Asad

Asad
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ʔasad]
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	Lion
Region of origin	Middle East
Other names
Alternative spelling	Assad, Asaad
Related names	Asad al-Din; Asad al-Zaman;

Asad (Arabic: أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion".^[1] It is used in nicknames such as Asad Allāh, one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.

People

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

Given name

Asadullah (disambiguation), multiple people
Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure
Asad Abdul Rahman (born 1944), Palestinian political scientist, academic and politician
Asad Ahmad, journalist for BBC News and newsreader for BBC London
Asad Q. Ahmed, American scholar
Asad Al Faqih (1910–1989), Lebanese lawyer and diplomat
Asad ibn al-Furat (760–828) jurist and theologian
Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Asaduddin Owaisi, Indian politician
Asad Raza (artist), Pakistani-American artist
Asad Rustum, Lebanese historian, academic and writer
Asad ibn Saman, early Samanid
Assad Saftawi (1935–1993), Palestinian Fatah cofounder and leader
Asad Shafiq, Pakistan test cricketer
Asad Umar, Pakistani lawmaker and former politician
Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed, former IAS officer from Hyderabad

Surname

Audrey Assad, American singer-songwriter and Contemporary Christian music artist
Clarice Assad, Sérgio's daughter, a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist
Javier Assad (born 1997), Mexican baseball player
Julio Asad (born 1953), Argentine footballer
María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad, Lebanese-Mexican economist
Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, influential 20th-century writer and political theorist
Omar Asad (born 1971), Argentine footballer
Sérgio Assad, Brazilian classical composer, guitarist
Talal Asad, anthropologist, son of Muhammad Asad
Yamil Asad (born 1994), Argentine footballer

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, former President of Syria 1970–2000^[2]
Bashar al-Assad, current President of Syria^[3]

Other family members include:

References

^ Arabic first names. New York: Hippocrene Books. 1999. p. 66. ISBN 0-7818-0688-7. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ Schneider, Howard; Cody, Edward (10 January 2024). "Syria's Assad Dead at 69". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ O'Connor, Tom (27 May 2021). "Syria's Assad Wins Fourth Election, Second Since War and Ninth for Family". Newsweek. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

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[1] Arabic first names. New York: Hippocrene Books. 1999. p. 66. ISBN 0-7818-0688-7. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

[2] Schneider, Howard; Cody, Edward (10 January 2024). "Syria's Assad Dead at 69". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[3] O'Connor, Tom (27 May 2021). "Syria's Assad Wins Fourth Election, Second Since War and Ninth for Family". Newsweek. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

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