| Name : | Period : | Description
: |
| Saadat Hussain Manto |
1912 - 1955 |
A sardonic short-story writer of Urdu.
Man ... |
| Saadat Khan Burhanul Mulk |
1680 - 1739 |
Formerly Muhammad Amin, he was from Khurasan ... |
| Saad Eddin Ibrahim |
1939 - |
Egyptian activist.
One of Egypt’s leading ... |
| Saadia Bint Haris |
- |
Her name was Hazaf but was known by the name ... |
| Sa'ad Uddin Mahmud Shabestari |
c1250 - 1320 |
An Iranian mystic writer.
Shabestari’s Gu ... |
| Saad Zaglol Pasha |
1860 - 1927 |
An Egyptian political leader.
Saad Zaglol ... |
| Sabah Al Salam Al Sabah |
1913 - 1977 |
Amir of Kuwait from 1965 to 1977. ... |
| Sabiha Al Dabbag |
1922 - 1998 |
Iraq’s female doctor and a campaigner for wom ... |
| Sabiha Gokcen |
1913 - 2001 |
One of the world’s first female fighter pilot ... |
| Sabu Dastagir |
1924 - 1963 |
An Indian actor, migrated to USA and famous f ... |
| Sad Al Din Aljibawi |
- 1036 |
The founder of the Sa'diya order. He was born ... |
| Sadallah Wannus |
1941 - 1997 |
Playwright and dramatist.
Sa’dallah’s fin ... |
| Sa'd Bin Ubaida Al Khazraji |
- 637 |
One of the few people in Arabia who could wri ... |
| Saddam Hussein |
1937 - 2006 |
An Iraqi leader who made catastrophic miscalc ... |
| Sadeq Hedayat |
1903 - 1951 |
The foremost short story writer of Iran.
... |
| Sadequain Naqqash |
1930 - 1983 |
Artist who bridged the gap between tradition ... |
| Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas |
595 - 664 |
The lion’s claws!
Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqqas was ... |
| Sa'd Ibn Mu'adh |
- 627 |
The chief of the tribe of Aws and one of the ... |
| Sadiq Al Mahdi |
1936 - |
The Sudanese leader.
Mahdi became Sudan’s ... |
| Sadiq Bey |
1832 - 1902 |
The military engineer.
Sadiq took a set o ... |
| Sadruddin Aga Khan |
1933 - 2003 |
The Prince who believed it was the duty of el ... |
| Sadr Ud Din Raju Qattal |
- 1403 |
A Sufi saint of Chistiya-Nizamiya tariqa (ord ... |
| Sa'd Uddin |
1536 - 1599 |
A Turkish historian. Author of Taj ul Tawarik ... |
| Sa'duddin Hamwia |
- 1252 |
He was called Shaikh-ul-Mashaikh, and was the ... |
| Sad Uddin Masud Bin Umar Taftazani |
1322 - 1389 |
He excelled in Fiqah, logic, metaphysic and t ... |
| Saeb Salam |
1905 - 2000 |
Politician.
Saeb was involved in Lebanon’ ... |
| Saeeda Bano |
1914 - 2001 |
The first woman newsreader on the All India R ... |
| Saeed Jaffrey |
1930 - |
Actor
Saeed made a mark in international c ... |
| Safia Amajan |
1943 - 2006 |
Afghani teacher and public servant
Respect ... |
| Safia Sultan |
- 1619 |
The wife of the Ottoman Sultan Murad and the ... |
| Safi Qureshey |
1951 - |
A Pakistani-American entrepreneur and enginee ... |
| Sahab Mansoreh Samadizadeh |
1946 - 1998 |
Novelist, photographer, film critic and polit ... |
| Sahab Qizilbash |
1930 - 2004 |
Urdu poetess of lofty ideas, simple words.
... |
| Sahabuddin |
17th century - |
An Indian painter of the Rajasthani School of ... |
| Sahar Hussein Al Haideri |
1962 - 2007 |
Fearless Iraqi journalist
An exemplar of t ... |
| Sahifa Bano |
1605 - 1658 |
A painter.
Sahifa Bano’s portrait of Shah ... |
| Sahir Ludhianvi |
1922 - 1980 |
Renowned Urdu lyricist of Bollywood fame.
... |
| Saib Tabrizi |
c1601 - 1677 |
One of the greatest master of Persian poetry. ... |
| Said Abdullo Nuri |
1947 - 2006 |
Tajikistan’s activist and politician
Nuri ... |
| Said Aouita |
1959 - |
A Moroccan athlete. World record holder in 2 ... |
| Said Bin Taimur |
1910 - 1972 |
Sultan of Muscat Oman (1932-1970). His son Qa ... |
| Said Bin Zaid |
- 671 |
One of the Companions of the Prophet , peace ... |
| Said Halim Pasha |
1864 - 1921 |
Islamic reformer.
