Shah Abbas I
Birth:1571
Death:1629
The fifth sovereign of the Saffavid dynasty of Iran.
Iran's brilliant ruler Shah Abbas 1, whose magnum opus urban planning integrated the political, economic, religious and social elements out of which he built a nation.
He built a magnificent Court in Isfahan that stunned at the ...
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Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
Birth:1905
Death:1982
The lion of Kashmir.
A champion of Kashmir's struggle for freedom against the repressive Dogra raj, Sheikh Abdullah, in the 1930s and 1940s, thundered at a doomed social order and an economic system resting on inequity, injustice and exploitation. Without being a firebrand revolutionary, he ...
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Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas
Birth:595
Death:664
The lion's claws!
Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas was one of the oldest companions of the Prophet (PBUH) and one of the ten who were promised paradise.
Sa'd who was considered to be one of the most courageous Arabs and horsemen took part in the battles ...
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Sadruddin Aga Khan
Birth:1933
Death:2003
The Prince who believed it was the duty of elites to improve the lot of humanity.
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan was widely respected for his close association with the cultural, humanitarian and human rights work of the UN for almost four decades lastly as United ...
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Sultan Alauddin Khilji
Birth:1296
Death:1316
He was the nephew and son-in-law of Jalaluddin Khilji, whom he murdered in 1296 and ascended to the throne in Delhi. He proved himself to be an able administrator and though uneducated, he patronised poets like Khusru, Hasan Sajzi and learned persons and Sufis like Maulana ...
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Syed Imdad Imam Asar Nawab
Birth:1849
Death:1934
An Urdu poet born at Neura, Patna, India.
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Sheikh Bahauddin Zakaria Multani
Birth:1182
Death:1262
An Indian Sufi saint. Born in Multan, went to Baghdad, became a disciple of Shaikh Shahabuddin Saharwardy and came back to Multan to establish the Suhawardia order.
He was a cousin of Baba Ganj Shakar Farid; the ruler of Sind and Multan, Nasiruddin Qabacha, was ...
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Salah Al Din Al Bitar
Birth:1912
Death:1980
A Syrian leader.
He co-founded the Ba'ath (Arab Renaissance) Party with Aflaq during the early 1940s. After the Bath coup in Syria in 1963 he headed five governments before being ousted in a coup in 1966.
An unidentified gunman assassinated him in Paris.
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Salahuddin Choudhury
Birth:1941
Death:
He along with his wife circumnavigated the globe in a car in a record time of 39 days 20 hours and 15 minutes in 1991, covering six continents and 25 countries and thus earned an entry in the Guinness book of world record as the fastest man to circumnavigate the ...
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Sid Ahmad Ghozali
Birth:1937
Death:
The prime minister of Algeria in 1991. Minister of finance from 1988 to 1989.
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Sadeq Hedayat
Birth:1903
Death:1951
The foremost short story writer of Iran.
Sadeq studied in Europe during 1920s and was influenced by Satre with whom he studied in Paris, Maupassant, Kafka, Chekov and others and translated their works into Persian.
In Europe, he studied the works of Rainer Maria Rilke ...
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Sayyid Muhammad Abd Allah Al Hasan
Birth:1864
Death:1920
A nationalist Somali leader who fought against the Italians, British and Ethiopian colonial forces in Somali land.
During a pilgrimage to Makkah, he joined the Salihyiah order and after returning to Somalia, he urged for the expulsion of the English colonists and in 1899 declared Jihad ...
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Shaikh Hasan-i-buzurg
Birth:
Death:1358
The founder of the Jalayirid dynasty of Iran.
The name Jalayir was derived from an important Mongol tribe.
Shaikh Hasan Buzurg seized power in 1340 and became the ruler of Baghdad. His grandfather was a general of Halaku Khan and his sons likewise attained to high ...
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Sulaiman Ibn Muhammad Mustain
Birth:1037
Death:1046
The ruler of Sargasso, Spain in the 11th century.
After the murder of the Tujibid king in 1039, Hud seized Sargasso and established the Hadid dynasty. He took control of most of the northeast Iberian Peninsula.
The Huddi dynasty came to an end in 1146.
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Sayyid Hussein Bin Ali
Birth:1856
Death:1931
King of Hejaz (1916 - 1924).
Hussain Sharif was the founder of the modern Hashmite dynasty of Arab, great-grand-father of king Hussain of Jordan and father of King Faisal I.
Hussain was the Sharif of Makkah (1908 - 16) and on the advice of T E Lawrence came over ...
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Sultan Idris Ibn Raja Iskander
Birth:1849
Death:1916
Sultan of Perak, Malaya.
Idris succeeded to the throne in 1887 and ruled till 1916, only 13 years after the British had declared Malaya as a protectorate.
Idris was an enlightened monarch who established Malay College to provide English education and Sultan Idris Training College for educating the ...
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Shaikh Junaid
Birth:c1430
Death:1460
Fourth head of the Safavid order of mystics and the first safavid Shaikh to whom the title of Sultan was given.
Junaid confronted Jahan Shah, the ruler of Azerbaijan, with his armed followers, which alarmed Jahan Shah. He was expelled along with his followers from ...
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Shaikh Kamaluddin Khujandi
Birth:
Death:1390
The Persian poet and a contemporary of Hafiz, who considered him and Salman Sawji as amongst the finest poets of their time.
The Imperial Library at Vienna possesses a manuscript of the Diwan of Kamaluddin.
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Sheikh Abeid Karume
Birth:1905
Death:1972
A political and labour leader of Zanzibar/Tanzania.
Following Zanzibar's independence from Britain in 1963, Karume became president of Zanzibar's People Republic in 1969. He was assassinated in 1972.
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Seyyid Khatemi
Birth:1943
Death:
An Iranian politician.
Hojjat ol-Islam Seyyid Khatemi was elected to the presidency of Iran in a landslide victory in 1997. He immediately made it clear that he wanted to build a more positive relationship with the West. Khatemi's election signalled the strong desire of a large ...
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Sadiq Al Mahdi
Birth:1936
Death:
The Sudanese leader.
Mahdi became Sudan's Prime minister first in 1966 but was defeated in election in 1968. He again became prime minister in 1986-89.
Britain, the colonial power, compounded the division, first by reinforcing the inequalities of development between the centre and outlying regions, and then ...
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Sheikh Mansur
Birth:1732
Death:1794
Chechnya's first Mujahid.
Mansur defeated the Russian army in 1786 and 1788. But he was captured in 1790 and brought to St. Petersburg, where he died.
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Saadat Hussain Manto
Birth:1912
Death:1955
A sardonic short-story writer of Urdu.
Manto apparently loved challenges and to shock his readers. People either loved him or despised him, but there was hardly a soul who could ignore him. He did try to jolt his readers into social consciousness, and was considered ...
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Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi
Birth:1914
Death:1999
One of the foremost scholars in the contemporary Islamic world.
Maulana Nadwi's numerous essays, lectures and books have been published extensively in Arabic, Urdu and English languages including his popular works, 'Islam and The World' and 'Saviour of the Islamic Spirit' - a biographical account ...
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Syed Imauddin Nasimi
Birth:
Death:c1418
One of the greatest mystic poets of Syria.
Nasimi was greatly influenced by the Iranian mystic, Fazl Allah, and the latter was executed for his heretic beliefs in 1401. He also met the same fate in about 1418 after being accused of heresy.
Nasimi wrote Diwan in ...
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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Birth:1933
Death:
An Iranian theologian, philosopher and traditionalist who received his higher education in Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.
He is opponent of western modernisation, secularism and materialism and advocates principles of traditional Islam.
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Saparmurat Niyazov
Birth:1940
Death:2006
Turkmenistan's 'iron ruler'
Turkmenistan's authoritarian president Saparmurat Niyazov ruled his country for 21 years. In 1999, he was made president-for-life of the Central Asian country where he was the centre of a personality cult.
Head of Communist Party in Turkmenistan, then a Soviet republic, in 1985, Saparmurat styled ...
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Shibli Numani
Birth:1857
Death:1914
An Indian scholar, theologian, historian and poet.
When teaching Arabic at the Aligarh College in 1883, Maulana Shibli had access to Sir Syed Ahmad's rich collections of Arabic works published abroad. Maulana's Al Mamun was published in 1887. After that came a biography of Imam Abu Hanifa ...
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Sheikh Fazlollah Noori
Birth:1843
Death:1909
An Iranian scholar.
Nuri who was educated in Najaf, was the author of Tazkirat al ghafil wa irshad al jahil.
Nuri Fazlullah was executed for his anti-constitutional activities.
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Said Nursi
Birth:1873
Death:1960
A Turkish religious leader also known as Bediuzzaman (the Wonder of the Age).
Nurculuk, the modern Turkish religious movement takes its name from him. His collection of writings was called Risale-i-nur. His Nurculuck (Nuren in Turkish means men of Nursi) order was spread to big ...
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Saad Zaglol Pasha
Birth:1860
Death:1927
An Egyptian political leader.
Saad Zaglol was educated at al Azhar University Cairo. Jamaluddin Afghani, the famous Muslim religious teacher, had a great influence on him. Zaglol founded an important political party, the WAFD.
Saad was the editor of Al-Waqaih-Al-Misriya and also used to write ...
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Shikari Pasha
Birth:1854
Death:1916
One of the bravest Turkish Generals.
In 1904 the Bulgarians had revolted against the Turks. Shikari Pasha suppressed the revolt completely. In the Balkan Wars he re-conquered Adirnapole.
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Safi Qureshey
Birth:1951
Death:
A Pakistani-American entrepreneur and engineer.
Shafi was educated in Karachi and Austin in Texas, his AST Research, an electronic design consulting outfit, established in 1980 is now a multi-million dollar company in turnover.
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Sayyid Qutb
Birth:1906
Death:1966
An Egyptian thinker, poet, writer and activist.
Sayyid Qutb, the doyen of the Ikhwan al-Muslimun, had a very profound impact on the Muslim Arab youth coming of age since late 60s. Western writers in recent years have focused on him as one of the two ...
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Saifuddin Muzaffar Al Qutuz
Birth:
Death:1260
The Mamluk General who repulsed the Tartar army of Halaku at the battle field of Aynjalut in 1260. He was the regent of Al Mansur Ali who was Aybak's son, the Mamluk Sultan.
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Sadr Ud Din Raju Qattal
Birth:
Death:1403
A Sufi saint of Chistiya-Nizamiya tariqa (order).
He authored Tuhfatun - Nasauyeh.
Raju Qattal, brother of Makhdum Jahanian Jahan Gasht, Sheikh Jalal, is buried in Multan.
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Saadat Khan Burhanul Mulk
Birth:1680
Death:1739
Formerly Muhammad Amin, he was from Khurasan. He was governor of Oudh in 1724 with the title of Sa'adat Khan. His only child was his daughter who was married to his nephew Abul Mansur Khan Safdarjang, who succeeded him after his death.
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Sabah Al Salam Al Sabah
Birth:1913
Death:1977
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Sabiha Al Dabbag
Birth:1922
Death:1998
Iraq's female doctor and a campaigner for women's health in the Middle East.
In 1973, Sabiha moved with her family to Oxford, England. She wrote prolifically on medical issues in the popular Arabic press, and in 1980s became a regular contributor to health programmes on the ...
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Sabiha Gokcen
Birth:1913
Death:2001
One of the world's first female fighter pilots and a symbol for Turkey of the women's liberation.
Ataturk had adopted Sabiha when she was orphaned at an early age. Sabiha was born in Bursa and died in Ankara.
Turkey named Istanbul's second international airport after ...
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Sabu Dastagir
Birth:1924
Death:1963
An Indian actor, migrated to USA and famous for his film The Thief of Baghdad.
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Sad Al Din Aljibawi
Birth:
Death:1036
The founder of the Sa'diya order. He was born at Jiba, which lies between Harwan and Damascus. It was said that Sa'dia order was a branch of Rifaiya. Jami, however, suggested in his Nafhat al Uns that one Sad al Din Hamawi (died 650 A.H.) ...
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Sa'd Bin Ubaida Al Khazraji
Birth:
Death:637
One of the few people in Arabia who could write at that time.
After the death of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) the Aws and Khazraj clans wanted him to be the Caliph as he was the head of the Khazrajis tribe. But due to the pressure ...
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Sa'd Uddin
Birth:1536
Death:1599
A Turkish historian. Author of Taj ul Tawarikh, a work held in high estimation by scholars, gave an account of the Ottoman empire from its commencement in 1299 till 1520.
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Sa'duddin Hamwia
Birth:
Death:1252
He was called Shaikh-ul-Mashaikh, and was the author of several works including Kitab ul Mahbub.
