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Ala (name)
Ala or Alaa ( ) is an Arabic masculine given name meaning "elevation, exaltedness, highness, loftiness, sublimity" or "honor and glory, might, power, dignity" or "prestige, greatness, noble, high in rank" or "eminence, glorious, grandeur" or "high in position and status". The name is also used as a feminine given name. Alaa ( ) is an Arabic female name, meaning "uncountable blessings". Ala is also a surname. Given name Notable people with the given name Ala include: * Ala al-Din Atsiz (died 1214), Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty from 1213 to 1214 * Ala al-Din Ali ibn Shuja al-Din Mohammad , aka Zia al-Din Ali, last Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty, from 1214 to 1215 * Alā ad-Dīn Kayqubād bin Kaykāvūs, aka Kayqubad I (1188–1237), Seljuq Sultan of Rûm * Ala al-Din Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi al-Dimashq, or Ibn al-Nafis, (1213–1288), Arab Muslim polymath * Ala ul-Haq (d. 1398), Islamic scholar of Bengal * Ata-Malik Juvayni (in full: Ala al-Din Ata-ullah) (1226� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ala Al-Din Atsiz
Ala al-Din Atsiz (), was Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty from 1213 to 1214. He was the relative and successor of Baha al-Din Sam III. Biography Ala al-Din Atsiz was the son Ala al-Din Husayn, who died in 1161. At the death of Ala al-Din Husayn, Atsiz was very young and the succession passed to his brother Sayf al-Din Muhammad, who shortly died in 1163, and was succeeded by his cousin Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad. When Atsiz became an adult, he began serving Ghiyath and the latter's brother Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad. After the death of Ghiyath in 1202, the Ghurid chieftains supported Atsiz to become the new ruler of the Ghurid dynasty. However, Mu'izz al-Din managed keep him away from the Ghurid chieftains and send him to the court of his relatives in Bamiyan, where Atsiz's daughter married the eldest son of the Bamiyan ruler Baha al-Din Sam II. After the death of Mu'izz al-Din in 1206, his nephew Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud succeeded him as the ruler of the Ghurid dynasty. Atsiz, however, challen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |