Daud (name)
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Daud is a male Arabic given name corresponding to David
. The Persian
form is Dawood. Other variant spellings in the Latin alphabet include Da'ud, Daut, Daoud, Dawud, Davud, and Davut.
David (name)
David is a common male given name and surname. The name "David" is derived from the ancient times of Mesopotamia and used as the Biblical Hebrew name דָּוִד , meaning "Beloved". "Dudi" is a common nickname for David in Hebrew, in the same way Dave and Davy are in English.The Arabic and Assyrian...
. The Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
form is Dawood. Other variant spellings in the Latin alphabet include Da'ud, Daut, Daoud, Dawud, Davud, and Davut.
People with this given name
- DawoodIslamic view of DavidIslamic views on David are unified in his status as appointed prophet, messenger , and lawgiver of God, and as a righteous King of the united Kingdom of Israel, which itself is a holy country in Islam...
(circa 1043 BC - 937 BC?), Prophet and Messenger of AllahAllahAllah is a word for God used in the context of Islam. In Arabic, the word means simply "God". It is used primarily by Muslims and Bahá'ís, and often, albeit not exclusively, used by Arabic-speaking Eastern Catholic Christians, Maltese Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Mizrahi Jews and...
, and was a righteous King of Israel - Dawud of KanemDawud of KanemDaoud was the half brother of the 14th century Kanem emperor Idris I of Kanem. After the death of Idris, a struggle for the throne began. Daoud was chosen as Mai against his competitors, the sons of Idris. This left the sons dejected and bitter, due to which they waged war against Daoud and his...
- Dawda BahDawda BahDawda Bah is a football striker from Gambia who currently plays for FC Augsburg.-Football career:Bah played in the Gambian League, with Banjul Hawks, until in 2005 moved to Finnish First Division club KPV. He became a key player for the second their club and was the best goalscorer in the division...
- Daud BoladDaud BoladDaud Yahya Ibrahim Bolad was a Sudanese politician and rebel leader. He came from the Fur people of the Darfur region of the country. In the early 1970s, Bolad was nominated by the Islamist National Islamic Front to be the president of the Khartoum University Students Union...
- Daouda CompaoréDaouda CompaoréDaouda Compaoré is a Burkinabé football player who currently plays for ASFA Yennega as a goalkeeper.- International :He was part of the Burkinabé 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the...
- Daoud HananiaDaoud HananiaDaoud Anastas Hanania داود حنانيا is a Palestinian heart surgeon. Hanania is a former Lieutenant General in the Jordanian Armed Forces, he is also currently a Senator in the Jordanian Parliament.- Family Background and Education :...
- Dawood IbrahimDawood IbrahimDawood Ibrahim , also known as Dawood Ebrahim, and Sheikh Dawood Hassan, is the head of the organized crime syndicate [[D-Company]] in Mumbai. He is currently on the wanted list of Interpol for organised crime and counterfeiting. He was No. 4 on the Forbes' World's Top 10 most dreaded criminals...
- Daouda JabiDaouda JabiDaouda Jabi is a Guinean footballer. He currently plays for Trabzonspor. A defender, he had played for RC Lens his entire career before moving to AC Ajaccio in the summer of 2005.- External links :**...
- Dawda JawaraDawda JawaraSir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, GCMG was the first leader of The Gambia, serving first as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970 and then as President from 1970 to 1994....
- Daud KamalDaud KamalDaud Kamal 4 January 1935 - 5 December 1987) was a Professor of English Literature at University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He was educated at Cambridge University, UK. Kamal started writing poetry in his twenties and became one of the major English language poets of Pakistan...
- Dauda KamaraDauda KamaraDauda Sulaiman Kamara is a Sierra Leonean politician. Kamara was selected to be Internal Affairs Minister under President Ernest Bai Koroma. He is a member of the All People's Congress from the Kambia District, one of only 3 APC Members of Parliament from that district...
- Daouda KamilouDaouda KamilouKamilou Daouda is a Nigerien footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Al-Ittihad.-References:*...
- David XI of KartliDavid XI of KartliAlthough some contemporary Georgian sources refer to him as David XI , king of Kartli , Daud Khan , a convert to Islam, was actually a puppet ruler of Kartli for the Persian shah Tahmasp I from 1562 to 1578.David was a brother of the Kartlian king Simon I, who led a long-lasting liberation...
, Daud Khan - Mohammed Daoud KhanMohammed Daoud KhanSardar Mohammed Daoud Khan or Daud Khan was Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and later becoming the President of Afghanistan...
- Nawab Daud KhanNawab Daud KhanDaud Khan Panni was a Mughal commander and later Nawab of the Carnatic.In 1703, Daud Khan was appointed as the Nawab of the Carnatic. Before he was made Nawab, the Emperor Aurangazeb appointed him as a leading commander of the Mughal Army in 1701, while Zulfikhar Ali Khan was the Nawab.Daud Khan...
- Daud Bandagi KirmaniDaud Bandagi KirmaniSyed Muhammad Ibrahim bin Syed Fatehullah Kirmani 1513-1575C.E. more popularly known as Shaikh Daud Bandagi Kirmani was a famous 16th century saint of the Qadiri order.- Overview :...
- Dawud M. Mu'MinDawud M. Mu'MinDawud Majid Mu'Min was a convicted murderer executed by the State of Virginia for the September 22, 1988 killing of a clerk. He was serving a 48 year prison sentence for a 1973 murder conviction of a taxi driver in Grayson County...
- Daoud SoumainDaoud SoumainDaoud Soumain was the Chadian Chief of Army Staff. While Deputy Chief of Staff he was given in 2003 command of the Chadian contingent sent in the Central African Republic, which had been sent to consolidate the CAR President François Bozizé's rule as he had just risen to power...
- Daud Khan UndiladzeDaud Khan UndiladzeDaud-Khan an Iranian military commander and politician of Georgian origin who served as governor of Ganja and Karabakh from 1625 to 1630....
- Daouda Malam WankéDaouda Malam WankéDaouda Malam Wanké was a military and political leader in Niger. He was a member of Hausa ethnic group.Wanké's year of birth is disputed. Many sources claim it is 1954 while others 1946.-Biography:...
- Dawud Wharnsby
People with this surname
- J. B. DaudaJ. B. DaudaJoseph Bandabla Dauda widely known as J.B Dauda, is a Sierra Leonean politician and current Foreign minister of Sierra Leone.-Education:...
- Muhammed Dawood (disambiguation)
- N. J. DawoodN. J. DawoodNessim Joseph Dawood was born in 1927 to an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad, Iraq. He emigrated to England in 1945 as an Iraq State scholar, and settled there. He graduated from the University of London...
- Parviz DavoodiParviz DavoodiParviz Davoodi is an Iranian hardline conservative politician.He was born in Tehran to an Iranian Azeri family from Astara, Ardebil, northern Iran. He served as the First Vice President of Iran from September 11, 2005 to July 17, 2009. He is also an economist at Shahid Beheshti University....
- Sulaiman DaudSulaiman DaudTan Sri Sulaiman Daud was a Malaysian politician who held seven ministries in the Malaysian government between 1981 and 1999...