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Sadallah Wannus
Birth:1941
Death:1997
Playwright and dramatist.
Sa'dallah's finest works - The Elephant, Oh Lord of Ages and An Evening Party for the Sake of 5 June, written after the Arab defeat in the June 1967 six-day war with Israel, that established his reputation He was known throughout the Arab world ...
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Saddam Hussein
Birth:1937
Death:2006
An Iraqi leader who made catastrophic miscalculation from the conflict with Iran to the invasion of Kuwait.
In 1959, Saddam Hussein participated in an attempted assassination of Abdul-Karim Qaseem, then president of Iraq. Being injured Saddam fled to Egypt where he studied law. However, Saddam returned ...
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Shaikh Muslihuddin Saadi
Birth:1184
Death:1291
The greatest ethical and worldly-wise poet of Iran.
Shaikh Sadi came to Baghdad from Shiraz and studied and lived there till 1226. While in Baghdad, there lived a well-known Sufi Shaikh Shihabuddin Suharwardi, of whose unselfish piety, Sadi made mention in his first major work Bostan.
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Sadiq Bey
Birth:1832
Death:1902
The military engineer.
Sadiq took a set of the first photographs of Makkah and Madinah in 1881. The pictures won a gold medal at the Venice exhibition of 1881. The photographs were sold in auction for £1.3 million, in London, in 1998.
Sadiq Bey was born in Egypt.
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Saeb Salam
Birth:1905
Death:2000
Politician.
Saeb was involved in Lebanon's independence struggle with France and his six premierships dominated much of his country's history. Throughout the civil war in Lebanon, Salam was an advocate of Muslim-Christian coexistence.
Saeb became a prominent member of the Arab nationalist faction after the ...
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Saeed Jaffrey
Birth:1929
Death:2015
Engaging actor with a raffish charm
Saeed made a mark in international cinema, theatre, television and radio. The turning point in Jaffrey's life came in The Man Who Would Be King (1975). He acted along with several well-known Hollywood's film stars.
In his 180 film and television ...
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Saeeda Bano
Birth:1914
Death:2001
The first woman newsreader on the All India Radio.
Saeeda joined the service in 1945 as an announcer at the Lucknow station. Her book Dager say hut kar, which won Delhi Urdu Academy Award in 1994, described the innovations she made in the style of broadcasting.
Saeeda ...
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Shah Safi
Birth:1611
Death:1642
Shah of Iran.
When Shah Abbas 1 died in 1629, none of his brothers and sons was able to take on the succession, because he had them all killed or blinded. In spite of the western historians calling him 'The Great' Shah Abbas was a very cruel ...
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Safia Sultan
Birth:
Death:1619
The wife of the Ottoman Sultan Murad and the mother of his son Mahmad 111 (reigned 1595-1603), who had a strong influence on Ottoman affairs during the reigns of the husband and son. Among those who enjoyed her favour was Ibrahim Pasha, grand Vizier for three ...
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Sahir Ludhianvi
Birth:1922
Death:1980
Renowned Urdu lyricist of Bollywood fame.
Arguably the most accomplished Urdu poet of the sub-continent, Sahir Ludhianvi was a legend among poets who wrote some of the most memorable songs, many of which have figured in Bollywood films.
He had extraordinary ability to capture a ...
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Saib Tabrizi
Birth:c1601
Death:1677
One of the greatest master of Persian poetry.
Saib went to India in 1626 and joined the court of the Mogul king, Shah Jahan. After staying in India for several years he returned to Iran.
Saib had a divan to his credit consisting of 300,000 couplets. He ...
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Said Pasha
Birth:1822
Death:1863
Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt during 1854-63.
Sa'id was the son of the famous Viceroy Muhammad Ali Pasha, who was educated in Paris and was influenced by Western thoughts. He made some law reforms in 1855. He tried innovations in other areas too.
Sa'id's his most notable ...
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Said Aouita
Birth:1959
Death:
A Moroccan athlete. World record holder in 2,000 and 5,000 meter race.
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Said Bin Taimur
Birth:1910
Death:1972
Sultan of Muscat Oman (1932-1970). His son Qabus bin Said who become Sultan in 1970 deposed him.
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Said Bin Zaid
Birth:
Death:671
One of the Companions of the Prophet , peace be upon him, who had a positive promise of paradise, Ashratul Mubbash shara.
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Said Halim Pasha
Birth:1864
Death:1921
Islamic reformer.
Said Halim Pasha was concerned about the decline of the Muslims and he joined 'Young Turks' by supporting them financially. He became the leader of the Islamist faction of the committee of Union and Progress. In 1908, he was appointed to the Turkish Senate ...
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Said Ibn Misjah
Birth:
Death:714
The first Meccan musician and perhaps the greatest of the Ummayad period.
Said was the first to put Persian songs into Arabic and is believed to have systematised Arabian musical theory and practice of classical times.
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Said Syed
Birth:1790
Death:1856
Sultan of Oman who ascended the throne in 1806.
Said Syed the Sultan of Oman who transferred his capital from Arabia to Zanzibar, where he initiated clove production and greatly expanded the trade. Owing to economic reasons he moved from Masqat to Zanzibar in 1840 and by 1841 ...
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Saith Ebrahim Sulaiman
Birth:1922
Death:2005
President Indian Muslim League, (since 1973), Secretary, All India Majlis-e-Mussawasat and Member of Indian Parliament during (1960-66).
Saith Ebrahim Sulaiman was born at Bangalore.
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Sajjad Haider Yildrem
Birth:1880
Death:1943
First to write short stories in Urdu.
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Salamat Ali Khan
Birth:1935
Death:2001
Distinguished Pakistani singer whose voice united the Indian subcontinent and earned the highest accolades from India's music pundits.
Salamat was an outstanding exponent of khayal, the imaginative and colourful style of music evolved under the influence of Sufi saints. He hailed from the professional musician ...
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Salbi Ahmad Bin Muhammad Nishapuri
Birth:1035
Death:
An exegesist and theologian and known for his tafsir Al Kashf wa al Biyan un Tafsir ul Qur'an.
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Salih Al Tayyab
Birth:1929
Death:
Arabic novelist and short story writer.
Salih studied at Khartoum and London and joined BBC as head of drama for the Arabic service.
Salih authored Season of Migration to the North (English translation 1969) about the conflict in Africa, Wedding of Zein and other stories in 1969.
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Salim
Birth:
Death:909
Salimiyah School of Muslim theologians was named after Muhammad Ibn Salim.
They believed that God created man after his own image and, therefore, every man had an element of divinity. He was a disciple of Sahl at Tustari.
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Selim II
Birth:1522
Death:1574
Sultan of Turkey.
Salim II succeeded his father Sulaiman 1, The Magnificent in 1566. Cyprus, Tunis and Algeria were annexed during his regime.
His son Murad 111 succeeded him
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Selim III
Birth:1761
Death:1807
Ottoman Sultan who attempted a Westernising reform of the empire.
Salim III who was enthroned in 1789 began his reign with a war with Catherine II of Russia, which ended with a peace agreement between the two.
Ottoman Empire was getting in a critical state. Trade ...
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Salim Chisti
Birth:1478
Death:1572
A Sufi saint of Fatahpur Sikri.
Salim Chisti was one of the most famous Sufi saints of India and was a follower of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti (1141 - 1236), one of the most outstanding figures in the annals of Islamic mysticism and founder of the Chistiyya order ...
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Salman Al Farsi
Birth:568
Death:644
The seeker after Truth.
Salman al-Faarisi, a long-legged man with flowing hair, left his home, in Iran, in search of the Prophet (PBUH) who, he was told, would revive the religion of Abraham and came to Madinah where he met Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH).
The most ...
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Salman Sawji
Birth:
Death:1377
A celebrated Persian poet.
Salman who was surnamed Jalaluddin Muhammad was a native of Sawa, Iran. He authored Jamshed-wa-Khurshied, Firaq-Nama, and other works including a Diwan.
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Shaikh Muhammad Saman
Birth:1717
Death:1775
The founder of the Sammaniya order which was an offshoot of the Khalwatiya tariqa.
The order spread mainly in Sudan and Ethiopia. The most remarkable product of this order's revivalism was the Sudanese Mahdiya. Muhammad Ahmad (1840-45) who was a follower of the Samimaniya order, ...
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Sami Al Munayyes
Birth:1932
Death:2000
Journalist.
Sami was a veteran Kuwaiti journalist, politician and articulate moderniser and a leading critic of the government, a parliamentarian, and a champion of women's rights.
Sami fought for the restoration, with amendments, of the 1962 constitution, which the emir had suspended in 1986.
Sami edited several ...
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Samori Ture
Birth:1830
Death:1900
The founder of a Muslim State in West Africa
Samori fought several battles with the French including one in 1882 when his armies were besieged in Kenyeran. He resisted French colonial expansion from 1882 until his capture in 1898.
Samori conquered the Bure' gold mining district (now on ...
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Sanaullah Noori
Birth:1928
Death:2001
Journalist, editor, literateur and novelist.
Sanaullah took an active role in the Bengali language movement in 1952 in Bangladesh.
Sanaullah authored over 50 works in fiction, poetry and translation.
Sanaullah Noori died of cardiac arrest at his hometown Dhaka.
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Sultan Sanjar
Birth:1084
Death:1157
The son of Sultan Malik Shah Saljauqi and governor of Khurasan at the time of his father's death in 1092.
He had extended his kingdom to Ghazni and Ghor and had forced Bahram Shah whose capital was at Lahore to pay tribute to him. The Saljuq ...
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Sarajoglu Shukri
Birth:1890
Death:1953
A Turkish jurist, statesman and economist.
Shukri was a friend of Kamal Attaturk whose influence on Turkish policies was considerable. He negotiated the Anglo-Turkish alliance in 1939 as the foreign minister of Turkey during 1938-42. He was prime minister from 1942 to 1946.
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Sardar Shaukat Hyat Khan
Birth:1915
Death:1998
Soldier and politician.
Sardar Shaukat was a leader of the Pakistan movement and a close associate of Jinnah. In 1947, being one of the founders of Pakistan, he assumed his seat in the Cabinet, but later on he distanced himself from active politics.
Sardar Shaukat published ...
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Sufyan Al Thawri
Birth:715
Death:778
A jurist and traditionalists.
Sauri was among the contemporary juri-consults, who was specialist on Halal-wa-Haram and authored Al Jamai-Ul-Kabir and Al Jamai-ul-Saghir.
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Sayfuddaulah Abul Hassan Ibn Hamdan
Birth:916
Death:967
The founder of the Hamdanid dynasty of Aleppo, Syria.
Having captured Aleppo in 946 and Damascus in 947, Sayfuddaulah marched towards Egypt and took Ramla. From 950 till his death, he had military encounters with the Byzantine Empire almost every year. He was successful in most of the ...
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Sayyid Makkawai
Birth:1928
Death:1997
Singer and composer.
Makkawai an Egyptian singer and composer, blind from birth, whose rasping voice and traditionally styled songs endeared him to a wide audience in the Arab world. He wrote a stirring patriotic song whose title meant 'The earth speaks Arabic' referring to the ...
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Sahab Mansoreh Samadizadeh
Birth:1946
Death:1998
Novelist, photographer, film critic and political activist.
Sahab, also known as Manny Shirazi, had passions of feminism and the third world. Her father's anti-imperialism profoundly influenced her.
Manny Shirazi's novel Javady Alley (1984) was a story of a working-class girl's childhood in 1950s Tehran and Siege ...
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Seljuqi Malik Shah
Birth:1055
Death:1092
The most renowned of the Seljuqi Sultans.
Seljuqi Malik Shah's reign (1072-92) and that of his father Alp Arslan (1063-72) covered the most brilliant period of Seljuq dynasty. He subdued the whole of Syria and Egypt, conquered Bukhara, Samarqand and Khrarizm. The caliph of Baghdad, ...
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Sinan Seyhi
Birth:1370
Death:1428
Ottoman poet.
Seyhi Sinan was a disciple of the famous Turkish mystic Haji Bayram, founder of the Bayrami order of Sufis. His Masnavi Khusrow wa Shirin was considered his masterpiece. Other works included his Divan and Harname (Kharnamc). He was the first one to introduce ...
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Seyyid Muhammad Sadeq Rohani
Birth:1919
Death:1997
The Iranian Grand Ayatollah.
Muhammad Rouhani returned to Qum following the invasion of Iran by Iraq in 1980. He was one of a small group of senior clerics who stood firm in their view that Islam dictates a separation between politics and religion, and that the ...
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Sa'ad Uddin Mahmud Shabestari
Birth:c1250
Death:1320
An Iranian mystic writer.
