Azad
Appearance
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Azad may refer to:
People
Mononym
- Azad (fl. 345), a eunuch and a companion in martyrdom of Simeon Barsabae
- Azad (Maoist) (1952–2010), alias Cherukuri Rajkumar, Spokesperson and Central Politburo member of the Communist Party of India
- Azad (rapper) (born 1974), German rapper of Iranian-Kurdish descent (formerly a member of Asiatic Warriors)
Given name
- Azad Khan Afghan (died 1781), Pashtun military leader
- Azad Ali, British Islamist
Surname
- Afshan Azad (born 1989), actress who played the character of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter films
- Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906–1931), Indian freedom-fighter
- Chandrashekhar Azad (social activist) (born 1986), Indian activist
- Humayun Azad (1947–2004), Bangladeshi author and scholar
- Mahmoud Mosharraf Azad Tehrani (1934–2006), Iranian poet
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958), Indian freedom-fighter
- Muhammad Husain Azad (1830–1910), Indian poet
- Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949), Indian politician associated with Congress party
- Kavi Kumar Azad (1972–2018), Indian actor famous for Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah TV series
Places
- Azadi Stadium, Iran's national and largest stadium
- Azad, Afghanistan
- Azat, Armenia
- Azad, Goranboy, Azerbaijan
- Azad, Goygol, Azerbaijan
- Azad, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran
- Azad, alternate name of Deh-e Azad, Hirmand, Iran
- Azad, West Azerbaijan, Iran
- Azad-e Olya, Zanjan Province, Iran
- Azad-e Sofla, Zanjan Province, Iran
- Azad Kashmir, disputed autonomous region within the state of Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan
Entertainment
- Azad (fictional game), a fictional game from the book The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
- Azadi (album), a 1997 album released by Pakistani rock band, Junoon
- Azad, a fictional region where most of the plot and gameplay of the videogame Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time takes place
- Azad (1940 film), a 1940 Hindi film
- Azad (2000 film), a 2000 Telugu film
- Azad (2017 film), a 2017 Pakistani film
Other uses
- The Azad, a Bengali newspaper founded in Kolkata and later became the leading daily in East Bengal
- Azad Hind, collaborationist provisional government of Free India led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose during World War II
- Azad Hind Fauj, Indian National Army organised by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
- Islamic Azad University, a private university system in Iran
- Azad TV News, Hindi language news channel in India
See also
- Azaad (disambiguation)
- Azat (disambiguation)
- Azd, an Arabian tribe