Asadullah

Asadullāh (Arabic: أَسَدُ ٱلله), also written Asadollah, Assadullah or Asad Ullah, is a male Muslim given name meaning Lion of Allah.

The name was initially used to refer to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's closest kinsmen Hamza and Ali.

Initially, the title was first given to Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Muhammad's uncle.^[1] After the Battle of the Trench, when Ali defeated Amr ibn Abd al-Wud, Muhammad reportedly gave Ali the name Asadullah (Lion of God) and praised him, saying 'Ali's strike on Amr ibn Abd al-Wud is greater than the worship of both mankind and jinn until the Day of Judgement.'^[2]

The name may additionally refer to:

• Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan or Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869), Urdu and Persian poet from the Indian subcontinent
• Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, called Asadullah by Islamic State members
• Mírzá Asadu’llah Fádil Mázandarání (ca. 1880–1957), Iranian Bahá'í scholar
• Assadollah Hosseinpoor (1882/1883–1954), Iranian military officer
• Khalifa Mohammad Asadullah (1890–1949), pioneer of the library movement in the Indian subcontinent
• Asadollah Alam (1919–1978), Prime Minister of Iran
• Assadollah Rashidian (active 1953), Iranian agent for foreign powers
• Asadollah Lajevardi (1935–1998), Iranian politician and prison warden
• Assadullah Sarwari (born 1941), Afghan politician
• Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani (born 1942), Iranian theologian
• Assad-Allah Imani (born 1947) Iranian Shia Cleric, Assembly of Experts Member
• Asadulla Al Galib (born 1998), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948), Bangladeshi professor of Arabic, accused of support for Islamic militancy
• Asadullah Khan (born 1984), Afghan cricketer
• Asadullah Jan, Pakistani held in Guantanamo (ISN 47)
• Asad Ullah, Afghan held in Guantanamo (ISN 912)
• Asadullah Bhutto, Pakistani politician
• Asadullah Khalid, Afghan provincial governor
• Asadullah Hamdam, Afghan provincial governor
• Assadullah Wafa, Afghan provincial governor
• Asadullah (Afghan cricketer), Afghan cricketer
• Asadullah (Pakistani cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
• Asadollah Mikaeili, known as Darius Mikaeili, Iranian footballer
• A fictional character from the movie Office Space, who is referenced in a quote by the character Samir.^[3]

  You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds, and then take the other half over to my friend Asadullah who works in securities...

  — Samir (Ajay Naidu), Office Space (1999)