Nur al-Din


Nur al-Din is a male Arabic given name, translating to 'light of Faith', nūr meaning 'light' and dīn meaning 'religion'. More recently, the name has also been used as a surname.
There are many Romanized spelling variants of the name. The element نور can be spelled Nur, Noor, Nor, Nour or Nuer. The element دين can be spelled either Din, Deen or Dine. The definite article in front of the "sun letter" d is realized only as a gemination /dː/, the Arabic pronunciation being /nuːrudːiːn/.
Syntactically, the name is an iḍāfah, in full vocalization nūru d-dīni. Consequently, depending on the system of Romanization, the definite article can be rendered as al, ad, ud, ed or d.
Among the variant romanized spellings in common use are Nuraddin, Nureddin, Noureddin, Noureddine, Nooradeen, Nordeen, Nourdin, Noordine, Nordine, Nuradin, Nurdin, Nooruldeen; scientific transliterations are Nur ad-Din, Nur-ud-Din, Nur al-Din, etc.

Given name

Medieval and up to 1800

  • Nur ad-Din, atabeg of Aleppo, member of the Zengid dynasty, ruler of the Syrian province of the Seljuk Empire
  • Nur al-Din Muhammad, member of the Artuqid dynasty
  • Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji , Arab astronomer and philosopher
  • Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I, Zengid emir of Mosul
  • Nure Sofi, Turkish religious leader
  • Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd al-'Azīz Ibn al-Qamar, Tunisian Berber prince
  • Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali, Kashmiri saint of the rishi order
  • Nuruddin Sikandar Shah, Sultan of Bengal
  • Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami, Persian poet
  • Nur ad-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Hirawi al-Qari, known as Ali al-Qari, Afghan Islamic scholar
  • Nuruddin ar-Raniri, Indian Islamic scholar
  • Noor Mohammad Nooruddin, Dai-al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra Community
  • Nur al-Din Nimatullah al-Jazayiri, Safavid Iranian Ja'fari jurist, linguist and writer
  • Hassan Nooraddeen I, sultan of the Maldives

    Born after 1800

  • Ibrahim Nooraddeen, sultan of the Maldives
  • Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
  • Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
  • Nur al-Din al-Salimi, Omani Ibadi scholar
  • Nureddin Pasha, Turkish military officer
  • Hassan Nooraddeen II,, sultan of the Maldives
  • Nureddine Rifai, Lebanese politician
  • Münir Nurettin Selçuk, Turkish musician
  • Nur al-Din Kahala, Syrian politician
  • Noureddin Kianouri, Iranian communist leader of the Tudeh Party
  • Nordine Ben Ali, Algerian-French footballer
  • Nurettin Ok, Turkish lawyer and politician
  • Nureddin al-Atassi, President of Syria
  • Noureddine Sammoud, Tunisian poet
  • Nuredin Loxha, Kosovar Albanian theatre director
  • Noureddin Zarrinkelk, Iranian film animator
  • Nurettin Sözen, Turkish politician
  • Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, Algerian politician
  • Nooruddeen Durkee, American Sufi
  • Nurettin Yardımcı, Turkish archaeologist
  • Mohammad Noordin Sopiee, Malaysian academician
  • Nuruddin Farah, Somali novelist
  • Nourredine Kourichi, Algerian-French footballer
  • Noureddine Bouyahyaoui, Moroccan footballer
  • Nur-eldeen Masalha, Palestinian writer
  • Noureddine Bhiri, Tunisian politician
  • Nourdine Bourhane, Prime Minister of Comoros
  • Noureddine Melikechi, Algerian Physicist and Educator
  • Noureddine Daifallah, Moroccan calligrapher
  • Nurettin Canikli, Turkish politician
  • Noordeen Mashoor, Sri Lankan politician
  • Nordin Mohamed Jadi, Malaysian athlete
  • Nordine Zouareg, Algerian fitness coach
  • Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang, Chinese Muslim calligrapher
  • Noureddine Bensouda, Moroccan civil servant
  • Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian-Indonesian Islamist militant
  • Noureddine Morceli, Algerian athlete
  • Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan footballer
  • Nurettin Demirtaş, Turkish politician
  • Noureddine Drioueche, Algerian footballer
  • Nourredine Yagoubi, Algerian judoka
  • Noureddine Ziyati, Moroccan footballer
  • Nordin Jbari, Moroccan-Belgian footballer
  • Noureddine Daham, Algerian footballer
  • Noureddine Kacemi, Moroccan footballer
  • Nordine Amrani, Belgian criminal and spree killer in the 2011 Liège attack.
  • Nordine Ben Allal, Moroccan-Belgian criminal
  • Nourdin Boukhari, Moroccan-Dutch footballer
  • Nordine Sam, Algerian-French footballer
  • Nordin Gerzić, Bosnian footballer
  • Nordine Oubaali, Moroccan-French boxer
  • Nordin Amrabat, Moroccan-Dutch footballer
  • Nordine Assami, Algerian-French footballer
  • Noureddine Smaïl, Algerian-French athlete
  • Nurudeen Orelesi, Nigerian footballer
  • Nuruddin Khan, chief of Bangladesh army
  • Nourdine Midiladji, Comoros politician
  • Nour Eddine , Moroccan film director, musician, choreographer and singer, based in Italy
  • Nordine Hachouf, Algerian footballer
  • Noor al-Deen, Syrian detained by the CIA

    Surname

  • Mouna Noureddine, Tunisian actress
  • Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, American poet
  • Mohamed Khaled Nordin, Malaysian politician
  • Juliette Noureddine, French singer known as Juliette
  • Zulkifli Noordin, Malaysian politician
  • Zainudin Nordin, Singaporean politician
  • Mohd Nasril Nourdin, Malaysian footballer
  • Herdi Noor Al-Deen, Iraqi Kurdish footballer
  • Muayyed Nureddin, Canadian Muslim detainee
  • Dara Nur al-Din, Iraqi judge and politician

    Fictional characters

  • Nour El Deen Mahmoud Nour El Deen