Imad al-Din

Imad al-Din or Imad ad-Din (), also Imad ud-din, is a male Muslim given name meaning "pillar of the religion, faith", composed from the nouns ‘''imad'', meaning pillar, and ''al-Din'', of the faith.

This theophoric name is formed from the Arabic male given name Imad.

Other written variants are Imadaddin, Imaduddin, Emadeddin, etc.

Notable bearers of the name include:

*Al-Kiya al-Harrasi (1058-1110), Islamic scholar *Imad al-Din Zengi (c. 1085–1146), emir of Mosul and Aleppo *Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125–1201), Persian poet and historian *Amadin, 13th-century Yazidi saint *Imadaddin Nasimi (1369–1417), Azerbaijani Ḥurūfī poet *Idris Imad al-Din (1392–1468), head of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community and historian *Imad al-Din Mahmud ibn Mas‘ud Shirazi (mid 16th century), Persian physician *Muhammad Imaduddin I (1580–1648), sultan of the Maldives *Muhammad Imaaduddeen IV (died 1882), sultan of the Maldives *Muhammad Imaaduddeen V (died 1893), sultan of the Maldives *Imad ud-din Lahiz (1830-1900), Islamic writer who converted to Christianity *Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868–1932), sultan of the Maldives *Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad (born 1948), American Muslim scholar *Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed, known as Dodi Fayed (1955–1997), Egyptian film producer *Emadeddin Baghi (born 1962), Iranian journalist and political activist * Ja'far us Sadiq Imaduddin (born 1973), Indian Scholar *Imaduddin (ICMI) (1931-2008), Indonesian religious and political activist *Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, also known as Abu Dahdah, Syrian-born Spaniard sentenced to prison in Spain for his part in the September 11, 2001 attacks Provided by Wikipedia