Said Halim Pasha was co ... |
| Said Ibn Misjah |
- 714 |
The first Meccan musician and perhaps the gre ... |
| Said Khalil Aburish |
1935 - 2012 |
Writer and historian
A Palestinian journal ... |
| Said Muhammad Djohar |
1919 - 2006 |
The first democratically elected president of ... |
| Said Muhammad Siam |
1957 - 2009 |
A senior leader of Hamas.
Having joined th ... |
| Said Nursi |
1873 - 1960 |
A Turkish religious leader also known as Bedi ... |
| Said Pasha |
1822 - 1863 |
Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt during 1854-63.
... |
| Said Syed |
1790 - 1856 |
Sultan of Oman who ascended the throne in 180 ... |
| Saif Gaddafi |
1972 - |
Libya’s main interlocutor
With no official ... |
| Saifi Nishapuri |
- |
The author of Uruz Saifi, about the art of wr ... |
| Saifuddin Muzaffar Al Qutuz |
- 1260 |
The Mamluk General who repulsed the Tartar a ... |
| Saith Ebrahim Sulaiman |
1922 - 2005 |
President Indian Muslim League, (since 1973), ... |
| Sajjad Haider Yildrem |
1880 - 1943 |
First to write short stories in Urdu. ... |
| Sajjad Zaheer |
1905 - 1973 |
India’s left-wing writer and activist
Ther ... |
| Sakip Sabanci |
1933 - 2004 |
Turkey’s richest man, with a flair for busine ... |
| Salah Ad Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub |
1137 - 1193 |
A Kurdish ruler of Egypt and Syria and a hero ... |
| Salah Al Din Al Bitar |
1912 - 1980 |
A Syrian leader.
He co-founded the Ba'ath ... |
| Salah Mustafa Shehadeh |
1952 - 2002 |
A radical guerrilla leader who widened popula ... |
| Salahuddin Choudhury |
1941 - |
He along with his wife circumnavigated the g ... |
| Salamat Ali Khan |
1935 - 2001 |
Distinguished Pakistani singer whose voice un ... |
| Salamat Hashim |
1942 - 2003 |
Scholar, visionary and mujahid.
Salamat wa ... |
| Salbi Ahmad Bin Muhammad Nishapuri |
1035 - |
An exegesist and theologian and known for hi ... |
| Saleem Al-Hassani |
- |
Iraqi-born Professor of Mechanical Engineerin ... |
| Saleh Selim |
1930 - 2002 |
National football hero.
Saleh started, in ... |
| Salem Khamis |
1919 - 2005 |
Statistician who formulated purchasing power ... |
| Salif Keita |
1949 - |
The Golden Voice of Africa.
Salif who sta ... |
| Salih Al Tayyab |
1929 - |
Arabic novelist and short story writer.
S ... |
| Salim |
- 909 |
Salimiyah School of Muslim theologians was na ... |
| Salim Ali |
1896 - 1987 |
Known as the ‘bird man of India’.
Dr Sali ... |
| Salim Chisti |
1478 - 1572 |
A Sufi saint of Fatahpur Sikri.
Salim Chi ... |
| Salim Kemal |
1948 - 1999 |
Philosopher.
Prof Salim was the most wide ... |
| Salim Sarang |
1959 - 2009 |
A life devoted to communities.
Caring for ... |
| Salman Al Farsi |
568 - 644 |
The seeker after Truth.
Salman al-Faarisi, ... |
| Salman Khan |
1977 - |
YouTube professor to millions around the worl ... |
| Salman Raduyev |
1967 - 2002 |
Chechen guerrilla leader.
Salman was a Che ... |
| Salman Rushdie |
1947 - |
Indian born British writer.
Salman has be ... |
| Salman Sawji |
- 1377 |
A celebrated Persian poet.
Salman who was ... |
| Salman Taseer |
1944 - 2011 |
Pakistani politician
An active supporter o ... |
| Saman |
9th century - |
A great grandfather of Ismail Saman, the firs ... |
| Samani |
6th century - |
An Arab author of 6th century who wrote Fil A ... |
| Saman Khoda |
9th century - |
The founder of the Samanid dynasty in Iran.
... |
| Sami Abdul Rahman |
1932 - 2004 |
Kurdish leader in Iraq who campaigned to rest ... |
| Sami Al Munayyes |
1932 - 2000 |
Journalist.
Sami was a veteran Kuwaiti jou ... |
| Samira Bellil |
1972 - 2004 |
Algerian born writer who forced France to con ... |
| Samira Makhmalbaf |
1980 - |
Iranian film-maker.
