Imad al-Din
Introduction '''Imad al-Din''' or '''Imad ad-Din''' (), also Imad ud-din, is a male Muslim given name meaning "pillar of the religion, faith", composed from the nouns ‘''imad'', meaning pillar, and ''al-Din'', of the faith. This theophoric name is formed from the Arabic male given name Imad.Other written variants are '''Imadaddin''', '''Imaduddin''', '''Emadeddin''', etc. Notable bearers of the name include:*Al-Kiya al-Harrasi (1058-1110), Islamic scholar*Imad al-Din Zengi (c. 1085–1146), emir of Mosul and Aleppo*Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125–1201), Persian poet and historian*Imadaddin Nasimi (1369–1417), Azerbaijani Ḥurūfī poet*Idris Imad al-Din (1392–1468), head of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community and historian*Imad al-Din Mahmud ibn Mas‘ud Shirazi (mid 16th century), Persian physician*Muhammad Imaduddin I (1580–1648), sultan of the Maldives*Muhammad Imaaduddeen IV (died 1882), sultan of the Maldives*Muhammad Imaaduddeen V (died 1893), sultan of the Maldives*Imad ud-din Lahiz (died 1900), Islamic writer who converted to Christianity*Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868–1932), sultan of the Maldives*Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad (born 1948), American Muslim scholar*Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed, known as Dodi Fayed (1955–1997), Egyptian film producer*Emadeddin Baghi, Iranian journalist and political activist* Ja'far us Sadiq Imaduddin, Indian Scholar*Imaduddin (ICMI), Indonesian religious and political activist*Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, also known as Abu Dahdah, Syrian-born Spaniard sentenced to prison in Spain for his part in the September 11, 2001 attacks
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