Asad
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{{Other uses|Asad (disambiguation)|Assad (disambiguation)|As'ad}}
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| meaning = Lion
| region = Middle East
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Asad ({{langx|ar|أسد}}), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion".{{cite book |title=Arabic first names |date=1999 |publisher=Hippocrene Books |location=New York |isbn=0-7818-0688-7 |page=66 |url=https://archive.org/details/arabicfirstnames00hipp/ |access-date=23 February 2024}} It is used in nicknames such as Asad Allāh, one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.
People
Among prominent people named "Asad" or "Assad" are:
= Given name =
- Asadullah (disambiguation), multiple people
- Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure
- Asad Abdul Rahman (born 1944), Palestinian political scientist, academic and politician
- Asad Ahmad, journalist for BBC News and newsreader for BBC London
- Asad Q. Ahmed, American scholar
- Asad Al Faqih (1910–1989), Lebanese lawyer and diplomat
- Asad ibn al-Furat (760–828) jurist and theologian
- Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Asaduddin Owaisi, Indian politician
- Asad Raza (artist), Pakistani-American artist
- Asad Rustum, Lebanese historian, academic and writer
- Asad ibn Saman, early Samanid
- Assad Saftawi (1935–1993), Palestinian Fatah cofounder and leader
- Asad Shafiq, Pakistan test cricketer
- Asad Umar, Pakistani lawmaker and former politician
- Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed, former IAS officer from Hyderabad
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- Audrey Assad, American singer-songwriter and Contemporary Christian music artist
- Clarice Assad, Sérgio's daughter, a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist
- Javier Assad (born 1997), Mexican baseball player
- Julio Asad (born 1953), Argentine footballer
- María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad, Lebanese-Mexican economist
- Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, influential 20th-century writer and political theorist
- Omar Asad (born 1971), Argentine footballer
- Sérgio Assad, Brazilian classical composer, guitarist
- Talal Asad, anthropologist, son of Muhammad Asad
- Yamil Asad (born 1994), Argentine footballer
Al-Assad family
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The Al-Assad family is an Alawite family from the Latakia region (specifically Qardaha), which held political power in Syria between 1970 and 2024. The family has produced two presidents:
- Hafez al-Assad, former President of Syria 1970–2000{{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Howard |last2=Cody |first2=Edward |title=Syria's Assad Dead at 69 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/06/11/syrias-assad-dead-at-69/cf1aaa7a-e663-4374-a3ea-05060f187560/ |access-date=16 February 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=10 January 2024}}
- Bashar al-Assad, former President of Syria July 2000 to December 2024 {{cite news |last1=O'Connor |first1=Tom |title=Syria's Assad Wins Fourth Election, Second Since War and Ninth for Family |url=https://www.newsweek.com/syrias-bashar-al-assad-easily-wins-fourth-election-second-since-war-ninth-family-1595659 |access-date=16 February 2024 |work=Newsweek |date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}
Other family members include:
See also
- Asad (disambiguation)
- Asadi
- Aslan (disambiguation)
- Lake Assad
- Al Asad Airbase
- Haydar
- Lions in Islam
- Qaswarah
- Shir, a Persian term for 'Lion'