Murad
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Murad (Arabic: مراد) is an Arabic, Kurdish and Persian male given name and is commonly used throughout the Muslim world, and Arabic world where the spelling Mourad is common. [1]
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[edit] Etymology
The name Murad stems from the Arabic, Persian and Hindustani word "Morad/Mordd" which means Fulfilment of a vow Vowed, and alternately something wished or desired.[2]
[edit] Ottoman sultans
- Murad I, Sultan Murad I (often nicknamed Hüdavendigâr - from Persian: خداوندگار Khodāvandgār - "the God-like One") Received the name Murad through a play on the Persian word Mordd Which means "wish or desire"[3]
- Murad II
- Murad III
- Murad IV
[edit] Given name
- Murad (actor), Indian character actor
- Mourad the Great, the nickname of Hampartsoum Boyadjian, an Armenian fedayee and political activist
- Murad Artin, Iraqi politician
- Murad Baksh (died 1661), the youngest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and empress Mumtaz Mahal
- Murad Bey (1750-1801), Mamluk Chieftain
- Mourad Bouzidi, Dutch–Tunisian kickboxer
- Mourad Daami, Tunisian football referee
- Mourad Medelci, Algerian politician
- Mourad Meghni, Algerian footballer
- Murad Qureshi, British Bangladeshi Labour Party politician and Greater London Assembly Member
[edit] Surname
- Abdul Hakim Murad (terrorist), alleged conspirator in the planned attacks called Operation Bojinka
- Abdul Rahim Mourad, a former Defense Minister to Lebanon
- Adel Murad, Iraqi politician
- Dashni Murad. Kurdish Pop singer
- Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist
- Hadji Murad, Avar military commander
- Hadji Murat (novel) – novel by Leo Tolstoy
- Mounir Mourad, Egyptian artist, singer and actor
- Raza Murad, Indian character actor, son of Murad
- Timothy Winter, aka Abdal-Hakim Murad, British Islamic scholar
- Waheed Murad, Pakistani film producer, writer, and actor
- Zuhair Murad, a Beirut-based Lebanese fashion designer
[edit] Other
- Murad, Yemen
- Murad (tribe) a Yemeni tribe
[edit] See also
- Murat, modern Turkish spelling of Murad
[edit] References
- ^ Pearce, Karen (2002). Multicultural matters: names and naming systems. London: Building Bridges. pp. 194. ISBN 0-9543653-0-5. http://books.google.ca/books?id=aYBvpmgCBbIC&printsec=copyright&source=gbs_pub_info_r#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ^ Aspland, Robert (1847). The Christian reformer. London: Sherbert. Gilbert and Piper. pp. 334. http://books.google.ca/books?id=xxsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA334&dq=morad+persian+for+desire&hl=en&sa=X&ei=g7sPT7u6N4PY0QGe4qSLAw&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=morad%20persian%20for%20desire&f=false.
- ^ Iskander, Munshi (1978). The history of Shah ʻAbbas the Great. University of Michigan: Westview Press. pp. 1399. http://books.google.ca/books?id=s-htAAAAMAAJ&dq=morad%20persian%20for%20desire&source=gbs_book_other_versions.
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