Nasir al-Din

Nasir al-Din, Nasir ad-Din or Nasiruddin (Arabic: نصیر الدین‎‎ or ناصرالدین or نصر الدين, "Defender of the Faith") is an Arabic masculine name, originally an honorific title, and may refer to:

• Nasrudin or Nasreddin, legendary wise man in Islamic tradition
• Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan, also known as Nasiruddin (died 1067), Sufi Saint
• Nasir ad-Din Mahmud I of Great Seljuq (fl. 1093), briefly sultan of Great Seljuq
• Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1066–1121), Fatimid vizier of Egypt, nicknamed Nasir al-Din
• Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha (fl. 1210), Muslim Turkic governor of Sindh
• Nasiruddin Mahmud (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
• 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
• Nasir ud din Mahmud (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 (fl. 1288), ruler of Bengal
• Nasr al-Din (Yunnan) 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 c. 1318), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
• Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi (c. 1274–1356), mystic-poet and Sufi Saint of Chishti Order
• Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Bengal) (died 1459)
• Nasiruddin Sailani Badesha (died 1507), Sufi saint of the Chishti Order
• Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (died 1532), sultan of Bengal
• Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun (1508–1556), Mughal Emperor
• Nasiruddin Haider (c. 1803–1837), King of Oudh
• Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831–1896), Shah of Persia
• Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu (died 1979), Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
• 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, also known as Partawi Shah, (born 1917), Pakistani writer and poet
• Amal Nasser el-Din (born 1928), Druze Israeli author and politician
• Naseeruddin Shah (born 1950), Indian film actor and director
• Nasser al-Din al-Shaer, or Nasser al-Shaer, (born 1961), member of Hamas, former Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
• Alain Nasreddine (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player
• Nasrdin Dchar (born 1978), Dutch-Moroccan actor
• Nasreddine Kraouche (born 1979), Algerian footballer
• Nasiruddin Faruque (born 1983), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Ali Nasseredine (born 1983), Lebanese footballer
• Nasserredine Fillali (born 1984), Algerian boxer
• Nasreddin Lebatelier, pseudonym of Jean Michot, Belgian Muslim writer
• Attia Nasreddin, Eritrean-Nigerian businessman
• Mohamed Nasr Eldin Allam, Egyptian water engineer and politician
• Nasruddin (Kokand), last amir of Kokand, 1875–1876
• Nasir Uddin (anthropologist), Bengali anthropologist
• Nasreddin Murat-Khan, Russian-born Pakistani architect

See also

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