Qutb ad-Din or Qutb-ud-Din (; ) is an Arabic male given name translated as 'the pivot of the faith' or 'axis of the faith'.
Notable people with this given name include:
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Qutb al-din Hasan
The term () means 'axis', 'pivot', or 'pole'. Qutb can refer to celestial movements and be used as an astronomical term or a spiritual symbol.
In Sufism, a is the perfect human being, ''al-Insān al-Kāmil'' ('The Universal Man'), who leads ...
(died 1100), king of the Ghurid dynasty
*Qutb al-Din Muhammad, or
Muhammad I of Khwarazm
Qutb ad-Din Muhammad (; full name: ''Qutb ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Abul-Fath Muhammad Arslantegin ibn Anushtegin'') was the first Shah of Khwarezm from 1097 to 1127. He was the son of Anushtegin Gharchai.
In around 1097, Qutb al-Din Muhammad was app ...
(died 1127), appointed Shah of Khwarazm by the Seljuk sultan
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Qutb al-Din Mawdud
Qutb al-Din Mawdud (died 6 September 1170) was the Zengid Emir of Mosul from 1149 to 1169. He was the son of Imad al-Din Zengi and brother and successor of Sayf al-Din Ghazi I.
Biography
At the death of Zengi, his possessions were divided betwee ...
(died 1170), Zengid Emir of Mosul
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Qutb al-Din Aibak
Qutb ud-Din Aibak (; 1150 – 4 November 1210) was a Turkic general of the Ghurid emperor Muhammad Ghori. He was in charge of the Ghurid territories in northern India, and after Muhammad Ghori's assassination in 1206, he established his ow ...
(died 1210), founder of the
Mamluk Sultanate
The Mamluk Sultanate (), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries, with Cairo as its capital. It was ruled by a military caste of mamluks ...
of
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
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Qutb ad-Din Muhammad
Qutb ad-Din Muhammad ibn al-Zangi was the Zengid Emir of Sinjar 1197–1219. He was successor of Imad ad-Din Zengi II.
See also
* Zengid dynasty
The Zengid or Zangid dynasty, also referred to as the Atabegate of Mosul, Aleppo and Damascu ...
(died 1219), Zengid Emir of Sinjar
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Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar
Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar was a Persian Sufi saint and Malāmatī- Qalāndārī Sheikh, of possible Turkic origin, and is buried in Zava, Khurasan. Qazvini, author of the '' Tarikh-i guzida'', states Haydar was alive at the time of the Mongol inva ...
(died ca. 1221), Persian Sufi saint
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Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
''Quṭb al-Aqṭāb'' Khwāja Sayyid Muḥammad Bakhtiyār al-Ḥusaynī, Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī (born 1173 – died 1235) was a Sunni Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disci ...
(1173–1235), Indian Sufi saint
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Qutb al-Din Mohammad
Qutb al-Din Mohammad — was Qutlughanid ruler of Kerman and a nephew of Buraq Hajib, founder of dynasty.
Life
He was a son of Hamīd Pur (or Khan Temür), thus a nephew of Buraq Hajib. His father was an emir in service of Khwarazmshah dynas ...
(d. 1257) member of
Qutlugh-Khanids
The Qutlugh-Khanids (, otherwise known as the Qutlugh-Khanid dynasty, Kirmanid dynasty, or very rarely as the Later Western Liao) was a culturally Persianate dynasty of ethnic Khitan origin that ruled over Kirman (in present-day Kerman Province, ...
, married
Kutlugh Turkan
Kutlugh Turkan (c.1208/1213 – 1283), was a sovereign ruler of Kirman from 1257 until 1282.
Early life
Different accounts exist regarding her early life. According to "History of Qara-Khitai Shahs" (''Tāriḵ-e šāhi-e Qarāḵtāʾiān'' ...
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Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
Qotb al-Din Mahmoud b. Zia al-Din Mas'ud b. Mosleh Shirazi (; 1236–1311) was a 13th-century Persian polymath and poet who made contributions to astronomy, mathematics, medicine, physics, music theory, philosophy and Sufism.Sayyed ʿAbd-Allā ...
