Ziauddin

The name Ziauddin is a common transliteration of the male Muslim given name more correctly written Ḍiya ad-Dīn, (Arabic: ضياء الدين‎). It may refer to:

• Diya al-din Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi, (1097 – 1168), Persian Sufi
• Diyā' ad-Dīn Ibn Athir (1163 - 1239), Kurdish writer and literary critic
• Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi (died 1245), Hanbali Islamic scholar
• Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi (died 1350), Persian physician and Sufi living in India
• Ziauddin Barani (1285 - 1357), Indian historian and political philosopher
• Ziauddin Ahmed (1878 – 1947), scholar and politician in colonial India
• Nawab Sir Ziauddin Ahmed (1878 - 1947), scholar and politician in colonial India
• Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee (1888 – 1969), Prime Minister of Iran
• Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri, known as Z. A. Suleri (1913 - 1999), Pakistani journalist and writer
• Maulana Ziauddin Islahi (1937 - 2008), Indian Islamic scholar
• Ziauddin Sardar (born 1951), Pakistani writer on Islam
• Ziyaettin Doğan or Ziya Doğan (born 1961), Iranian football manager
• Ziauddin Rizvi (died 2005), Shi'a cleric from Gilgit
• Ziaeddin Niknafs (born 1986), Iranian footballer
• Ziaeddin Tavakkoli, Iranian politician
• Ziauddin Butt, a Pakistani military officer jailed as a result of the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état
• Qari Ziauddin, Afghan militia leader
• Ziauddin (Afghan militia leader), Afghan militia leader
• Ziauddin (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer

See also

• Ziauddin Pur, census town in India
• Qarah Zia od Din, town in West Azarbaijan province, Iran
• Dr. Ziauddin Group of Hospitals, hospital group in Pakistan named in honor of Ziauddin Ahmed
• Ziauddin Medical University, medical school in Karachi, Pakistan named in honor of Ziauddin Ahmed