Nasir al-Din

Nasir al-Din, Nasir ad-Din or Nasiruddin ( or  or , "Defender of the Faith") was originally an honorific title and is an Arabic masculine given name. There are many variant spellings in English, which may refer to:

People

Politics and government
Nasir ad-Din Mahmud I of Great Seljuq (), briefly sultan of Great Seljuq
Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1066–1121), Fatimid vizier of Egypt, nicknamed Nasir al-Din
Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha (), Muslim Turkic governor of Sindh
Salih Nasreddin Mahmud (reigned 1220–22), of the Artuqids of Hisnkeyfa
Nasiruddin Mahmud (son of Iltutmish) (died 1229), ruler of Bengal
Nasir ad-Din Mahmud (died 1234), Zengid Emir of Mosul
Nasir ad-Din al-Malik al-Mansur Ibrahim, bin Asad ad-Din Shirkuh (died 1246), emir of Homs under the Ayyubid dynasty
Nasiruddin Mahmud (grandson of Iltutmish) (1246–1266), Muslim Turkic ruler and Sultan of Delhi
al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah, or just Al-Said Barakah (1260–1280), Mamluk Sultan or Egypt
Nasiruddin Bughra Khan (), ruler of Bengal
Nasr al-Din (Yunnan) (died 1292), Bukharan Governor of Yunnan in Yuan dynasty China
al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Muhammad ben Qalawun, or just Al-Nasir Muhammad (1285–1341), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
Nasir al-Din Muhammad (died ), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Bengal) (died 1459)
Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (died 1532), sultan of Bengal
Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun (1508–1556), Mughal Emperor
Nassaruddin (reigned 1690–1710), 15th Sultan of Brunei
Nasiruddin Haider ( – 1837), King of Oudh
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831–1896), Shah of Persia
Nasruddin (Kokand), last amir of Kokand, 1875–1876
Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu (1907–1979), Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
Amal Nasser el-Din (born 1928), Druze Israeli author and politician
Nasser al-Din al-Shaer, or Nasser al-Shaer, (born 1961), member of Hamas, former Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
Ghazi Nasr Al-Din (born 1962), Venezuelan diplomat and alleged Hezbollah supporter
 Syed Nasiruddin, Bengali-Baghdadi commander general of Sultan Shamsuddin Firoz Shah

Scholars and writers
Nasrudin or Nasreddin, legendary wise man in Islamic tradition
Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan, also known as Nasiruddin (died 1067), Sufi Saint
Sheyh Nasreddin Ebul’ Ha-kayik, Mahmud Bin Ahmed El-Hoyi, or Ahi Evren (1169–1261), Turkish Muslim preacher
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274), Persian scientist, mathematician, philosopher, physician and theologian
Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi (1274–1356), mystic-poet and Sufi Saint of Chishti Order
Nasiruddin Sailani Badesha (died 1507), Sufi saint of the Chishti Order
Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999), Albanian Islamic scholar
Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai (born 1917), Pakistani writer and poet
Allamah Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai (AKA Partawi Shah, born 1917), Pakistani writer and poet
Nasreddin Lebatelier (active from 1995), pseudonym of Jean Michot, Belgian Muslim writer

Sportspeople
Alain Nasreddine (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player
Nasreddine Kraouche (born 1979), Algerian footballer
Ali Nasseredine (born 1983), Lebanese footballer
Nasserredine Fillali (born 1984), Algerian boxer

Other people
Nasreddin Murat-Khan (1904–1970), Russian-born Pakistani architect
Naseeruddin Shah (born 1949), Indian film actor and director
Mohamed Nasr Eldin Allam (born ), Egyptian water engineer and politician
Nasrdin Dchar (born 1978), Dutch-Moroccan actor
Nasir Uddin (anthropologist) (born ), Bengali anthropologist
Attia Nasreddin, Eritrean-Nigerian businessman
Naseeruddin, Banglore businessman

Other uses
Nasir ad-Din, Tiberias, a village in Palestine depopulated in 1948
Nasr ol Din, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
Nasireddin (crater), on the moon
Molla Nasraddin (magazine), an Azerbaijani satirical magazine
Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Terengganu, Malaysia
Nasreddin in Bukhara, a 1943 Soviet comedy film
Nasrettinhoca, a town in Eskişehir Province, Turkey

Category:Arabic masculine given names