Shabestari's Gulshan-Riaz written in 1311, was translated into German in 1821, and is regarded as a classic work on Sufism.
Sa'ad Uddin Mahmud was born in Shabestar, near Tabriz, Iran hence called Shabestari, and spent most of his life in Tabriz.
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Shafiq Al Wazzan
Birth:1925
Death:1999
Lawyer and politician.
Shafiq was a man of reconciliation and sagacity who patiently sought peace between Lebanon's factions and Israeli invaders. He was appointed premier in 1980 at the height of the cruel civil war in Lebanon. He also became chairman of the supreme Islamic Council ...
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Shafkat Mohmud
Birth:1857
Death:1913
A Turkish politician and soldier.
Shafkat was the commander of the Turks in 1907 at Salonica. Here he joined the young Turks and marched on Constantinople with his army when revolution broke out in 1909. The young Turks deposed Sultan Abdul Hamid. He was minister of war ...
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Shah Abdul Aziz
Birth:1746
Death:1823
The most celebrated theologian of 19th century India.
Shah Abdul Aziz was the eldest son of Shah Waliullah, and he devoted fifty years of a dedicated life to give spiritual guidance to Muslim India. His disciple Syed Ahmad Brelvi, nephew Shah Ismail Shaheed and son-in-law ...
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Shah Abdul Qadir
Birth:1758
Death:1814
His elder brother's translation of Qur'an in Urdu was literal. He improved upon it and translated the Qur'an in colloquial Urdu in 1790.
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Shah Alam
Birth:1728
Death:1806
King of Delhi.
Shah Alam who who was the son of Alamgir II was enthroned in 1759. After the defeat of Shuja-uddaula, his prime Minster, at Buxar in 1764, he was forced by the British to grant them the diwani of Bengal in 1765, on the promise of ...
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Shah Jahan
Birth:1593
Death:1666
Emperor of India whose reign saw the height of Moghul refinement and sophistication.
Shah Jahan was famous for commissioning the Taj-Mahal (mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal) - the height of architecture, Lal Qila (Red Fort) Jama Masjid of Delhi and his famous Peacock throne. ...
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Shah Jalal Tabrezi
Birth:
Death:1244
The man who brought the gift of Islam to Bangladesh.
Shah Jalal Tabrezi was a saint and a missionary who came to Delhi at the time of Sultan Altamsh. He moved to Badayun where his piety helped even robbers to embrace Islam.
Finally, Shah Jalal ...
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Shah Mir
Birth:
Death:c1344
The title of Sultan Shamsuddin, the first Muslim king of Kashmir.
He was the prime minister of Raja Ranjan, and when the Raja died his son retained his position. But during the course of time Raja became jealous of his power and forbade him to ...
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Shah Muhammad Rafiuddin
Birth:1750
Death:1818
Son of Shah Waliullah. First translator of Qur'an in Urdu in 1785 c.
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Shah Rukh Mirza
Birth:1377
Death:1447
At Timur's death in 1405, a struggle broke out between the brothers in whom he was able to take control of Iran and Turkisan, which he retained till his death.
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Shah Shuja
Birth:1786
Death:1842
A puppet king of Afghanistan.
He rose to power after his elder brother was captured by his enemies in 1800. Escaping arrest Shah Shuja wandered the mountains until returning to seize power in Kabul in 1803. His rule lasted until his defeat at the Battle of Nimla ...
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Shah Sujaa
Birth:
Death:1384
King of Shiraz. He ascended the throne in 1359. Hafiz the great Persian poet had eulogised him in his poetry.
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Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghori
Birth:
Death:1206
The founder of Muslim Empire in India.
Ghiyas Uddin Muhammad, the Sultan of Ghor and Ghazni and his elder brother, had appointed him the governor of Ghazni in 1174. Surnamed Muiz Uddin Muhammad Sam, he had defeated Khusro Malik, the Ghazni prince in 1186, subdued Khurasan and ...
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Shaharyar
Birth:
Death:1627
The youngest son of Jahangir.
On the death of Jahangir in 1627, Nurjahan wanted him to become king, but Khuram defeated him and was crowned with the title of Shahjahan.
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Shahid Muhammad
Birth:1960
Death:
A Hockey player of international repute.
Muhammad Shahid represented India in World Cup Hockey (1980), Moscow Olympics (1980), Holland (1982) and Los Angeles (1984). He was given the Best Player award in Kuala Lumpur (1980).
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Shah Jahan Begum
Birth:1838
Death:1901
A ruler of Bhopal, India.
Shahjahan Begum was the daughter of Nawab Sikandar Begum, who married to Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan, (the author of about 300 books in Urdu, Persian and Arabic). She was enthroned in 1869. She had a Diwan to her credit.
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Shahnaz Hussain
Birth:1940
Death:
Herbal beauty products queen of India.
Princess Shahnaz is a beauty therapist par excellence, whose herbal beauty products grace the bathrooms of film starts, presidents' wives and the British royal family. She started with a meagre loan from her father, and made it into an ...
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Sheikh Abdul Aziz Abdulah Bin Baz
Birth:1912
Death:1999
Arabia's Islamic cleric.
Shaikh bin Baz had been a judge, a university rector, the head of the prestigious Council of Ulema and finally grand mufti. He was a lifeline between the ruling family and its most important constituency, in Nejd, the conservative heartland of Arabia.
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Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
Birth:1938
Death:2004
The spiritual leader of Hamas and a figurehead of Palestinian resistance to Israel.
Shaikh Yassin offered more than the PLO ever could: a struggle of moral purity, social action and the promise of divine grace - redemption of the homeland and salvation of the troubled ...
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Shaikh Ali Al Tantawi
Birth:1908
Death:1999
Judge, broadcaster, author, editor, teacher and orator.
Shaikh al-Tantawi was involved in the independence of Syria, and while in Iraq, he inspired Iraqi students for Jihad against British rule in Iraq. In early 1950s, he was in the forefront mobilising support for the struggle of ...
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Shaikh Ameen Bukhari
Birth:1910
Death:2000
The chief calligrapher and designer of Kiswah, the cover of the Ka'aba.
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Shaikh Ameen Yagan
Birth:1936
Death:1999
A leading activist of the Syrian Islamic movement, al-Ikhwan al-Muslimoon.
Shakh Ameen self-exiled in Lebanon in 1973 but later returned to Syria on the request of President Asad. Ameen was assassinated while driving on his way home to Aleppo.
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Shaikh Azizur Rahman
Birth:1917
Death:1998
A popular literary and cultural figure of Bangladesh, also known as Shaukat Osman.
Shaikh Rahman's life was spent in fighting against religious obscurantism, military authoritarianism and political corruption.
He wrote and published many books on fiction, plays, verse, autobiography, etc., but his first novel, Janani (1944...
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Shaikh Hamad Bin Muhammad Al Jasir
Birth:1910
Death:2000
Saudi Arabia's noted man of letters and an authority on the history, geography, cultures, and peoples of the Arabian Peninsula.
Shaikh Hamad's literary and scholarly contributions earned him few Awards including the 1996 King Faisal International Prize.
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Shaikh Ibrahim Ad Dabbagh
Birth:
Death:1945
A Palestinian poet.
His posthumous works were published under the title of Fi Zalal al Hurriyat (in the shade of liberty). He was called shair al isaniya (poet of humanity). He was a revolutionary poet who yearned for liberty. He composed many qasida in which ...
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Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-khalifa
Birth:1933
Death:1999
Emir of Bahrain.
Shaikh Isa succeeded his father as ruler in 1961, and declared himself Emir when Bahrain became independent in 1971. During Majlis, the open court he held fortnightly, anyone could attend and speak to him.
Shaikh Isa was ahead of time and helped develop Bahrain's ...
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Shaikh Jalal
Birth:1308
Death:1348
Surnamed Makhdum Jahanian Jahangsht a celebrated saint of Multan.
Shaikh Jalal was the disciple of Shaikh Rukundin son of Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria. Shaikh Jalal was said to have travelled all over the world and hence his title Jahangasht.
He was buried at Uchcha in Multan. ...
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Shaikh Kadhim Al Raysan
Birth:1928
Death:2000
Tribal leader of the mad'an, the marsh-dwelling Arabs of Southern Iraq.
In 1991 Raysan was in the vanguard of the Intifada the rebellion, which took place in southern Iraq.
In 1994, after a stroke, Raysan went to Holland, where he lived out his lonely days and died ...
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Shaikh Kamal Ibrahim Adham
Birth:1929
Death:1999
Advisor to King Faisal and King Khalid of Saudi Arabia.
Shaikh Adham spent his life seeking to establish better understanding not only between Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries, particularly Egypt, but between Arabs and the West.
From 1979 he devoted his time to his varied ...
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Shaikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al-thani
Birth:1932
Death:
He succeeded his cousin to the throne of Qattar in 1972.
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Shaikh Mahmud Muhammad Shakir
Birth:1909
Death:1997
The celebrated Egyptian and encyclopaedic authority.
Shaikh Shakir was the man who achieved enviable fame and recognition as the foremost litterateur of the Arab world, who showed his grit and determination early in life as an undergraduate, when he challenged Taha Hussain (d 1973), the doyen ...
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Shaikh Mubarak Nagori
Birth:1505
Death:1593
Father of Faizi and Abul-Fazal, the celebrated Wazir of Akbar. He was the author of a commentary on the Qur'an.
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Shaikh Muhammad Bin Salih Ibn 'Uthaymin
Birth:1928
Death:2000
One of Saudi Arabia's honoured personalities, khatib and professor of Shari'ah. He was born in 'Unayzah and died in Jeddah.
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Shaikh Muhammad Hadi Hashemi Kurdistani
Birth:1931
Death:1998
The leader of Quadri tariqah of tasawwuf (order of Sufism) in Iranian Kurdistan.
Shaikh Kurdistani was one of the prominent scholars of Iran. He believed religion as a way of life and, therefore, politics and government could not be detached from Islam. He built more ...
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Shaikh Muhammad Ikram
Birth:1908
Death:1971
Pakistan's bureaucrat and educationalist.
Having started his career in the civil service of British India in 1933 in Bombay Sheikh Muhammad Ikram was also an educationalist and writer. He also served as a high level bureaucrat in Pakistan after India's partition in 1947.
Sheikh Ikram's magnum opus ...
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Shaikh Muhammad Lazhar Noaman
Birth:1954
Death:2000
An active member of the An-Nahdha movement in 1970s, he rapidly rose to prominence in Nafzaoua and Kebili region of southern Tunisia.
In his struggle he endured his ordeals until he was diagnosed of cancer. He was born in Kebili.
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Shaikh Muhammad Salahuddine Kabbarah
Birth:1921
Death:1999
Lebanon's famous 'Shaikh al-Qurra', doyen of the reciters of the Qur'an.
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Shaikh Mujibur Rahman
Birth:1920
Death:1975
A passionate political leader of Bangladesh formerly known as East Pakistan.
A guerrilla war against Pakistan, which was geographically divided in two wings, West and East, and India in between, led to the creation of an independent country named Bangladesh in 19971.
Shaikh Mujibur Rahman became ...
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Shaikh Rukunuddin
Birth:
Death:1334
The Sufi saint of Multan, then India, and grandson of Bahauddin Zakariya Multani, was highly respected by Delhi Sultans.
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Shaikh Sa'id Sha'ban
Birth:1928
Death:1998
A cleric.
Shaikh Sha'ban studied at Al-Azhar University. He later taught in Algeria and Iraq, and helped Moroccans convert their educational system from French to Arabic.
A striking figure, Shaikh Sha'ban galvanised Lebanon's Muslims, forged alliances with Palestinians and others into Islamic Unity Movement, Harakat ...
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Shaikh Sayyid Sabiq
Birth:1915
Death:2000
Egypt's Islamic scholar.
Shaikh Sabiq authored several books but widely recognised for his Fiqh as-Sunnah a complete manual of Fiqh that earned him in 1994 the coveted King Faisal Prize for Islamic Studies.
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Shaikh 'Uthman Abdul Aziz
Birth:1922
Death:1999
Iraqi scholar and leader of the Kurdish Islamic movement.
Shaikh 'Uthman was actively involved in the spread of Islamic education by establishing schools in Iraq and Iran.
Shaikh Uthman authored a 17-volume tasfir (Kurdish translation and explanation of the meaning of The Qur'an).
Shaikh 'Uthman ...
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Shaista Akhtar Banu Ikramullah
Birth:1915
Death:2000
Politician, diplomat and writer.
Shaista Ikramullah was a bold activist in the Pakistan movement, an eminent parliamentarian, an accomplished diplomat, a prolific writer and a freelance journalist.
