakistani
qawwali
Qawwali (Punjabi language, Punjabi: (Shahmukhi), (Gurmukhi); Urdu: (Nastaʿlīq, Nasta'liq); Hindi: क़व्वाली (Devanagari); Bengali language, Bengali: কাওয়ালি (Bengali alphabet, Bengali)) is a form of Sufi Isl ...
singer
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Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi
Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (born 1967) is a Muslim scholar, principal of the Hijaz College, National Convenor of the Muslim Action Committee (MAC), Secretary General of the International Muslims Organisation, Grand Blessed Guide of the Naqshbandi ...
(1967–), a British Muslim scholar
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Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari (1975-), a Kuwaiti citizen who has been detained in Guantanamo Bay since 2002
* Valiullah Faiz Mahdavi (1978–2006), an Iranian political prisoner
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Ahmed Faiz (1979–), a Saudi Arabian long jumper
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Faiz Khaleed (1980–), a Malaysian military dentist, astronaut
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Faiz Fazal
Faiz Yakub Fazal (born 7 September 1985) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Vidarbha cricket team and Lisburn Cricket Club (NCU Premier League, Northern Ireland, UK), having previously played for Central Zone, India Red, India Under-19s, ...
(1980–), an Indian cricketer
Nobility and royalty
The name is particularly common among the royal and noble houses of South Asia.
Sovereigns:
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Al-Faiz
Abūʾl-Qāsim ʿĪsā ibn al-Ẓāfir ( ar, أبو القاسم عيسى بن الظافر; 1149–1160), better known by his regnal name al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh (), was the thirteenth and penultimate Fatimid caliph, reigning in Egypt from 1 ...
(1149–1160), a
Caliph
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
of the
Fatimid dynasty
The Fatimid dynasty () was an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty of Arab descent that ruled an extensive empire, the Fatimid Caliphate, between 909 and 1171 CE. Claiming descent from Fatima and Ali, they also held the Isma'ili imamate, claiming to be the ...
* Nawab
Faiz Ali Khan (Banganapalle), Nawab of
Baganapalle (1686–1759)
* Nawab Faiz Ali Khan, Nawab of
Jhajjar
Jhajjar is a town in Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The city is situated on the road connecting Rewari to Rohtak (NH-352), Loharu to Meerut (NH334B), Charkhi Dadri to Delhi and Gurgaon to Bhiwani. Jhajjar is located west o ...
* Nawab Faiz Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Dadri
* Emir Faiz Muhammad Khan,
Emir of Khairpur (r.1894-1909)
* Emir Faiz Muhammad Khan II, Emir of Khairpur (r.1935-1947)
* Nawab Faiz Talb Khan,
Nawab of Junagadh
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Nawab Faiz Muhammad Khan, Nawab of
Bhopal
Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...
(r.1742-1777)
* Nawab
Faiz Talb Khan, Nawab of
Pataudi
* Nawab
Faiz'Ullah Khan,
Nawab of Rampur
Princes and nobles:
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Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra
Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Petra ( Jawi: ; born 20 January 1974) is the current Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of the Malaysian state of Kelantan, heir presumptive and first in line of succession to the throne of Ke ...
, the Crown Prince of Kelantan
* Nawab Faiz ud Din Khan,
Emir of Paigah
* Faiz Beg Najm-i-Sani
* Nawab Faiz Ali Khan Bahadur of
Kotah
Kota (), previously known as ''Kotah'', is a city located in the southeast of northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located about south of the state capital, Jaipur, situated on the banks of Chambal River. With a population of over 1.2 m ...
* Nawab Mir Faiz Ali Khan of
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
* Sahibzada Faiz Muhammad Khan of
Tonk
* Mirza Faiz'ullah Beg Khan Bahadur of
Loharu
* Faiz'ullah Khan of
Malerkotla son of Rasul Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Kasim Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Mehr Ilahi Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Imam Ali Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Mansab Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Barkat Ali Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Ali Khan of Malerkotla son of Shadal Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Hakim Khan of Malerkotla
* Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Karim Khan of Malerkotla
* Khan Sahib Faiz' Ullah of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Fateh Khan of Malerkotla
* Khan Sahib Faiz Talib Khan of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Fateh Khan of Malerkotla
* Khan Sahib Muhammad Faiz Ali Khan of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Himmat Khan of Malerkotla
* Nawabzada Fateh Faiz bin Jung of
Paigah
* Mian Faiz Muhammad Khan of Bhopal State b.1840
* Sahibzada Faiz Rashid Khan of Bhopal
* Sahibzada Faiz Muhammad Khan of Bhopal
See also
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Kamen Rider 555
is a Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is a joint collaboration between Ishinomori Productions and Toei, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 26, 2003, to January 18, 2004. This se ...
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Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah
Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, known by some as Khatib ul Islam, was a Pakistani Islamic religious scholar, orator, poet, and writer.
Political and social contribution
He was president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan for ten years, and struggled to establi ...
References
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