Siraj (name)
Siraj is a given name and surname from Arabic: سراج, romanized: sirāj, lit. 'lamp, light', itself a loanword from Imperial Aramaic: שְׁרָגָא, romanized: šǝrāgā. Notable people with this name include:
Given name
[edit]- Agha Siraj Durrani (born 1953), Pakistani politician
- Usman Serajuddin (c. 1258–1357), 14th-century Sufi saint
- Malik Siraj Akbar (born 1983), Baloch journalist
- Mehdi Siraj Ansari (1895–1961), Persian politician
- Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini (c. 1324–1403), Egyptian scholar
- Siraj al-Din al-Sakaki (1160–1228/29), Muslim scholar
- Siraj al-Din al-Ushi (died 1179/80), Hanafi jurist
- Siraj Al-Tall (born 1982), Jordanian footballer
- Siraj Ali (born 1954), British restaurateur
- Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu (1687–1756), Indian Urdu language poet
- Siraj Aurangabadi (1715–1763), Indian writer
- Siraj Mehfuz Daud (1931–2010), Indian judge
- Siraj Din (fl. 1974–76), Pakistani boxer
- Siraj Fegessa (born 1971), Ethiopian politician
- Siraj Gena (born 1984), Ethiopian marathon runner
- Siraj Haider (1948–2018), Bangladeshi actor and director
- Siraj-ul-Haq (born 1962), Pakistani politician
- Sirajuddin Haqqani (born c. 1973–80), Afghan warlord
- Siraj Muhammad Khan (born 1947), Pakistani politician
- Siraj Nassar (born 1990), Israeli footballer
- Siraj Raisani (1963–2018), Pakistani politician
- Siraj Sikder (1944–1975), Bangladeshi activist
- Mohamad Siraj Tamim (born 1985), Lebanese sprinter
- Siraj Kassam Teli (1953–2020), Pakistani businessman
- Siraj ud-Daulah (1733–1757), Nawab of Bengal
- Siraj al-Din al-Sajawandi (died c. 1203), Iranian linguist
- Siraj-ul-Haque, Pakistani television director
- Siraj Wahhaj (born 1950), American imam
- Siraj Williams (born 1984), Liberian sprinter
Surname
[edit]- Abd Allah Siraj (1876–1949), Arab politician
- Anwar Siraj (born 1978), Ethiopian footballer
- Farah Siraj, Jordanian singer
- Golam Mohammad Siraj (fl. 1991–2019), Bangladeshi politician
- Khatijun Nissa Siraj (1925–2023), Singaporean women's rights activist
- Minhaj-i-Siraj (born 1193), Persian historian
- Mohammed Siraj (born 1994), Indian cricketer
- Muhammad Siraj-Din (born 1935), Pakistani wrestler
- Waleed Siraj (born 1992), Sudanese footballer
- Shahawar Matin Siraj (fl. 2004–06), Pakistani-American terrorist
- Shajahan Siraj (1943–2020), Bangladeshi politician
- Shakinul Siraj, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Syed Mustafa Siraj (1930–2012), Bengali writer
- Uthman Siraj ad-Din (1258–1357), Bengali Islamic scholar
- Yasmin Siraj (born 1996), American figure skater
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Siraj
- All pages with titles containing Siraj
- Siraj (disambiguation)
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