Shaista Ikramullah fought for economic and political empowerment of Muslim women during British Raj. She helped preserve the ...
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Shajrir Sultan
Birth:1909
Death:1966
Indonesian prime minister.
Shajrir Sultan studied at the University of Leiden, Netherlands, and returned to his country in 1931 and founded a rival party to the Nationalist party founded by Sukarno.
In 1934 Shajrir was exiled along with Muhammad Hatta by the Dutch authorities. During the second ...
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Shakoor Rana
Birth:1936
Death:2001
Cricketer and umpire known for clashing with touring teams where Pakistan's honour was at stake.
Tall and robust, but jovial and authoritative, Shakoor was born in Amritsar and died of a heart attack in Lahore.
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Shaltat Mahmud
Birth:1893
Death:1963
Shaikh of Al Azhar (1958-1963).
He was one of the few intellectuals selected as members of the newly founded Majma al lughah al Arabia in 1946. The formation of al majlis al a'la lil-shu'un al Islamiyah, which brought together for the first time, representative of eight ...
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Shami Ahmad
Birth:1963
Death:
Businessman.
Shami joined his family business at the age of 14. He is the founder of Joe Bloggs jeans and estimated to be worth more than £50m due to the success of his Manchester-based clothing empire.
Shami Ahmad was born in Pakistan, and migrated to Britain ...
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Shams Tabrez
Birth:
Death:1356
The first Ismaili missionary who came to India.
Many miracles were attributed to him. His great grandson Sadruddin converted many Hindus in Sindh and Gujrat who later on became known as Khojas. He came from Sabzawar (Iran), and was buried in Multan.
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Shams Tabrezi
Birth:1164
Death:1248
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Shamsad Din
Birth:
Death:1630
Spiritual teacher.
Shamsad was the disciple of Hamzah Fansuri who was responsible for spreading the Mujudiyah order in Atjeh, northwestern Island of Sumatra. Shamsaddin was the spiritual teacher of king Iskandar Mud (1636) under whose rule Ajteh became a flourishing Muslim state.
When Marco Polo visited ...
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Shamsuddin Abul Sana Ahmad Bin Abul Barkat Muhammad
Birth:
Death:1601
The Turkish founder of Shamsiya order of Dervishes.
Shamsuddin authored Manzil al arafin and Gulshanabad, a copy is preserved in the British Museum and in the Vienna library respectively.
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Shavani Ash Abdul Wahab Ibn Ahmad
Birth:1492
Death:1565
The founder of Sufi order which advocated the synthesis between different orders and a unified approach to the law, using the best elements of each school.
He believed that most of the Sufi orders were corrupt and their practices were contrary to the shariah.
Shavani ...
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Shazli Banhadid
Birth:1925
Death:
President of Algeria in 1978 after the death of Houari Boumedienne. He was elected again in 1979, in 1984 and 1988.
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Shehu Ahmadu
Birth:1775
Death:1844
Leader
Shehu Ahmadu led a holy war between 1810 and 1815 on the upper Niger against Pagan Bambara and created the Islamic state of Masina, reaching down the river to Timbuktu.
His achievement was a part of the Fulani religious wars which first broke out in Bondu ...
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Sher Ali Khan
Birth:1825
Death:1879
Amir of Afghanistan.
Sher Ali was the son of Dost Muhammad and he was enthroned in 1863. His refusal to receive a British mission (1878) led to war and he had to leave his country for Turkistan where he died.
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Sher Shah Suri
Birth:1488
Death:1545
King
Sher Shah Suri was in the service of Muhammad Lohani the ruler of Bihar (India) and on killing a tiger received the title of Sher Khan. Sher Shah Suri's original name was Farid, and he belonged to an Afghan tribe and was a native ...
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Shirali Muslimov
Birth:1805
Death:1973
"The oldest inhabitant of the planet", was born in the Lerik district of Azerbaijan and was listed by the Guinness Book of Records.
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Shirin Tahir Kheli
Birth:1944
Death:
Dipomat.
Shirin after teaching at Temple University became Director of Near-East and South Asian affairs (1986-89) and became the first Asian and Muslim ambassador and US representative for special political affairs to the United Nations (1990-93).
Shirin Tahir Kheli a Pakistani-American diplomat was born in ...
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Shoghi Effendi Rabbani
Birth:1897
Death:1957
A leader of the Bahais.
Rabbani was designated as successor to his grandfather, Abdul Baha, when he died in 1921. He married, in 1937, Mary Sutherland Maxwell, the daughter of May Maxwell, founder of the Bahai communities in France and Canada.
Rabbani spent his early years in ...
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Shouaa Ghaddi
Birth:1973
Death:
A Syrian heptahlon champion. She became the best all round woman athlete in the 1996 Olympic, the first ever gold medal woman-winner from Syria.
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Shrafuddin Ali Yazdi
Birth:
Death:1454
An Iranian historian.
Shrafuddin formerly a teacher in his native Yazd became adviser to the governor of Iraq in 1442.
Shrafuddin Ali Yazdi was best known for his work zafernamah, a history of the world conqueror Timur (Tamer Lane)
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Sibawah Abu Bashr 'Amir Ibn Usman
Birth:c760
Death:793
Born in Iran, he was famous for his Arabic grammar book, Al Kitab fi an Nahw.
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Siddik Muhammad Yahya
Birth:1939
Death:1998
An Indian educationalist.
Siddik was president of All India Muslim Educational Society and was associated with several educational institutions and institutes that he helped to establish in his own state Karnatka.
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Sikandar Shah Lodi
Birth:1489
Death:1517
The son of Sultan Bahlol Lodi, whom he succeeded in 1489.
It was in his reign in India that the Hindus were encouraged to learn Persian. He reigned for about twenty-one years and was succeeded by his son Ibrahim Lodi.
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Sikandar Shah Suri
Birth:
Death:1559
A nephew of Sher Shah Suri.
Sikandar enthroned after defeating Ibrahim Shah Suri in 1555. However he had to flee to Swalik Mountains, the same year, because Humayun had returned from Iran and was advancing to recover his dominions.
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Sikandar Sultan
Birth:
Death:1416
King of Kashmir.
Sikandar Sultan who introduced Islam in Kashmir was surnamed But Shikan.
He succeeded his father in 1393, and proved one of the most powerful Kings of Kashmir. He reigned for about twenty-two years.
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Sinan Ibn Thabit Ibn Qurrah
Birth:
Death:943
A Chief of the Baghdad Hospital.
In 931 Sinan was ordered by the Caliph al Muqtadir to examine all physicians and grant certificates only to those who satisfied him. Only 860 passed the test in Baghdad.
The hospital in Baghdad was the first in the Muslim world ...
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Sinan Kwhaja Mimar
Birth:1489
Death:1578
The greatest Muslim architect.
Sinan Pasha's many buildings, mosques and monuments were some of the most famous landmarks of the Turkish Empire - Suleymaniye mosque in Istanbul and the Selimye mosque in Edirne.
Sinan Pasha distinguished himself in the military service as janissary. Following the 1521...
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Soaad Husni
Birth:1943
Death:2001
Actress.
One of the foremost Egyptian actresses of romance from the Sixties to early Eighties became a star before her 17th birthday was the epitome of beauty, charm and seductive softness. She acted in many roles and was also blessed with a beautiful voice.
Several ...
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Soce Usman
Birth:1911
Death:1974
A Senegalese writer and politician.
Soce Usman was one of the first African students to study at a French University. He wrote his novel Karim in 1935 and Mirages de Paris in 1937 and authored Contes et Legends D'afrique Noire and Africa at the Time of Independence ...
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Sofyan Al Sauri
Birth:715
Death:778
Born at Kufa. Founded a school of Jurisprudence, which survived for two centuries.
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Soheir El Qalamawy
Birth:1911
Death:1997
Scholar, writer and politician of Egypt.
Dr El-Qalamawi was member of the parliament (1958-64), (1979-84); Professor of Arabic Literature, Cairo University (1956-67); Head of the National Film Organisation (1967); Head of the General Book Organisation; President of the Board of Censorship (1982-85).
Dr El-Qalamawi helped shape ...
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Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
Birth:1505
Death:1579
Ottoman Grand Vizier under Suleyman the magnificent and Salim II from 1565 to 1574.
He was governor of Rumalia in 1546 and commander of Salim's forces during the conflict (1559-61) between Salim and Bayezid, sons of Suleyman for succession to the throne. After Salim's death he was out ...
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Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari
Birth:1932
Death:2001
An ex-queen of Iran.
Soraya was born in Isphahan of Iranian-German parents, and she was married to the Shah of Iran in 1951, but the marriage dissolved in 1958.
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Suleiman II
Birth:1642
Death:1691
Ottoman Sultan
Suleiman II was Ottoman Sultan from 1687 to 1691. His brother Mahmud IV was deposed in an army mutiny and he was enthroned. Fortunately, he had a Vizier, in 1689, from the famous Korpulu family, which earlier had given Turkey two outstanding grand Viziers. Fasil Musfafa ...
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Suleyman Celebi
Birth:1377
Death:1411
A Turkish poet.
Suleyman Celebi's only surviving work is Mevlud-I-Nabi (English translation 1943). It was the story of the birth, life and death of the Prophet Muhammd (PBUH) and is recited at the celebration of the Prophet's (PBUH) birthday or even at funeral in the present ...
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Suleyman Demirel
Birth:1925
Death:2015
An astute politician in Turkey's rough game of politics.
In a career that spanned nearly half a century, Suleyman Demirel, became Turkey's president after his many reprises as prime minister, and was the nation's most remarkable political survivor.
He became the youngest prime minister in 1965 ...
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Suliman Olayan
Birth:1920
Death:2002
A Saudi who rose from his humble origins of being orphan to owning one of the world's largest private financial empires.
Suliman Olayan was driven by an intellectual challenge to prove that he can be as savvy and professional as any investment guru. He was ...
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Sultan Abdul Majid I
Birth:1832
Death:1861
Sultan of Turkey. He succeeded to the throne in 1839 after the defeat of his father Mahmud II by Muhammad Ali the viceroy of Egypt.
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Sultan Abdul Majid II
Birth:1868
Death:1944
The last `elected' Caliph of Turkey.
When Mehmud VI took the throne in 1918, he was declared the crown prince. After the young Turks abolished the Sultanate in 1922, the opponents of Mustafa Kamal rallied around him and the Grand National Assembly elected him Caliph on 18 November 1922.
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Sultan Ali Mashadi
Birth:1453
Death:1519
A calligrapher and poet from Mashhad.
In calligraphy Sultan Ali was a pupil of Maulana Azhar, (who was a pupil of Jafar and Jafar was a pupil of Mir Ali, the inventor of the Nastaliq). Mashadi was the most famous calligraphist of Nastaliq style. He ...
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Sultan Azlam Shah
Birth:1928
Death:
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Sultan Bahu
Birth:1629
Death:1690
A Punjabi Sufi poet, famous for his Abyiat Baho.
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Sultan Hasain Mirza
Birth:1438
Death:1506
A descendant of Amir Taimur.
Sultan enthroned Harat in 1469. The Court of this prince boasted of many eminent men, amongst them were Behzad the painter, Jami the poet, the celebrated historian Khandamir and Amir Ali Sher, his wazier. He reigned for about thirty-eight years.
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Sultan Iltutmish Shamsuddin
Birth:
Death:1236
King of India.
Qutbuddin Aibak, who afterwards made Shamsuddin his son-in-law, bought him as a slave. After the death of Aibak Shamsuddin declared himself as a King in 1210.
Shamsuddin deposed Aram Shah, the son of Qutbuddin Aibak, defeated his rivals Nasiruddin Qabacha and Tajuddin Ilduz ...
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Sultan Muhammad V
Birth:1844
Death:1918
Penultimate Ottoman Sultan.
Sultan Muhammad V whose name was Muhammad Resad reigned from 1909 to 1918. He was elected as Sultan when his brother Abdul Hamid II was forced to abdicate.
It was in Sultan Muhammad reign that Turkey lost all their European possessions and in a ...
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Sultan Muhammad VI
Birth:1861
Death:1926
Last Ottoman Sultan.
Sultan Muhammad VI whose real name was Muhammad Wahiuddin was the younger brother of Sultan Adbul Hamid who was deposed by the Young Turks in 1909. When he took the throne in 1918 after the death of Mohammd V, he undertook to crush the ...
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Suratgar Mirza Muhammad Khan Qazwini
Birth:1874
Death:1948
He was known as the second Albiruni for his brilliant contributions to Persian learning.
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Suyti As Abu Al Fazl Abdur Rahman Ibn Ali Bakr Jallauddin
Birth:1445
Death:1505
An Egyptian author and theologian.
