Azad
Encyclopedia
Azād means "free" in languages that belongs to the Indo-Iranian
group like Urdu
, Kurdish
, Persian
and Dari. It may refer to:
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian can refer to:* Indo-Iranian languages* Prehistoric Indo-Iranians * Indo-European languages* Proto-Indo-Iranian religion* Proto-Indo-Iranian language...
group like Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
, Kurdish
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:*The Kurdish people*The Kurdish language*The Kurdish alphabet*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:*Iranian Kurdistan*Iraqi Kurdistan*Turkish Kurdistan*Syrian Kurdistan*History of the Kurdish people...
, Persian
Persian people
The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...
and Dari. It may refer to:
People named Azad
- Azad Shah AfghanAzad Shah AfghanAzad Shah Afghan , also known as Azad Khan Afghan and often called Azad Shah or Azad Khan , was the founder and first ruler of Azad Dynasty, which ruled southern Caucasus, Persia, Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Georgia, Armenia and south-western Turkmenistan from 1750 to 1781 A.D.-Early life:Azad...
, founder and first ruler of Azad dynasty. - Maulana Abul Kalam AzadMaulana Abul Kalam AzadMaulana Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed was an Indian Muslim scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement, who lived from 11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958. He was one of the most prominent Muslim leaders to support Hindu-Muslim unity, opposing the partition of India on...
, Indian freedom-fighter - Chandrasekhar AzadChandrasekhar AzadChandra Shekhar Azad , was one of the most important Indian revolutionaries who reorganised the Hindustan...
, Indian freedom-fighter - Azad (Maoist) alias Cherukuri RajkumarCherukuri RajkumarCheruri Rajkumar alias Azad was the spokesperson and one of the seniormost members of the Central Politburo of the Communist Party of India . He was killed by the Andhra Pradesh Police near Sarkapalli in Adilabad district of the state, near the border with Maharashtra, on July 1, 2010. He was an...
Spokesperson and Central Politburo member of Communist Party of India (Maoist)Communist Party of India (Maoist)The Communist Party of India is a Maoist political party in India which aims to overthrow the government of India through violent means. It was founded on 21 September 2004, through the merger of the People's War, and the Maoist Communist Centre . The merger was announced to the public on October... - Azad (rapper)Azad (rapper)Azad Azadpour is a German rapper of Kurdish descent based in Frankfurt am Main.-Career:After having arrived in Germany from Iran as young as 10, he was into hip hop, rap, beatboxing and graffiti. In 1988 he joined D-Flame , A-Bomb, and Combad in Cold-N-Locco...
, German rapper of Iranian-Kurdish descent (formerly a member of Asiatic Warriors) - Afshan AzadAfshan AzadAfshan Azad is an English actress best known for playing the role of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter film series.-Career:...
, actress who played the character of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter films - Humayun AzadHumayun AzadHumayun Azad was a prolific Bangladeshi author and scholar. He wrote more than seventy titles...
, Bangladeshi author and scholar - Mahmoud Mosharraf Azad TehraniMahmoud Mosharraf Azad TehraniMahmoud Moshref Azad Tehrani was a contemporary Persian poet with M. Azad as his pen name. Some of his poems have been sung by Iranian singers. Gol-e Bagh-e Ashenaii is one of his most famous poems.-Poem collections:M...
, Iranian poet - Azad, a eunuch and companion in martyrdom of Simeon BarsabaeSimeon BarsabaeMar Simeon Barsabae was a Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the de facto head of the Church of the East, until his death. He was bishop during the persecutions of King Shapur II of the Sassanid Empire of Persia, and was executed along with many of his followers...
Places
- Azadi StadiumAzadi StadiumThe Azadi Stadium formerly Aryamehr Stadium is Iran's national stadium and the largest in the country. The Azadi stadium officially has a capacity of 100,000 people and was built to host the 1974 Asian Games...
, Iran's national and largest stadium - Azad, AfghanistanAzad, AfghanistanAzad is a town of Farah Province in western Afghanistan near to the border with Iran. It is located at 32°38'5N 61°32'28E with an altitude of 724 metres ....
- Azat, ArmeniaAzat, ArmeniaAzat is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village has a heavily ruined 11th century church and a pair of medieval khachkars.The village was the birthplace of the celebrated Azeri folklore poet Ashig Alasgar ....
- Azad, Azerbaijan (disambiguation)
- Azad KashmirAzad KashmirAzad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...
, disputed autonomous region within the state of Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan
Entertainment
- Azad (fictional game), a fictional game from the book The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
- Azadians, the race playing the above game
- Azadi (album)Azadi (album)Azadi is the fourth studio album and the fifth overall album of the Pakistani sufi rock band, Junoon. The album was released in 1997 and establishes the Sufi rock sound that the band pioneered on their previous album, Inquilaab...
, album released by Pakistani rock band, Junoon - Azaad (disambiguation), multiple Bollywood films
- Azad, a fictional region where most of the plot and gameplay of the videogame Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimePrince of Persia: The Sands of TimePrince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action-adventure computer and video game published by Ubisoft. It was released on November 21, 2003 and is a reboot of the landmark video game series Prince of Persia, created by Jordan Mechner in 1989.The Sands of Time, developed internally at...
takes place - Azad (Telugu film)Azad (film)Azad is a 2000 Telugu film directed by Tirupathi Swamy. It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna in the lead role and Raghuvaran, Shilpa Shetty, and Soundarya in other important roles. C. Ashwini Dutt produced the film and Mani Sharma composed music...
Other
- Azad Empire, an Afghan empire that ruled southern Caucaus, Kurdistan, north-western Persia and south-western Turkmenistan.
- The AzadThe AzadThe Daily Azad is a Bengali daily newspaper that was first published in Kolkata on October 31, 1936. The first editor of the daily was Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan. In the early days the daily was treated as the expresser of the Muslims of Bengal and Assam. In the 1940s the editor was Mohammad...
, a Bangla newspaper which was founded in Kolkata and later became the leading daily in East Bengal - Azad Hind, collaborationist provisional government of Free India led by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in World War II
- Azad Hind Fauj, Indian National Army
- Islamic Azad UniversityIslamic Azad UniversityIslamic Azad University is a private chain of universities in Iran.Headquartered in Tehran, Iran, the Islamic Azad University was founded in 1982 and currently has an enrollment of 1.5 million students, making it the world's third largest...
private chain of universities in Iran - Azaad