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Persian language suffix for place names
Countries whose geographical names have the suffix '-abad' -abad is a suffix that forms part of many west, central and south Asian city names originally derived from the Persian language term ābād آباد
In the Indian subcontinent , -abad s are the legacies of Persianized Muslim rulers such as the Mughals .
The suffix is most common in Iran, which contains thousands of -abad s, most of them small villages. Markazi Province alone contained 44 Hoseynabads , 31 Aliabads , 23 Hajjiabads , 22 Hasanabads , and so on.[1]
Selected number of -abad s
Place
Country
Named after
Abbottabad Pakistan James Abbott
Agrabad Bangladesh
Ahmedabad India Muzaffarid sultan Ahmed Shah
Akçaabat Turkey Turkic Akça , "coin"
Ashgabat Turkmenistan Arsaces I
Aurangabad India Aurangzeb
Dzhafarabad Azerbaijan
Faisalabad (also known as Lyallpur ) Pakistan King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
Faizabad India Shia Nawabs of Awadh
Faridabad India Sufi saint Sheikh Farid
Firozabad India Firoz Shah Mansab Dar
Fyzabad Trinidad and Tobago Faizabad , India
Ghaziabad India Wazir Ghazi-ud-din
Hafizabad Pakistan Hafiz, subject of Mughal Emperor Akbar
Hoshangabad India Hoshang Shah
Hyderabad India Ali who was known as Haydar
Hyderabad Pakistan Ali who was known as Haydar
Islamabad Pakistan Islam
Jacobabad Pakistan John Jacob
Jalalabad Afghanistan Pir Jalala
Jalal-Abad Kyrgyzstan
Jamesabad Pakistan H.E.M. James
Jamesabad (present-day Kot Ghulam Muhammad ) Pakistan Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet
Jamesabad (present-day Samaro ) Pakistan
Khorramabad Iran
Persian Khorram , "beautiful"
Leninabad (present-day Khujand ) Tajikistan Vladimir Lenin
Muzaffarabad
Pakistan
Sultan Muzaffar Khan
Ordubad Azerbaijan Turkic ordu , "army"
Roshnabad Bangladesh Persian roshan , "bright"
Sabirabad Azerbaijan Mirza Alakbar Sabir
Sadiqabad
Pakistan
Urdu sadeq , "honest"
Sardarabad (present-day Armavir ) Armenia
Salmabad Bahrain Arabic Salm , "peace"
Secunderabad India Nizam Sikandar Jah
Shirabad Uzbekistan Persian Shir , "Lion"
Stalinabad (present-day Dushanbe ) Tajikistan Joseph Stalin
Türkmenabat Turkmenistan Turkmens
Vagharshapat Armenia Prince Vardges Manouk
Zafarobod Tajikistan Persian Zafar , "victory"
Common -abad names Multiple places by the same name:
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