Suyti was a teacher in Baybars mosque in Cairo in 1486. In 1501, he tried to reduce the stipends of some scholars at the mosque. A revolt broke out and after his trial he was put under house arrest.
Suyti was the ...
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Syed Ali Amir Bilgrami
Birth:1851
Death:1911
He was the famous author of two books Tamadun-e-Arab and Tamadun-e-Hind.
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Syed Ali Imam
Birth:1869
Death:1932
Judge and politician.
Syed Ali Imam returned to Patna in 1890 after getting his Bar-at-Law from England and became a Judge of Patna High Court (1917). He also served as chief minister of Hyderabad (1919), a princely state of British India and was a law member in the ...
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Syed Habibul-haq Nadvi
Birth:
Death:1998
A distinguished scholar, author, teacher and da'iyyah.
Syed Habibul-Haq Nadvi migrated to Pakistan in 1956 from India. In 1964 he won the Fullbright-Hays scholarship for higher studies at Harvard where he also took a Master's degree with distinction at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literature.
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Syed Hasan Imam
Birth:1871
Death:1931
An Indian nationalist leader.
Syed Hasan Imam took a leading part in Khilafat movement. He was included as a member of the Congress delegation (to represent the Muslim point of view) that was sent to England.
Syed Hasan Imam was President of Board of Trustees ...
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Syed Hassan Jamalullai
Birth:1920
Death:2000
Malay ruler known as Raja of Perlis. He was enthroned in 1945. Like all the Malay rulers he too was involved in his country's constitutional crisis of 1982 and 1993.
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Syed Hussain Bilgrami
Birth:1842
Death:1926
Eminent Indian Muslim.
Syed Bilgrami served Hyderabad the princely state of British India in various positions including Director of Public Instruction and was closely involved in the setting up of Osmania University. He was known as Imadul Mulk and he also taught the seventh Nizam ...
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Syed Khalifa
Birth:1928
Death:2001
Sudanese singer who sang in classical Arabic and standard Sudanese dialect thus reached both the elite and the common people.
Syed Khalifa was famous for his song, Izzayakum Keifinnakum. He made his name at the time of his country's independence in 1956, singing patriotic songs.
Syed ...
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Syed Muhammad Taqi
Birth:1917
Death:1999
Journalist and writer.
He authored several books on literature and philosophy and translated 'Das Kapital' and Darwin's 'Origin of Species' into Urdu.
Taqi, the first editor of Jang, was born in Amroha in India and died of cancer in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Syed Sulaiman Nadvi
Birth:1884
Death:1953
Syed Sulaiman Nadvi was the editor of Al Nadwa from 1906, and was a member of the Muslim delegation to UK and other European countries in 1920. He migrated to Pakistan in 1950.
Syed Sulaiman Nadvi authored Sirat-un-Nabi, Arz-ul-Qur'an, Arab wa Hind Ke Ta'Aluqat, Naqoosh Sulaimani, Hiat-e-Shible, Rahmat-e-Alam, ...
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Sylayman Bin Abdul Malik
Birth:680
Death:717
The son of Abdul Malik, the Ummayad Caliph and Wallada (the celebrated poetess).
Before his death Abdul Malik had designated his sons Al Walid and Suleyman as heir apparent. But towards the end of his regime Al Walid wished to appoint his son Abdul Aziz ...
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Syed Zia Uddin Tabatabai
Birth:c1888
Death:1969
Iranian prime minister.
During the World War I Syed Zia Uddin Tabatabai was the editor of Ra'd (thunder) He created a coalition of anti-Communists politicians and led a coup in 1921 and became prime minister. His quarrel with the coup's military leader Raza Khan (who became ...
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Sad Uddin Masud Bin Umar Taftazani
Birth:1322
Death:1389
He excelled in Fiqah, logic, metaphysic and theology.
Taftazani's first book was Sharh al Tasrif about Arabic grammar. He also authored Al Matlawal, Mukhtasar-ul-Ma'ni, Al-Talwih, Al-Miftah and many others.
Sad Uddin Masud Bin Umar was born in Taftazan, Khurasan.
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Syedna Tahir Saifuddin
Birth:1888
Death:1965
The Dai-e-Mutlaq.
Syedna Tahir Saifuddin was well versed in Arabic and Persian and an authority on Islamic studies. He became the 51st Dai-e-Mutlaq and assumed the responsibilities of the office at the young age of 27.
Syedna also served as a Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (...
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Sultan Taqdir Alisjahbana
Birth:1908
Death:1994
Writer.
Taqdir was a writer and founding editor of Pudjangga Baru a most influential literary magazine in 1933. He was the author of many books on history, literature, language and culture.
From 1988 onwards Taqdir travelled to many countries including Germany and United States. As he was ...
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Shaykh Khalifa Ibn Hamad Al Thani
Birth:1921
Death:
Amir of Qattar.
Before ruler of Qattar in 1972, he held various posts including Minister of Finance and Petroleum Affairs in the 1950s and 1960s. He became Amir by deposing his cousin Shaykh Ahmad whose spending habits had aroused popular opposition. He tried to diversify the ...
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Sheikh Sharafuddin Ahmad Yahya Maneri
Birth:1263
Death:1379
A celebrated saint of India.
One of India's most prominent Sufi saints, Sheikh Sharafuddin Ahmad Yahya Maneri, is called Makhdoom-e-Jahan for his spiritual status.
An overpowering urge to shun material comforts drove Sheikh Yahya into the forest of Behea (about 15 miles west of Maner). After ...
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Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Birth:1930
Death:
A Saudi diplomat.
Sheikh Yamani was in charge of Saudi Arabia's oil affairs for 24 years, and became perhaps the best-known Arab personality in the world.
Sheikh Yamani was educated in Egypt and the US, and while he was a practising lawyer Faisal made him legal ...
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Shamsuddin Zahbi
Birth:1274
Death:1348
Sufi
Shamsuddin Zahbi was an exegesist, traditionalist and historian. His most famous books were Tazkirat-ul-Hufaz, Mizan wa al Aitadal fi Naqdil-Rijal and Tarikh-ul-Islam (20 volumes).
Shasuddin Zahbi was born at Damascus
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Sati Al-Nisa
Birth:1616
Death:1646
A lady physician in the court of the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan. She was the native of Amul, a city in the province of Mazandaran of Iran. She was the sister of Talib Amuli, the poet laureate of the court and sister-in-law of Hakim Rukna. She ...
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Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
Birth:1936
Death:1980
Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was born in 1936 in Kadimiya -Iraq. He enrolled in Najaf Academy in 1948 and joined Da'wa in 1958. Wrote Our Philosophy in 1959, and Our Economics in 1961. He announced his marja'iyyah in 1971. He was arrested in the aftermath of 1977 Safr Uprising as its inspirational ...
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Saleem Al-Hassani
Birth:
Death:
Iraqi-born Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He served as an expert witness in the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster of 1988. He is a world expert on the responses of materials, structures and systems to impact and ...
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Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Birth:1817
Death:1898
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, an educational, political and religious reformer was the major formulator of the concept of the "Two-Nation Theory" among Muslims of India in the latter half of the 19th century. As founder of the Muhammdan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh and leader of ...
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Syed Naquib Al-Attas
Birth:1931
Death:-
A Contemporary Malaysian Philosopher/Theologian
Al-Attas is the only scholar in Malaysia who has occupied distinguished Chairs of different academic disciplines. In his person he resembles the universal character of scholars of the past in the mastery of many branches of learning: religion, metaphysics, theology, ...
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Salah Mustafa Shehadeh
Birth:1952
Death:2002
A radical guerrilla leader who widened popular support for Hamas.
Salah was one of the original founders of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in the early 1980s. He also set up, with others, the military wing of Hamas, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades.
Salah was born ...
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Saleh Selim
Birth:1930
Death:2002
National football hero.
Saleh started, in 1948, with Egypt's famous Al-Ahly Football Club and went on to lead Egyptian national team to numerous domestic and African trophies. He also played internationally with Sturm Graz of Austria in the 1960s. He was elected five times President of ...
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Shukri Harir Ismael
Birth:1962
Death:
A radio agony aunt and soap opera producer.
She works from her studio making a series of programmes with phone-ins, interviews, studio discussions and soap operas. She has produced radical women's programme about domestic violence, reproductive health and female genital mutilation.
Shukri is also a ...
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Sindbad the Sailor
Birth:9th century
Death:
The adventures of Sindbad was first mentioned in the great Arabian fable 'Alif Laila' popularly known as The Thousand and one Nights as a very rich sailor who lived an opulent life in Baghdad at the time of Caliph Haroun al Rashid.
Sindbad had gathered ...
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Sadequain Naqqash
Birth:1930
Death:1983
Artist who bridged the gap between tradition and modernity.
Sadequain's work won recognition at the 1961 Paris Biennial when he was only 31 years of age. The contents of his work addressed social evils and later on, he unified spirit of calligraphy to appeal the masses. His ...
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Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
Birth:1943
Death:1997
Businessman, Soldier, Politician
…It is the sacrifice that some of us must make for our country to be free - Shehu Musa Yar'adua, Kirikiri Prison, March 1995
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, born in Katsina, was turbaned, in 1987, as Tafidan Katsina, a traditional title he inherited from his ...
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Sultan Jahan Begum of Bhopal
Birth:1861
Death:1930
The last Begum of a major princely state in British India.
Sultan Jahan, the last Begum of Bhopal stamped her rule with her own powerful image that combined Muslim piety with ardent reform and thus became an international figure. She became the first president of ...
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Shaikh Muhammad Rashid
Birth:1915
Death:2002
Politician
Rashid symbolised the socialist conscience in Pakistan's political landscape. He grew disillusioned with the landlord-dominated politics, after the establishment of a new country, Pakistan, in 1947 and whose political ethos clashed with his radical and pro-peasant views.
Rashid's finest hour came when he joined the ...
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Shawkat Al Kelani
Birth:1929
Death:2002
Doctor
Shawkat belief in Palestinian's need for education inspired him to co-found and later become president of An Najah University in his hometown of Nablus.
Shawkat, after completing his degree in Europe, returned to northern Palestine in 1964 and joined UN relief and works agency (UNWRA) ...
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Starlin Abdi Arush
Birth:1957
Death:2002
Peace activist and aid worker.
Starlin was always active in negotiating with warlords, setting up hospitals or chairing her Somalian homeland's Olympic committee.
In 1991 when Somalia erupted into war she along with her sister, Halima, organised food deliveries. This led to her involvement with the ...
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Salman Rushdie
Birth:1947
Death:
Indian born British writer.
Salman has become even better known as an international issue than as a novelist, due to the storm of protest, which erupted in the Muslim world over his novel The Satanic Verses (1988).
The Satanic Verses is devoted to examining issues of ...
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Salman Raduyev
Birth:1967
Death:2002
Chechen guerrilla leader.
Salman was a Chechen freedom fighter noted chiefly for a spectacular operation in 1996 that propelled him on to television screen and the front pages of newspapers across the world when he led a band of 300 of his 'Lone Wolf' guerrilla fighters in ...
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Syed Sheikh Ahmad Al Hadi
Birth:1867
Death:1934
A Malayan Islamic writer.
Hadi made important contributions to Malay nationalism. He started a journal, Al Imam (1906-08) modelled on Al Manar of Muhammad Abduh the Egyptian reformer. He ran several madarsahs in Singapore, Malaca and Penang and also founded a Press in Penang to ...
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Shah Hatim
Birth:1699
Death:1791
Poetical name of Shaikh Zahuruddin of Delhi.
A contemporary of Wali. In 1720 the Diwan of Wali was introduced to Delhi which induced Hatim, Naji, Mazmun and Abru to write in Urdu. Up to this time they all wrote in Persian. His Diwan appeared in 1750.
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Shaikh Mirza Ali Al Gharawi Al Tabrizi
Birth:1930
Death:1998
A religious scholar and jurist.
Grand Ayatollah al-Gharawi was a prominent marja (source of emulation) for Imami-Twelver Shia. He took a traditional route to religious education to become an alim. Amongst many of his prominent teachers he undoubtedly owed the most and the one he ...
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Saadia Bint Haris
Birth:
Death:
Her name was Hazaf but was known by the name of Shima al Sadia. Her mother Sadia breast-fed the Prophet (PBUH) and hence she was the foster sister of the Prophet (PBUH).
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Sa'd Ibn Mu'adh
Birth:
Death:627
The chief of the tribe of Aws and one of the early converts to Islam.
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Sahabuddin
Birth:17th century
Death:
An Indian painter of the Rajasthani School of painting who dominated in the first half of the 17th century.
