Alauddin (Arabic: علاء الدين) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, also a surname. This name derives from the Arabic “ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn”, meaning “servant of Allah, nobility of faith, nobility of religion, nobility of the faith”. It is one of a large class of names ending with ad-Din.^[1]

Given name

• Alauddin Khalji, Afghan emperor of the Khalji dynasty.
• Alauddin Ahammad, Bangladeshi politician and academic
• Alauddin Al-Azad (1932–2009), Bangladeshi author, novelist, and poet.
• Alauddin Ali, Bangladeshi music composer
• Alauddin Marri (b. 1979), Pakistani businessman and social worker.
• Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari (b. 1196 AD), South Asian Sufi saint in the 13th century
• Alauddin Siddiqui (1938-2017) Islamic Sufi Scholar from Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
• Alauddin (cricketer) (b: 1976), Pakistani former cricketer.
• Alauddin Jani, governor of Bengal at 12th century of Mamluk dynasty
• Alauddin Ali Shah, independent ruler of Lakhnauti, the old capital of Bengal
• Alauddin al-Kahar, 3rd sultan of Aceh.
• Alauddin Mansur Syah (died 1585), 8th Sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra
• Alauddin Mahmud Syah I (died 1781), 25th sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra.
• Alauddin Muhammad Syah (b. 1760), 28th sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra.
• Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah I (b: 1802), 31st sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra.
• Alauddin Ibrahim Mansur Syah (died 1870) was the 33rd sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra.
• Alauddin Mahmud Syah II (died 1874), 34th sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra.
• Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah II (b: 1864), 35th and last sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra.
• Alauddin Masud, 7th sultan of the Mamluk dynasty in the 12th century. (Slave dynasty)

Surname

• Md. Alauddin (1925–2000), a Bangladeshi politician
• Kazi Alauddin, a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician.
• Gogi Alauddin (b: 1950), a former squash player from Pakistan.
• M. Alauddin, a Bangladeshi Academic & researcher, 10th VC of Islamic University, Bangladesh.

Disambiguation

• Alauddin Firuz Shah (disambiguation)

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