ahmad

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Definition of ahmad in English English dictionary

A male given name, variant of Ahmed

A surname of Arabic origin

a male given name, a variant of Ahmed

Mawlana Nur al Din Abd al Rahman ibn Ahmad Ahmad ibn Hanbal Ahmad Khan Sir Sayyid Ahmad Shah Durrani Ahmad Sirhindi Ahmad Yasawi Ghulam Ahmad Mirza Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Said ibn Hazm Muhammad Ahmad ibn al Sayyid Abd Allah Mutanabbi Abu al tayyib Ahmad ibn Husayn al Abd al Wahhab ibn Ahmad Ahsa'i Ahmad al Shaykh Ahmad ibn Zayn al Din Ibrahim al Ahsai Abu al Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Rushd

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Ahmad Jebril

leader of one of the factions of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Ahmad Shah Durrani

born 1722, Multan, Punjab died Oct. 16?, 1772, Toba Marf, Afg. Founder of modern Afghanistan. The son of an Afghan chief, he became shah in 1747 on the death of the Persian conqueror Ndir Shah, in whose army he had served. He proceeded to invade India nine times over the next 22 years in an attempt to control the trade routes between northern India and central and western Asia and became ruler of an empire that extended from the Amu Darya to the Indian Ocean and from Khorsn to present-day northern India. His hold on the Punjab, governed by his son Tmr Shah, was weakened by rebellions at home, and he ultimately lost control of it to the Sikhs. Much of his empire disintegrated after his death

Ahmad Sirhindi

born 1564?, Sirhind, Patiala, India died 1624, Sirhind Indian mystic and theologian who is responsible for the revival of Sunnite Islam in India. He traced his descent from Umar ibn al-Khattb. After a traditional Muslim education, he joined an important Sufi order and devoted himself to preaching against the tendencies of Akbar and his successor, Jahngr, toward pantheism and Shite Islam. His views are outlined in his most famous work, Maktbt, a compilation of his letters. His burial place at Sirhind is a site of pilgrimage

Ahmad al- Ahsa'i

in full Shaykh Amad ibn Zayn al-Dn Ibrahim al-As born 1753, Al-Hasa, Arabia died 1826, near Medina Founder of the heterodox Shite Muslim Shaykh sect of Iran. He traveled widely in Persia and the Middle East. In 1808 he settled in Yazd, Persia, where he attracted followers with his interpretation of Shism. He claimed knowledge from visions of Muhammad and the imams and contended that the imams were originally beings of divine light who participated in the creation of the world. Orthodox Shite theologians declared him an apostate in 1824; he died two years later on pilgrimage to Mecca, but the Shaykh sect survived him

Ahmad ibn Hanbal

born 780, Baghdad, Iraq died 855, Baghdad Muslim theologian and jurist. He began to study the Hadth (Traditions) at age

Ahmad ibn Hanbal

He traveled widely to study with the great masters and made five pilgrimages to Mecca. In 833-835 he bravely endured floggings and imprisonment rather than subscribe to the Mutazil doctrine of a created (rather than eternal) Qurn, and he is remembered as a staunch upholder of Muslim traditionalism. He compiled the Traditions of Muhammad and is the eponym of the anbal school, the most traditional of the four orthodox Islamic schools of (Hukuk) Opposing codification of the law, he believed jurists needed the freedom to derive legal solutions from the Qurn and the sunna. He is revered as one of the fathers of Islam

Abu al-tayyib Ahmad ibn Husayn al- Mutanabbi

born 915, Al-Kfah, Iraq died Sept. 23, 965, near Dayr al-ql Poet regarded by many as the greatest in the Arabic language. Al-Mutanabb received an education, unusual for his time and rank, because of his poetic talent. He lived among the Bedouin and, claiming to be a prophet, led an unsuccessful Muslim revolt in Syria. After two years' imprisonment he recanted and became a wandering poet, eventually leaving Syria for Egypt and Iran. He primarily wrote panegyrics in a flowery, bombastic style marked by improbable metaphors. His poetic voice is proud and arrogant in tone, and his verse is crafted with consummate skill and artistry. His powerful influence on Arabic poetry persisted into modern times

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

born 1839, Qadian, India died May 26, 1908, India Indian Muslim leader, founder of the Ahmadiyyah sect. Born into a prosperous family, he led a life of contemplation and religious study. Claiming in 1889 to have had a special revelation from God, he gathered a small band of disciples. He declared himself to be the mahdi and the reincarnation of Muhammad, Jesus, and Krishna. He was opposed by the orthodox Muslim community, but a number of his teachings became the basis of the beliefs of the Amadiyyah. He attempted to establish missionary organizations and schools on the Christian model but did not try to reconcile Christian and Muslim doctrine

Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan

born Oct. 17, 1817, Delhi died March 27, 1898, Aligarh, India Indian educator and jurist. Born into a family of officials in the Mughal dynasty, he worked for the British East India Co. and held various judicial posts. He supported the British in the 1857 Indian Mutiny but criticized their errors in his influential pamphlet Causes of the Indian Revolt. His other works include Essays on the Life of Mohammed (1870) and commentaries on the Bible and Qurn. He founded schools at Muradabad and Ghazipur, established the Scientific Society, sought to strengthen the Muslim community through the reform journal Tahdhib al-Akhlaq, and was active in founding a Muslim college, the Anglo-Mohammedan Oriental College, in 1877 at Aligarh

Turkish pronunciation

ämäd

Pronunciation

/ˈämäd/ /ˈɑːmɑːd/

Etymology

() From Arabic أحمد (’áħmad) حمد (ħámida, “to thank or to praise”).