Though a Muslim Sahabuddin painted illustrating Hindu religious themes. His Ragmala series painted in 1628, Bhagavata Purna painted in 1648 are in Indian Museums and Ramayan painted in 1652 ...
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Sahifa Bano
Birth:1605
Death:1658
A painter.
Sahifa Bano's portrait of Shah Tahmasp, the king of Iran, who gave protection and help to Humayoun, is preserved in Victoria and Albert Museum, London. This is the only Mughal miniature signed by a woman.
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Saifi Nishapuri
Birth:
Death:
The author of Uruz Saifi, about the art of writing poetry written in 1491 and translated into English by A Blockmann in 1872.
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Salah Ad Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub
Birth:1137
Death:1193
A Kurdish ruler of Egypt and Syria and a hero of the Crusade wars against the Christian and conqueror of Jerusalem.
Salahuddin known to the West as Saladin, served with Nuruddin who had undertaken a holy war to unify Syria. After the death of Nuruddin ...
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Salim Ali
Birth:1896
Death:1987
Known as the 'bird man of India'.
Dr Salim Ali was an ornithologist of International repute. His magnum opus was 'Hand Book' of the birds of India and Pakistan, (10 volumes).
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Salim Kemal
Birth:1948
Death:1999
Philosopher.
Prof Salim was the most widely curious aesthetician of his time whose interest ranged from the philosophy of the Arab and Persian scholars of the 9th to 11th centuries to contemporary theory.
Prof Salim taught in American University in Beirut, Pennsylvania State University, USA ...
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Saman
Birth:9th century
Death:
A great grandfather of Ismail Saman, the first King of the Samanides. His grandson Nasar Ahmad was governor of Bukhara in 874. The Samani Kings reigned over Transoxiana, Khawarizm Jurjan, Sistan and Ghazni for about 125 years.
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Saman Khoda
Birth:9th century
Death:
The founder of the Samanid dynasty in Iran.
The most important contribution of the Samanid dynasty to Islamic art was the pottery produced at Nishapur and Samarqand. The Mamluks (Turkish Qarakhanids) assassinated the last Samanid, Ismail II, in 1005.
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Samani
Birth:6th century
Death:
An Arab author of 6th century who wrote Fil Ansab, a dictionary of the name of Arab authors.
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Sani Abacha
Birth:1943
Death:1998
A soldier and politician.
Sani Abacha, after his initial education, joined his country's military and later attended Defence Cadet College in the UK.
In 1993 Sani Abacha announced the coup d'etat and eventually he took over the power. Gen Abacha was firm in his administration and, ...
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Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
Birth:1786
Death:1831
A passionate Muslim reformer of India.
Sayyid Ahmad realised from an early age the urgency of religious reforms and the need for building up an organisation and collecting a band of dedicated followers who could bear arms too, if necessary. His idea was a strong ...
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Selim I
Birth:1470
Death:1520
Ottoman Sultan
Selim I, son of Bayezid II, ruled from 1512 to 1520 and extended his empire to Syria, Hejaz and Egypt and eliminated all his rivals. He then turned towards Iran, where Ismail I, founder of the Saffavi dynasty, was ruling.
Selim subdued the revolt in ...
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Shabana Azmi
Birth:1950
Death:
India's Bollywood star and a parliamentarian.
She excels in cinema and has equal credentials in the field of social activism. For over three decades now, Shabana Azmi has worked relentlessly to effect social change. She's slept on the pavement, braved lathis and fasted to bring ...
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Shah Abdul Rahim Bin Kabiruddin Hasan
Birth:15th century
Death:
He converted a large number of Hindus to Islam in Gujrat. He died in Pirana, 10 miles from Ahmadabad, where he had settled. The followers of his son Nur Muhammad are called Satpanthis.
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Shah Muhammad
Birth:16th century
Death:
A calligraphist from Mashad who migrated to India.
His Haft orang, which was a manuscript of seven Mansnawis of Jami, was written in 908 A.H. and is now available at Khuda Baksh library, Patna, India. His illustrated Shah Nama can also be found at the ...
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Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
Birth:1920
Death:2016
Pakistan's public face in international affairs for three decades
A former military leader, foreign minister and diplomat, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan was Pakistan's public face in international affairs for three decades.
He had helped facilitate President Richard Nixon's overture to China in 1972. In the late 1980s, ...
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Shaikh Abdul Hai Qurban Ali
Birth:20th century
Death:
The greatest religious and political leader of the Tartars.
Shaikh Abdul Hai was the founder of a Chinese Journal in 1930 in which he used to give information regarding the Tartars, the world of Islam and also about Japan.
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Shaikh Chilli
Birth:951
Death:1012
Contrary to popular belief he was not a mythical or fictitious character.
Shaikh Chilli, his real name Shaikh Abul Fateh's great grandfather had come from Transoxiana to India and settled in a suburb of Badiyon, called Chilla. Mulla Abdul Qadir Badiyoni had introduced him to ...
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Shaikh Murtadha Al Burujerdi
Birth:1931
Death:1998
A scholar and jurist.
Ayatollah Murtadha was one of the most renowned scholars that Najaf, where he was born, has produced this century. It was to Burujerdi that Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Abualqasim al-Musawi al-Khoei entrusted his works to be researched, analysed and interpreted, including the ...
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Shajratud Dur
Birth:13th century
Death:
The wife of Ali Shah (1240-49), King of Egypt. After the death of her husband she was made regent (1249-50). She sat on the throne of Egypt in 1259 and offered Gilaf-i-Ka'bah to Makkah every year.
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Sidi Barakat
Birth:16th century
Death:
Sufi
Sidi Barakat legitimated the Sadi family of Sharifs as leaders of the Jihad that expelled the Portuguese and established an Islamic state in Sudan (1511-1603).
When the Sadi family was ruling in Morocco, a number of other Muslim states emerged in the Sudanic region: ...
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Sonni Ali
Birth:1464
Death:1492
A West African monarch of Songhal, Sudan.
Sonni Ali was enthroned in 1464. In 1468 the Muslims of Timbuktu, which was the chief city of Mali, asked his assistance in overthrowing the Berbers who were in control of the city. He conquered the city and the city ...
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Sulejman Masovic
Birth:1918
Death:1998
One of the great Muslim personalities in the Balkans.
Dr Masovic was a Lecturer and professor who served as an adviser to the 'Ulama Mejlis' in Skopje (1941-1943) and he also served in the ministry of education in Sarajevo and ministry of social security (1953-1963)
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Sultan Ahmed
Birth:1880
Death:1963
A lawyer and politician.
Sir Sultan Ahmed vice-chancellor of Patna University (1923-30) was included as a delegate, from British India, to Round Table Conference (1930-31) in London.
He joined the Viceroy's Executive Council (1941-43) and took up his residence at 6 King Edward Road (the residence ...
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Sultan Ali Khorasani
Birth:14th century
Death:
The author of the Persian book on medicine called Dastur-ul-Ilaj, which he wrote in 1334.
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Sultan Muhammad
Birth:16th century
Death:
One of the greatest Iranian painters of the Saffavid dynasty.
Sultan Muhammad was the leading exponent of the Turkman School of painting and was influenced, after 1522, by the greatest of all Iranian painters, Behzad of Herat. His patron was Shah Tahmasp I, son of Ismail ...
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Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Birth:1926
Death:2001
The 11th constitutional monarch of Malaysia who took the ceremonial throne in 1999 under a five-year rotation system when he was elected by secret ballot among the Sultans of Malaysia's nine states. He was also the hereditary ruler of Selangor state. He was an avid golfer ...
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Sultan Yahya Ibn Ar Rassi
Birth:10th century
Death:
The founder of the Zaidi rule in Yemen in 898. The Rassi dynasty had ruled there from the 10th century till 1962, when Col Abdullah as Sallal overthrew it.
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Syed Ali Ashraf
Birth:1925
Death:1998
Islamic scholar of Bangladesh.
Prof Ashraf made an international impact as the organising secretary of the First World Conference on Muslim Education held in Makkah in 1977. In 1980 he was appointed the first Director-general of the World Centre for Islamic Education.
In the 1970s Prof Ashraf ...
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Syed Hussain Bahr Al Ulum
Birth:1927
Death:2001
Jurist and poet.
Syed Hussain Bahr al-Ulum was a grand ayatollah who, hailed from one of the most prominent families, the founder of the Movement for Islamic Revival, which paved the way for the 1920 revolt against the British occupation of Iraq.
By 1975 Syed Hussain had ...
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Syed Mutawalli Ad Darsh
Birth:1930
Death:1997
A scholar and broadcaster.
Syed Mutawalli entered Al-Azhar University and later on appointed an Imam and lecturer in the university's faculty of theology. Then, he went on teaching and missionary work in Lagos, Nigeria and Imam at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Regent's Park Mosque, ...
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Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Birth:1939
Death:
Egyptian activist.
One of Egypt's leading human rights and democracy activists Saad Eddin Ibrahim has been a strong critic of President Hosni Mubarak, and his slow pace of electoral reforms.
On August 2, 2008 an Egyptian court convicted Saad Ibrahim in absentia and sentenced him to two ...
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Suleiman I
Birth:1494
Death:1566
Ottoman Sultan who crafted the distinctive institutions of the empire, which reached the fullest extent of its power during his reign.
Suleiman's first military moves were against Belgrade, which he captured in 1521. Rhodes was his second target. In 1526 he took Hungary and launched the famous ...
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Souad Massi
Birth:1972
Death:
An Algerian singer-songwriter whose melancholy but powerful songs tell stories of war, pain and exile.
Massi's first album Raoui (Storyteller) has been a critical and commercial success in France, some tracks are in Arabic and others in French, and has won her admirers across Europe ...
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Salif Keita
Birth:1949
Death:
The Golden Voice of Africa.
Salif who started his singing career playing in nightclubs and at Railway stations got his breakthrough when he joined Les Ambassadeurs group and that extended his reputation, by 1977, beyond Mali. To see him perform it concert is an occasion one ...
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Surur Hoda
Birth:1928
Death:2003
An activist with a great charm.
Surur who for 25 years was international secretary of the civil aviation section of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITWF) in London was involved in several other activities such as London-based India Development Group and was the founder of the ...
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Salamat Hashim
Birth:1942
Death:2003
Scholar, visionary and mujahid.
Salamat was amir of Bangsamoro Mujahideen and chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and spent all his life fighting one of the most brutal and devious colonial regime in Asia.
Salamat proceeded on Hajj where he attended study circles ...
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Shirin Ebadi
Birth:1947
Death:
First Muslim woman to win the Noble peace prize.
Shirin Ebadi a lawyer in Tehran since 1984 has taken up a variety of cases, driven by tough determination and a belief that equal rights for women and children are compatible with Islam. She has worked closely ...
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Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqui
Birth:1926
Death:2003
Politician who was widely known as opposition leader in Pakistan
Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani was known for his integrity and unwillingness to cut political deals. He was a pious and powerful cleric who was so articulate and widely-travelled.
Maulana Noorani was a fiery orator and ...
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Suraiya
Birth:1929
Death:2004
One of the original singing stars and legend of Bollywood.
Suraiya, a favourite of Naushad the music maestro, debuted as a child star with Taj Mahal (1941), and subsequently went on to play many memorable roles in films such as Anmol Ghadi, Badi Bahen and Dillagi ...
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Shaikh Shamil
Birth:1796
Death:1871
Shaikh Shamil is a legendry Caucasian Muslim, born in the town of Gimry which is in current-day Daghestan. While still a young man, he was drawn to a great contemporary Daghistani leader and Naqshabandi activist, Ghazi Muhammad, who challenged the Tsarist Russian rule and died ...
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Sakip Sabanci
Birth:1933
Death:2004
Turkey's richest man, with a flair for business and philanthropy.
Sakip Sabanci whose personal fortune estimated in billions ran the conglomerate in Turkey with interest in tourism, textile, food, cars, tobacco, chemicals and banking. He ranks among the world's largest family-owned businesses.
Sabanci took on ...
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Sami Abdul Rahman
Birth:1932
Death:2004
Kurdish leader in Iraq who campaigned to restructure intercine conflict among his people.
Sami's military and political career stretched over four decades from 1963, when he joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party under its leader General Mustafa Barzani. He was an able diplomat for the Kurdish cause ...
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Samira Makhmalbaf
Birth:1980
Death:
Iranian film-maker.
Samira's reputation is prodigious - her film, At Five In The Afternoon that opened in London, in 2004, had already won prizes at Cannes and the International Film Festival of India - a cinematic genius.
At Five In The Afternoon is the story of ...