(1236–1311), Persian scientist, musician and poet
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Qutb ud din Mubarak Shah
Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah I () also known as Bakhtiyar al-Din, was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate of present-day India. A member of the Khalji dynasty, he was a son of Alauddin Khalji.
After Alauddin's death, Mubarak Shah was imprisoned by Malik ...
(died 1320), ruler of the
Khilji
The Khalji or Khilji dynasty was a Turco-Afghan dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate for three decades between 1290 and 1320. It was the second dynasty to rule the Delhi Sultanate which covered large swaths of the Indian subcontinent. dynasty in India
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Qutb al-Din Muhammad
Qutb al-Din Muhammad (died 1346) was the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1330 until his death. He was the son of Rukn al-Din Mahmud.
Biography
Qutb al-Din was appointed malik in December 1330 by the notables of Sistan following the death of his u ...
(died 1346), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
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Qutb al-Din ibn 'Izz al-Din
The term () means 'axis', 'pivot', or 'pole'. Qutb can refer to celestial movements and be used as an astronomical term or a spiritual symbol.
In Sufism, a is the perfect human being, ''al-Insān al-Kāmil'' ('The Universal Man'), who leads ...
(died 1386), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
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Qutb al-Din Muhammad ibn Shams al-Din Shah 'Ali
Qutb al-Din Muhammad (c. 1366 – February 11, 1419) was the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1403 until his death. He was the son of Shams al-Din Shah 'Ali.
Biography
Qutb al-Din's father had served as the malik Shah-i Shahan's representative i ...
(c. 1366 – 1419), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
*Qutb-ud-Din
Ahmad Shah II
Qutb-ud-Din Ahmad Shah II, born Jalal Khan, was a ruler of the Muzaffarids (Gujarat), Muzaffarid dynasty, who reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate from 1451 to 1458. He defeated invading Malwa Sultanate, Malwa forces at the battle of Kapadvanj. ...
, Sultan of
Gujarat Sultanate
The Gujarat Sultanate or Sultanate of Gujarat was a late medieval Islamic Indian kingdom in Western India, primarily in the present-day state of Gujarat. The kingdom was established in 1394 when Muzaffar Shah I, the Governor of Gujarat, decla ...
from 1451 to 1458
*Qutb-ud-Din
Bahadur Shah of Gujarat
Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah, born Bahadur Khan was a sultan of the Muzaffarid dynasty who reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate, a late medieval kingdom in India from 1526 to 1535 and again from 1536 to 1537. He ascended to the throne after competin ...
(died 1537), Sultan of Gujarat Sultanate
*Qutb ud-Din Muhammad Mu'azzam, later
Bahadur Shah I
Bahadur Shah I (Muhammad Mu'azzam; 14 October 1643 – 27 February 1712) or Shah Alam I, was the eighth Mughal Emperor from 1707 to 1712. He was the second son of the sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who he conspired to overthrow in his youth ...
(1643–1712), Mughal Emperor
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Ghotbeddin Sadeghi
Ghotbedin Sadeghi (; born April 23, 1952) in Sanandaj, Iran is an Iranian theatre director, playwright, stage and film actor, and arts instructor. He is also known as a prominent scholar of Iranian arts and culture. Sadeghi established Honar Th ...
(born 1952), Iranian theatre director, playwright, stage and film actor
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Qutb
The term () means 'axis', 'pivot', or 'pole'. Qutb can refer to celestial movements and be used as an astronomical term or a spiritual symbol.
In Sufism, a is the perfect human being, ''al-Insān al-Kāmil'' ('The Universal Man'), who leads ...
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al-Din
Ad-Din ( , "(of) the religion/faith/creed") is a suffix component of some Arabic names in the construct case, meaning 'the religion/faith/creed', e.g. Saif ad-Din ( , "Sword of the Faith"). Varieties are also used in non-Arabic names throughout t ...
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