Kamal ad-Din

Kamal ad-Din (Arabic: كمال‌ الدين‎‎, Kamāl ad-Dīn) is a male Muslim given name or laqab meaning "perfection of the religion" in Arabic.

The name is formed from the elements kamāl (كمال‌), al- (الـ), and dīn (دين). It is often transliterated as Kamāl al-Dīn, but because the letter dāl (د, d) is a sun letter, the lām (ل, l) of al- assimilates into the first letter of dīn in pronunciation, resulting in a doubled consonant.

In Classical Arabic the pronunciation of the name changes depending on its function. Thus, the nominative case of the name is Kamaluddin (Kamālu’d-Dīn), the accusative case is Kamaladdin (Kamāla’d-Dīn), and the genitive case is Kamaliddin (Kamāli’d-Dīn).

People

• Kamal al-Din Ibn al-Adim (1192-1262), Arab historian
• Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī (1267-1318), Persian physicist and mathematician
• Kamaleddin Khojandi, or Kamal Khujandi (–1400), Persian poet
• Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Damiri (1344–1405), Egyptian writer on canon law and natural history
• Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450–1535), painter of Persian miniatures
• Ahmed Kemaleddin, known as Kemal Reis (1451–1511), Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral
• Mimar Kemaleddin Bey (1870-1927), Turkish architect
• Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din (1870–1932), Indian lawyer and religious writer
• Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein (1874–1932), son of Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt
• Kemalettin Sami Gökçen (1882-1934), officer of the Ottoman Army and general of the Turkish Army
• Kamaloddin Jenab (1908-2006), Iranian physicist
• Kamal el-Din Hussein (1921-1999), one of the Egyptian Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk
• Kamaluddin Muhamad, later known as Keris Mas, (1922 - 1992), Malaysian writer
• Kamal al-Din al-Nabhani (1929-2006), Lebanese religious leader and politician
• Kamaluddin Ahmed (born 1930), Indian politician
• Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin (born 1941), Bahraini politician, diplomat, poet and historian
• Kamal Uddin Siddiqui (born 1945), Bangladeshi scientist and economist
• Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen (born 1953), Iraqi-Australian poet, journalist and translator
• Kamaluddin Mohammed (born 1957), Malayali Indian film director
• Kamaladdin Heydarov (born 1961), Azerbaijani composer and politician
• Kamaluddin Azfar, Pakistani politician (PPP)
• Kemalettin Şentürk (born 1970), Turkish footballer
• Kamalludin Kasimbekov (born 1977), Uzbek held in Guantanamo
• Kamal Uddin (born 1984), British singer, songwriter and Imam
• Kamalutdin Akhmedov (born 1986), Russian footballer
• Mohammad Kamaluddin, Bangladeshi cricketer