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Shohreh Aghdashloo
Birth:1953
Death:
Iranian actress recognised after a long time.
Shohreh Aghdasloo was nominated, in 2004, for House of Sand and Fog, movie based on Andre Dubus's book, for an Academy Award, as best supporting actress. The remarkable book is based on for their deeply sympathetic portrait of the ...
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Syed Mazhar Ali
Birth:1935
Death:2004
Former Pakistani Senator Mazhar Ali packed many careers and interests into a single life-time: civil engineer, entrepreneur, politician, educationalist and above all philanthropist. He died on 2nd May 2004 as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident near his home in Karachi.
Syed Mazhar ...
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Sikander Hyat Khan
Birth:1892
Death:1942
An aristocrat politician.
Sikander Hyat Khan struggled to achieve dominion status for post-British India in order to drive a balance of communal interest in the province of Punjab inhabited by Muslims by a small majority and minorities such as Hindus, Sikhs and others. His leading ...
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Sahab Qizilbash
Birth:1930
Death:2004
Urdu poetess of lofty ideas, simple words.
Sahab Qizilbash's reputation emerged from broadcasting and literature in the 1950s and most part of 1960s from Radio Pakistan's Karachi station with her melodious voice.
Her house in Delhi was the haunt of eminent poets of the time ...
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Samira Bellil
Birth:1972
Death:2004
Algerian born writer who forced France to confront sexual violence to campaign for Muslim women's rights in France.
Samira's powerfully and movingly book, Dans L'Enfer Des Tournantes (In The Hell Of Tournantes) published in 2002 made her immediately infamous, because it was the first time a ...
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Shad Azimabadi
Birth:1846
Death:1927
One of the acknowledged masters of Urdu ghazal.
To his credit a number of oft-quoted couplets speaks of the popularity of Shad Azimabadi's ghazals, such as:
I've been entangled in desires/what toys to keep me calm!
The story of life we heard from the ...
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Birth:1949
Death:
Indonesia's first directly elected President.
Yudhoyono who was inaugurated as Indonesia's sixth President, in October 2004, after the outgoing President Megawati Sukarnoputri, displays a degree of firmness that he has acquired during 29 years of military career.
His cautious and consensual style has served Indonesia well. Susilo's ...
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Samir Rantissi
Birth:1962
Death:2005
Palestinian peace campaigner and writer.
Samir, a most dedicated Palestinian peace activist, was a key figure behind the Israeli-Palestinian Geneva Accords, a joint initiative launched in December 2003, to posit solutions to the vexed issues of Jerusalem, refugees, settlements and borders.
A journalist turned official spokesman ...
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Shaima Rezayee
Birth:1981
Death:2005
Television presenter who briefly became an icon for many Afghan youth.
Shaima was part of a generation in transition who was caught between the Taliban's medieval politics and the media revolution that engulfed Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
Her enthusiasm and youthful ...
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Sultan Adh Dhahir Baybrus
Birth:1223
Death:1277
The Mamluk Sultan who defeated the Mongol hordes at Ain Jalut in northern Palestine, and eliminated most of the last Crusader strongholds on the Syrian coast.
Born in Qippchaqe, territory near Black Sea, Rukn Uddin Baybrus was sold as a slave by the Mongol invaders ...
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Syed Mushtaq Ali
Birth:1914
Death:2005
Grand old man of cricket, once the darling of the Indian
Mushtaq, a brilliant and artistic right-hand batsman who scored India's maiden Test century abroad, in England, in 1936, was dashing and flamboyant. His popularity, especially in Calcutta after he smashed a century against Lord Tennyson's ...
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Salem Khamis
Birth:1919
Death:2005
Statistician who formulated purchasing power parities.
Salem was a mathematical statistician whose name is immortalised in the method of computing purchasing power parities (PPPs) of currencies, for conversion of national currency-denominated economic aggregates, like gross domestic product, into a common, comparable currency unit.
His career ...
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Sarah Joseph
Birth:1971
Death:
She put gloss on the Muslim lifestyle.
Sarah launched, funded from her savings, a Muslim lifestyle magazine, titled emel (the Arabic word for hope) that targets non-Muslims readers in London - the first Muslim magazine to go mainstream. Its circulation now covers 30 countries.
The glossy ...
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Sania Mirza
Birth:1987
Death:
India's tennis star.
She is the first female Indian tennis player to be ranked in the world's top 40; indeed, she is the first significant female athlete of any kind, in India. Sania has the discipline, the tenacity, the flamboyance and, above all, the talent to ...
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Shanul Haq Haqqee
Birth:1917
Death:2005
Noted Urdu poet and man of letters.
In his two anthologies of poems, Taar-e-Pairahan (1957) and Harf-e-Dilras (1979) Haqee established his refined taste in poetry. Dil Ki Zubaan is a selection of his hundred of ghazals. He also wrote musicals for Radio Pakistan in the early 1950s.
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Sajjad Zaheer
Birth:1905
Death:1973
India's left-wing writer and activist
There were several dimensions to Zaheer's personality but they were not in conflict with one another. Coming from an upper class family his early days promised a bright and secure life for him, far away from the miseries of the ...
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Said Muhammad Djohar
Birth:1919
Death:2006
The first democratically elected president of the Comoros.
Said was elected president of the Comoros, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, in 1990 but was ousted by a band of mercenaries in September 1995. French troops ended the coup and reinstalled Said under bilateral accords with Comoros, ...
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Shah Husayn
Birth:1538
Death:1599
Punjab's Sufi poet.
Growing as a religious scholar, his devotion and piety attracted a large number of followers. His infatuation with a Brahmin boy, Madhu Laal, and singing and dancing in ecstasy with the boy in Lahore's streets with poetry flowing smoothly from his lips ...
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Sayeda Imam Begum
Birth:c1785
Death:1866
A female mystic and poetess from Gujarat
Better known as Bibi Tahira, she was the last known member of the Kadiwala family of Ismaili Khoja community in India and a ginan composer.
With her first public appearance in 1829, Bibi Tahira organised the gathering of the ...
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Shah Vajih Uddin Alawi
Birth:1504
Death:1592
Scholar, teacher, mystic, saint, humanitarian and educationist
Legend has it that 80,000 students and 1,400 Caliphs are said to have had studied under or taken advantage of the knowledge of Shah Alawi. Having authored around 200 books on fiqah, tasawwuf and other areas of religious subjects, with his ...
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Subhani Bayunus
Birth:1931
Death:2006
Pakistan's veteran artiste
His portrayal of Mirza Ghalib in a Pakistan television play in the 1960s catapulted Subhani to fame and a household name.
Subhani performed in a large number of radio, theatre and TV plays and also appeared in a handful of films. He ...
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Shakeel Badayuni
Birth:1916
Death:
An Urdu lyricist of Bollywood fame.
Cinematic successes hit Shakeel's literary stature after he arrived in Bombay in 1946. He penned many hits include 'O Duniya Ke Rakwale' and other songs of 'Baiju Bawra' sung by Muhammad Rafi.
Shakeel Badayuni won three Film Fare awards - ...
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Shamsur Rahman
Birth:1929
Death:2006
Bangladeshi poet, journalist and human rights advocate.
The unofficial poet laureate of Bangladesh, Shamsur Rahman was among the country's most important political poets during its independence movement. He wrote in Bengali and helped adapt the language to modern poetic forms.
Some of his most famous ...
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Syed Mahmud
Birth:1879
Death:1971
India's political activist.
He went to London in 1908 and after obtaining his bar at law Dr Syed Mahmud returned to India and started his practice, in 1912, in Patna. He, however, got engaged in the nascent Indian movement for independence.
Dr Mahmud represented All India Congress, ...
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Safia Amajan
Birth:1943
Death:2006
Afghani teacher and public servant
Respected among Afghans, Safia Amajan, though her family name was Warasta, was a leader of Pashtun women's emancipation. She was the inspector of all girls' school in Kandahar province.
In 2001, Safia volunteered to work for the new Afghan government, and ...
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Said Abdullo Nuri
Birth:1947
Death:2006
Tajikistan's activist and politician
Nuri was first arrested in 1973 for his religious activities - travelled widely promoting Islam. He spurned the official Islam tolerated by the Soviet authorities and preached illegally, establishing makeshift mosques and calling for pristine Islamic studies in Tajikistan.
He was again ...
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Syed Ghulam Mustapha Budruddin
Birth:1918
Death:2006
Pakistan's veteran journalist
An icon of economic journalism Budruddin remained associated with a number of newspapers in Pakistan. He was on the editorial board of Morning News, Karachi and was transferred to Dhaka where he became its resident editor and served in that position during ...
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Shaukat Siddiqui
Birth:1923
Death:2006
Writer of Urdu fiction
Immensely popular in present-day Urdu fiction, Shaukat Siddiqui 'wrote about people for the people and was among the few writers who reached out to the common man.' His forte, however, was the portrayal of the life of a section of ...
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Sahar Hussein Al Haideri
Birth:1962
Death:2007
Fearless Iraqi journalist
An exemplar of the new generation of journalists, Sahar, a print and radio journalist, had written for the Aswat al-Iraq (Voices of Iraq) as well as contributed pieces to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR).
Forthright in her coverage and ...
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Syed Altaf Ali Barelvi
Birth:1905
Death:1986
Pakistan's literary figure and reformer
In his goal to promote educational and literary traditions of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Syed Altaf Ali Barelvi contributed to the community of writers by encouraging them expressing ideas in writing.
Having graduated from Aligarh University, in 1927, his extensive activities ...
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Sami Yusuf
Birth:1980
Death:
Holy rock star
One of the biggest names in Muslim music Sami Yusuf, a bearded man wearing a tailored business suit, who sells his album by the million strides as a rock star in the world of music.
British singer-song-writer, Sami Yusuf whose second album ...
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Sayyid Dheya Al Musawi
Birth:
Death:
Bahraini cleric and newspaper columinst
A leading Bahraini cleric and rising political figure, Sheikh Sayed Dheya al-Mosawi has stood out as an advocate for religious tolerance, gender equality, poverty in Bahrain and ending extermism.
His regular columns in Bahrain's leading al-Watan newspaper have made Sheikh ...
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Serigne Saliou Mbacke
Birth:1916
Death:2008
Spiritual leader of Senegal
A leader of the Mouride Islamic brotherhood, the biggest and most powerful centre of religious and political influence in Senegal, Serigne Saliou Mbacke had followers in millions.
Among his achievements was the transformation of Touba, the holy city about 125 miles east ...
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Shusha Guppy
Birth:1935
Death:2008
Iranian singer, writer and composer.
A talented lady of her generation, Shusha Guppy - a writer, singer and composer of songs - shared her father's love of Persian classical literature and, like him, drawn to Sufism.
Having gone to Paris, in 1950, at a tender age, ...
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Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah
Birth:1930
Death:2008
The Sheikh who was cast aside as emir after only nine days.
The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah will largely be remembered for being moved aside as 14th emir, after only nine days, in January 2006. But he was called 'the hero of the ...
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Syed Abul Khair Kashfi
Birth:1932
Death:2008
Pakistan's research scholar
Erudite critic, research scholar and former chairman of Karachi University's Urdu department Prof. Dr Syed Abul Khair Kashfi was known for his extensive reading and sharp wit.
Having obtained degrees in linguistics from Columbia University Kashfi who had vast experience of teaching ...
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Shah Rukh Khan
Birth:1965
Death:
King of Bollywood.
The most recognisable face of Indian cinema and the most watched film star in the world Shah Rukh Khan is lauded for his celebrity performances. His performances in tragedy and romance throb hearts of his fans within the country and Indian diasporas ...
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Sheikh Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Birth:1950
Death:
Dubai's visionary who wishes Arab minds to reach for skies.
With the Burj Dubai - the 160-plus-story spire of offices and luxury apartments - the latest jewel in the impressive crown, Sheikh al-Maktoum aspires to take the Arab minds to reach for skies.
Working first ...
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Sheikh Jamaluddien Cunningham
Birth:
Death:2008
Pope's envoy that embraced Islam.
When an Englishman was sent by the then Pope as his envoy to South Africa he was warned about meeting Ahmad Hoosen Deedat. Deedat (1918-2005) was South Africa's Islamic propagator and debater.
The Englishman after many meetings and discussions with ...
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Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi
Birth:1936
Death:2008
Indian politician.
Among the very few who have been elected six consecutive terms as Member of the Indian Parliament, Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, who served from the city of Hyderabad, stepped down in 2004.
Also known as 'Salar-e-Millat' (commander of the community) Sultan was the president of ...
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Said Muhammad Siam
Birth:1957
Death:2009
A senior leader of Hamas.
