Asad

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Asad (Arabic: أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". It is used in nicknames such as Asad Allāh, one of the nicknames for Ali ibn Abi Talib.

People[]

Among prominent people named Asad, "Assad" or "Asaad" are:

• Asad Ahmad, journalist for BBC News and newsreader for BBC London
• Khaled al-Asaad, prominent Syrian archaeologist and historian killed by ISIS
• Audrey Assad, an American singer-songwriter and Contemporary Christian music artist
• Asadullah (disambiguation), meaning Lion of God, may refer to several people
• Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Asad ibn Saman, an early Samanid
• Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure
  • Khuwaylid ibn Asad, his son, father-in-law of Muhammad
• Asad ibn al-Furat (760–828) a jurist and theologian
• Hassan Assad (born 1973), American professional wrestler better known as Montel Vontavious Porter
• Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, influential 20th-century writer and political theorist
• Talal Asad, anthropologist, son of Muhammad Asad
• Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, a famous Urdu and Persian poet of India
• Sérgio Assad, Brazilian classical composer, guitarist
• Clarice Assad, Sérgio's daughter, a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist
• Asad (tribe), an Arabic Adnanite tribe, cousins of Muhammad
• Warqa ibn Naufal ibn Asad, a cousin of Muhammad
• Asaduddin Owaisi, a politician from Hyderabad
• Asad Umar, a Pakistani lawmaker and former politician
• Asad Uddin, 16th-century Bengali poet
• Asad Raza (artist), a Pakistani-American artist
• Asad Shafiq, a Pakistan Test cricketer
• Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed, former IAS officer from Hyderabad
• María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad, Lebanese-Mexican economist

Al-Assad family[]

The Al-Assad family is an Alawite family from the Latakia region (specifically Qardaha), which has held political power in Syria since 1970. The family has produced two presidents:

• Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria 1970–2000
• Bashar al-Assad, current President of Syria and belligerent in the Syrian Civil War

Other family members include:

• Bassel al-Assad
• Rifaat al-Assad
• Jamil al-Assad
• Maher al-Assad
• Bushra al-Assad

See also[]

• Asad (film)
• Aslan (disambiguation)
• Lake Assad
• Al Asad Airbase
• Haydar
• Lions in Islam
• Qaswarah
• Shir, a Persian term for 'Lion'

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