Nu'man ( ar, نعمان ) or Nu'maan is an Arabic given name dating to pre-Islamic times, meaning ''blood'' or ''red''. Prevailingly, the Islamic given name is most commonly associated to the Arabic word meaning ''bliss''. It is also used with the definite article, , transliterated ''an-Nu'man'' or ''al-Nu'man''. Alternatives spellings include ''Noman'', ''Nouman'', ''Noumaan'', and ''Numan''.It may refer to: *seven of the Ghassanid Kings (327-ca. 600) * Al-Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qays (reigned ca. 390–418), king of the Lakhmids *

Al-Nu'man II ibn al-Aswad Al-Nu'man II ibn al-Aswad ( ar, النعمان بن الأسود) was the tenth Lakhmid king, reigning in 497–503 AD. His mother was Umm al-Mulk bint 'Amr ibn Hajar al-Kindi Kindi may refer to: *Al-Kindi (surname) *Kindi Department, department of ...

(reigned 497–503), king of the Lakhmids * Al-Nu'man VI ibn al-Mundhir (active 581-583), king of the Ghassanids *

Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir Al-Nuʿmān III ibn al-Mundhir ( ar, النعمان بن المنذر), also transcribed Naʿaman, Nuʿaman and Noman and often known by the patronymic Abu Qabus (), was the last Lakhmid king of al-Hirah (582 – ) and a Nestorian Christian Ar ...

(active (582–ca. 602), king of the Lakhmids * Nouman ibn Muqarrin (died 641), one of the companions of Muhammad *Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zuṭā ibn Marzubān, known as

Abū Ḥanīfa Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān ( ar, نعمان بن ثابت بن زوطا بن مرزبان; –767), commonly known by his '' kunya'' Abū Ḥanīfa ( ar, أبو حنيفة), or reverently as Imam Abū Ḥanīfa by Sunni Musl ...

(699—767), founder of the Sunni Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence *

Qadi al-Nu'man Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥayyūn al-Tamīmiyy ( ar, النعمان بن محمد بن منصور بن أحمد بن حيون التميمي, generally known as al-Qāḍī al-Nu‘mān () or as ibn ...

(died 974), Isma'ili jurist, official historian of the Fatimid caliphs *

Köprülü Numan Pasha Köprülü may refer to: People * Köprülü family (Kypriljotet), an Ottoman noble family of Albanian origin ** Köprülü era (1656–1703), the period in which the Ottoman Empire's politics were set by the Grand Viziers, mainly the Köprülü fa ...

(died 1719), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire * Noman Çelebicihan (1885-1918), Crimean Tatar politician * Ahmad Muhammad Numan (1909-1996), twice Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic * Yasin Said Numan, Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1986-1990 *

Numan Gumaa Numan Gumaa ( ar, نعمان جمعة) (1937–2014) was an Egyptian attorney and politician. Career Gumaa was elected chairman of the liberal New Wafd Party on 1 September 2000, succeeding Fuad Serageddin. He was nominated by his party for the ...

(born 1937) Egyptian lawyer and politician *

Mohamed Noman Galal Mohamed Noman Galal ( ar, محمد نعمان جلال; born 1943) is a former Egyptian Ambassador and author. His appointments as a senior diplomat have included representing Egypt in China, Pakistan, India as well as the United Nations and the ...

(born 1943), Egyptian diplomat and author *

Numan Kurtulmuş Prof. Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş (born 23 March 1959) is a Turkish politician and academician, currently the deputy chairman of Justice and Development Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th AKP governme ...

(born 1959), Turkish politician *

Noman Mubashir Noman Mubashir (born June 13, 1974) is a Norwegian journalist employed by the NRK. Of Pakistani descent, early in his career he hosted the multi-ethnic programme Migrapolis ''Migrapolis'' (1997-2016) was a Norwegian award-winninTV programmea ...

(born 1974), Pakistani-Norwegian journalist * Noman Bashir, Pakistani admiral * Nomanul Haq, Pakistani-American historian *

Marwan Abdullah Abdulwahab Noman Marwan Abdullah Abdulwahab Noman is a Yemeni diplomat. He quit his position as Ambassador to Japan over the 2011 Yemeni uprising but was denied by the government.

, Yemeni diplomat *

No'man Ashour No'man Ashour (January 1918 – 5 April 1987) was an Egyptian poet and playwright, born in Mit Ghamr, Dakahlia Governorate. He is most known for the foundation of realism in the Egyptian drama. Moreover he considered comedy as the best me ...

, Egyptian poet and playwright *

Noman Benotman Noman M. Benotman (born 1967) is a former fighter of the Libyan militant organization known as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. Benotman has been active in reforming his former terrorist comrades in prison, attempting to persuade them to renoun ...

, Libyan politician * Noman Masood, Pakistani television actor *

Noman Ijaz Nauman Ijaz (Punjabi and ur, ) is a Pakistani television and film actor, TV anchorperson, and TV show presenter. He is the recipient of several accolades including 10 Lux Style Awards, 7 Hum Awards and a President's Pride of Performance, ...

, Pakistani television and film actor *

Nouman Ali Khan Nouman Ali Khan is a Pakistani-American Islamic speaker and Arabic instructor who founded the Bayyinah Institute for Arabic and Qur’anic Studies after serving as an instructor of Arabic at Nassau Community College. He has been named one of ...

, Pakistani-American Muslim speaker

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