Having joined the Gaza Hamas collective leadership in 2004 Said Siam contested Palestine's 2006 legislative council elections polling the highest number of votes cast for any candidate. Hamas won the elections in Gaza. He was appointed interior minister.
He helped mastermind the ...
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Syed Haider Raza
Birth:1922
Death:
Indian artist
Indian artist, Syed Haider Raza, who has been living in Paris since 1950 keeps deep ties with India.
Raza's works are mainly abstracts in oil or acrylic, with a very rich use of colour, replete with icons from Indian cosmology as well as its ...
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Salim Sarang
Birth:1959
Death:2009
A life devoted to communities.
Caring for people and as a result bringing smiles to the faces of orphans in far-flung corners of the world was the hallmark of Salim Sarang. He helped clean up the streets in his hometown, and helped bring water to ...
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Shafiq Al Hout
Birth:1932
Death:2009
Founder member of Palestine Liberation Organisation
Founder member of PLO and staunch defender of Palestinian right, Shafiq al-Hout was a larger-than-life figure. He championed the Palestinians' right of return to their homeland and a unified, democratic state there for Muslims, Jews and Christians.
Born and ...
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Saif Gaddafi
Birth:1972
Death:
Libya's main interlocutor
With no official position and no overt plans for succession, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has emerged over the past decade as Libya's main interlocutor with the West, feeding speculation that he will take over his father.
He is reported to have coaxed his ...
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Syed Babar Ali
Birth:1926
Death:
Pakistani businessman and philanthropist.
Being an institution in Pakistan, Syed Babar Ali who started some of the country's most successful companies is known for his important contribution in creating the Lahore University of Management and Science (LUMS).
LUMS, a business school founded in 1986 encourages its ...
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Sheikh Ayaz
Birth:1923
Death:1997
Sindhi poet
The renowned poet of Sindhi language Sheikh Ayaz authored nearly seventy-five books, of which more than fifty have been published so far.
He composed fiery mystic and humanistic poetry and wrote unique prose for almost half a century. Saving life on earth and ...
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Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawani
Birth:1928
Death:2010
Grand Imam of al-Azhar who championed the rights of women and advocated dialogue between civilisations.
One of Islam's leading spirituals authorities to champion moderation worldwide Sheikh Tantawani was Grand Imam of the al-Azhar mosque and head of the al-Azhar University, pre-eminent centre of learning, from 1996 ...
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Shamsur Rahman Faruqui
Birth:1935
Death:
Urdu critic, poet and theorist.
Regarded as the founder of the new movement in Urdu literature, Shamsur Rahman Faruqui has formulated fresh models of literary appreciation.
Formerly a civil servant in the Indian Postal Department, Faruqui has been adjunct professor at the South Asia Regional ...
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Shaikha Lubna Al Qassimi
Birth:1962
Death:
One of the most powerful women in the world.
Considered to be the most powerful Arab woman and the 70th most powerful woman in the world by US-based Forbes Magazine in its 2010 World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Shaikha Lubna al-Qassimi holds a cabinet position in the ...
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Selma Al Radi
Birth:1939
Death:2010
She restored historic Madrasa
A historical figure, Sultan Amir Ibn Abd al-Wahab, was the last ruler of the Tahirid dynasty, which flourished in Yemen from the mid-15th to early 16th centuries. The ornate palace complex he had commissioned at Rada, in southern Yemen, for ...
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Sheikh Saqr Bin Muhammad Al Qassimi
Birth:1920
Death:2010
World's oldest and longest serving monarch
Mounting a palace coup that saw the forced abdication of his uncle, Sheikh Saqr assumed the throne of Ras al-Khaimah in 1948. In the pre-oil era the country struggled with the collapse of the pearling industry and tough economic conditions ...
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Salman Taseer
Birth:1944
Death:2011
Pakistani politician
An active supporter of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, former prime minister and his Pakistan People's Party Salman Taseer remained a fierce PPP and Bhutto family loyalist. When Bhutto was toppled in a 1977 military coup led by General Zia-ul-Haq, the young Taseer was arrested. After ...
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Syed Nawazish Tanweer Bokhari
Birth:1937
Death:2011
Inspirational teacher and campaigner
Inspirational head-teacher and campaigner Syed Nawazish Tanweer Bokhari was the first British Muslim to run a UK secondary school, the culmination of a career devoted to improving educational standards. He was the head of Ernest Bevin College in Tooting, South London. ...
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Sultan Kosen
Birth:1982
Death:
Tallest living male.
Holder of the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 2.51m (8 ft 3 in) Sultan Kösen is one of only thirteen individuals in medical history to be confirmed at a height of eight feet or more.
His three brothers and sister ...
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Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
Birth:1972
Death:
One of the astronauts of planet earth.
An orthopaedic surgeon, restaurant co-owner and part-time model Malaysian, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor blasted in 2007. He was launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007. Sheikh Muszaphar flew under an agreement with ...
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Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdelaziz Al Saud
Birth:1956
Death:
One of the astronauts of planet earth.
A former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot Sultan bin Salman bin Abdel-Aziz Al Saud flew, from 17 to 24 June 1985, aboard the STS-51-G Discovery Space Shuttle mission as one of a seven-member international crew.
Prince Sultan currently heads the ...
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Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Birth:1930
Death:2011
Crown prince
The heir apparent to Saudi throne, Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud, one of the kingdom's most powerful princes, served as defence minister.
Prince Sultan was the second son of the elite 'Sudairi seven' — seven full brothers by the favourite wife of King Abdul ...
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Syed Aziz Pasha
Birth:1930
Death:2011
He laid the foundation of a central stage for diverse British Muslims.
The founder and Secretary General of the oldest British federal body in the UK, the Union of Muslim Organisations (UMO) Dr. Syed Aziz Pasha was one of the most respected Muslim leaders in ...
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Shamim Ahmed Khan
Birth:1938
Death:2012
Sitar player
One of the most eloquent sitar players of India Shamim Ahmed Khan was scion of a family of classical musicians of Agra gharana.
At the age of 29 Shamim Ahmed with his sweet, full-throated voice on the sitar, made his US solo recording debut, ...
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Simin Daneshvar
Birth:1921
Death:2012
Iranian's writer whose work was a beacon
Modern Iranian novelist Simin Daneshvar made her way in a literary scene in her best-known work, Savushun (1969) that provided an account of life under occupation that enjoyed international success. It still resonates with her compatriots. The novel is ...
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Birth:1978
Death:
Activist and filmmaker
In her effort to raise awareness of the plight of acid attack victims, winning an Oscar, in 2012, for her short subject documentary film, Saving Face, boosted up Pakistani-Canadian journalist and documentary filmmaker, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Her film chronicles the struggles of acid-attack survivors ...
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Salman Khan
Birth:1977
Death:
YouTube professor to millions around the world.
An American educator and the founder of the Khan Academy, a free online education platform Salman Khan is a world-class tutor and pioneer for the digital age. His video-driven teaching method has produced over 3000 videos elucidating a wide ...
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Said Khalil Aburish
Birth:1935
Death:2012
Writer and historian
A Palestinian journalist, Said Khalil Aburish wrote several books on the region, including a portrait of three generations of his sprawling family. His writing notably blunt accused Arab leaders of being 'stooges' of Western powers and indifferent to the wellbeing of their ...
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Sayeeda Warsi
Birth:1971
Death:
British politician
Created life peer, in 2007, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi was shadow minister from 2007 to 2010. Chairman of the Conservative party (2010 - 2012) Baroness Warsi, in 2012, became minister of state for faith and communities and foreign and commonwealth affairs.
Lady Warsi who championed David Cameron's bid to lead ...
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Siraj Ul Haq Memon
Birth:1933
Death:2013
Acclaimed Sindhi language novelist
A renowned novelist, writer, scholar, journalist, historian and literary researcher and linguist of Sindhi language Siraj Memon wrote several novels and books.
Starting his career as a lawyer Siraj Memon after passing the Pakistan Public Service Commission examinations in the early 1960...
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Shamshad Begum
Birth:1919
Death:2013
Singer extraordinaire
Leading singer and reigning queen of Bollywood, Shamshad Begum was known for her distinctive nasal twang in the 1940s and 1950s. She was a versatile singer.
Her golden voice immortalised songs such as Saiyyan Dil Mein Aana Re (Bahar: 1951) and Leke Pahla Pehla ...
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Samina Baig
Birth:1990
Death:
Scaled Mount Everest
The youngest women, Samina Baig, reached the 8,850-meter peak of Mount Everest on 19 May 2013. She joined a small but growing list of Muslim women to climb the world's highest mountain. In 2010, she became the first person to reach the summit of the 6,400...
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Sakar Khan
Birth:1938
Death:2013
Folk musician
A master of kamancha or kamaicha, a bowed stringed instrument, Sakar Khan excelled in learning, performing and collecting a huge amount of music dating back generations, perhaps centuries, handed down from father to son.
Learning from his father, at an early age, Sakar ...
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Salimuzzaman Siddiqui
Birth:1897
Death:1994
A leading Pakistani scientist in Natural Product Chemistry
Called the last Renaissance man, Dr Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, a leading Pakistani scientist in Natural Product Chemistry, is credited for pioneering the isolation of unique chemical components from the Neem, Rauwolfia and various other flora. He was a ...
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Syedna Muhammad Burhanuddin
Birth:1915
Death:2014
The spiritual leader of Dawoodi Bohra Muslims.
The 52nd Dai al-Mutlaq (Summoner with comprehensive authority) of the Shia Fatimi Ismaili Tayyibi Muslims, commonly known as Dawoodi Bohras, Syedna Muhammad Burhanuddin 'played a dynamic role in bringing his flock into the 21st century while maintaining their ...
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Shah Waliullah
Birth:1703
Death:1761
A reformer in India who was one of the first Muslim thinkers to see the threat that Western modernity posed to Islam.
Shah Waliullah was the most celebrated theologian, scholar, translator and expounder of the Qur'an in Muslim India. His greatest contribution to India was ...
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Sajid Javid
Birth:1969
Death:
British politician
A British Conservative Party politician, Sajid Javid has been the Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove since 2010 and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Equalities since 2014.
His glittering career in international finance to the British cabinet is extra-ordinary.
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Sheikh Nazim
Birth:1922
Death:2014
One of the world's foremost scholars
One of the world's great scholars and a spiritual leader Mehmet Nâzım Adil, formally referred to as Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Qubrusi al-Haqqani, often called Sheikh Nazim, was a Turkish Cypriot Sufi Sheikh and leader of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani ...
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Simin Behbahani
Birth:1927
Death:2014
A prominent Iranian poet and activist
National poet and an icon of the Iranian intelligentsia and literati Simin Behbahani was affectionately referred to as the 'lioness of Iran'.
She came from a generation that rediscovered the freedom of critical thinking in Iranian society controlled by ...
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Shakil Auj
Birth:1960
Death:2014
Islamic scholar
A distinguished scholar of Islamic studies Professor Shakil Auj having, relatively liberal views, was struck by assassins while he was on his way to a reception at the Iranian Cultural Centre in Karachi.
Dean of Islamic Studies at Karachi University Professor Shakil Auj ...
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Sadiq Khan
Birth:1970
Death:
British politician
Elected as the first Muslim mayor of London, a Western capital city, Sadiq Khan won with more than 1.3 million votes, in what was called the biggest mandate in the history of British politics. And the Labour candidate managed his landslide, in 2016, even after ...
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Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Birth:1936
Death:
Saudi Arabia's ruler
King Salman carries with him the best traditions of leadership and stands uniquely qualified to lead the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia toward the future.
He has worked, since an early age, alongside most of the Kings of Saudi Arabia in building his ...
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Saud Bin Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Birth:1940
Death:2015
Saudi diplomat
The most familiar face and voice of Saudi Arabia in western capitals for four decades was Prince Saud al-Faisal as foreign minister.
One of the most influential members of the Saudi government, Prince Saud al-Faisal became the world's longest serving foreign minister, navigating ...
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Syed Shahid Hussain
Birth:1932
Death:2015
Economist
An economist and senior vice president of the World Bank Syed Shahid Husain played a key role in economic assistance to countries in Latin America, Africa and East Asia, in his 33-year career at the international financial institutions.
He joined the Pakistani civil service ...
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Syed Shahabuddin
Birth:1935
Death:2017
Diplomat turned politician
An Indian who worked as a diplomat for the Indian Foreign Service, Syed Shahabuddin later became a politician and served three terms from 1979-1996 as a member of the Parliament of India.
He was known for his involvement in the Shah Bano ...
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Shahid Raza
Birth:1950
Death:2022
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skye corno
Birth:1992
Death:2006
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saisai
Birth:2020
Death:2020
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