Imad al-Din or Imad ad-Din (Arabic : عماد الدين , romanized : ʿImād al-Dīn ), 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.[ 1] [ 2]
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
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 (died 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 , Iranian journalist and political activist
Ja'far us Sadiq Imaduddin , Indian Scholar
Imaduddin (ICMI) , 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
^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names . London: Hurst & Company.
^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names . New Delhi: Goodword Books.