Samira’s reputation is ... |
| Samir Rantissi |
1962 - 2005 |
Palestinian peace campaigner and writer.
S ... |
| Sami Yusuf |
1980 - |
Holy rock star
One of the biggest names in ... |
| Samori Ture |
1830 - 1900 |
The founder of a Muslim State in West Africa ... |
| Sanaullah Noori |
1928 - 2001 |
Journalist, editor, literateur and novelist. ... |
| Sani Abacha |
1943 - 1998 |
A soldier and politician.
Sani Abacha, af ... |
| Sania Mirza |
1987 - |
India’s tennis star.
She is the first fema ... |
| Saparmurat Niyazov |
1940 - 2006 |
Turkmenistan’s ‘iron ruler’
Turkmenistan’s ... |
| Sarah Joseph |
1971 - |
She put gloss on the Muslim lifestyle.
Sar ... |
| Sarajoglu Shukri |
1890 - 1953 |
A Turkish jurist, statesman and economist.
... |
| Sardar Shaukat Hyat Khan |
1915 - 1998 |
Soldier and politician.
Sardar Shaukat wa ... |
| Sati Al-Nisa |
1616 - 1646 |
A lady physician in the court of the Mughal E ... |
| Sayeda Imam Begum |
c1785 - 1866 |
A female mystic and poetess from Gujarat
B ... |
| Sayeeda Warsi |
1971 - |
British politician
Created life peer, in 2 ... |
| Sayfuddaulah Abul Hassan Ibn Hamdan |
916 - 967 |
The founder of the Hamdanid dynasty of Aleppo ... |
| Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi |
1786 - 1831 |
A passionate Muslim reformer of India.
Say ... |
| Sayyid Dheya Al Musawi |
- |
Bahraini cleric and newspaper columinst
A ... |
| Sayyid Hussein Bin Ali |
1856 - 1931 |
King of Hejaz (1916 – 1924).
Hussain Shar ... |
| Sayyid Makkawai |
1928 - 1997 |
Singer and composer.
Makkawai an Egyptian ... |
| Sayyid Muhammad Abd Allah Al Hasan |
1864 - 1920 |
A nationalist Somali leader who fought agains ... |
| Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr |
1936 - 1980 |
Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was born in 193 ... |
| Sayyid Qutb |
1906 - 1966 |
An Egyptian thinker, poet, writer and activis ... |
| Selim I |
1470 - 1520 |
Ottoman Sultan
Selim I, son of Bayezid I ... |
| Selim II |
1522 - 1574 |
Sultan of Turkey.
Salim II succeeded his ... |
| Selim III |
1761 - 1807 |
Ottoman Sultan who attempted a Westernising r ... |
| Seljuqi Malik Shah |
1055 - 1092 |
The most renowned of the Seljuqi Sultans.
... |
| Selma Al Radi |
1939 - 2010 |
She restored historic Madrasa
A historical ... |
| Serigne Saliou Mbacke |
1916 - 2008 |
Spiritual leader of Senegal
A leader of th ... |
| Seyyed Hossein Nasr |
1933 - |
An Iranian theologian, philosopher and tradit ... |
| Seyyid Khatemi |
1943 - |
An Iranian politician.
Hojjat ol-Islam S ... |
| Seyyid Muhammad Sadeq Rohani |
1919 - 1997 |
The Iranian Grand Ayatollah.
Muhammad Ro ... |
| Shabana Azmi |
1950 - |
India’s Bollywood star and a parliamentarian. ... |
| Shad Azimabadi |
1846 - 1927 |
One of the acknowledged masters of Urdu ghaza ... |
| Shafiq Al Hout |
1932 - 2009 |
Founder member of Palestine Liberation Organi ... |
| Shafiq Al Wazzan |
1925 - 1999 |
Lawyer and politician.
Shafiq was a man o ... |
| Shafkat Mohmud |
1857 - 1913 |
A Turkish politician and soldier.
Shafkat ... |
| Shah Abbas I |
1571 - 1629 |
The fifth sovereign of the Saffavid dynasty o ... |
| Shah Abdul Aziz |
1746 - 1823 |
The most celebrated theologian of 19th centur ... |
| Shah Abdul Qadir |
1758 - 1814 |
His elder brother's translation of Qur'an in ... |
| Shah Abdul Rahim Bin Kabiruddin Hasan |
15th century - |
He converted a large number of Hindus to Isla ... |
| Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghori |
- 1206 |
The founder of Muslim Empire in India.
Ghi ... |
| Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqui |
1926 - 2003 |
Politician who was widely known as opposition ... |
| Shah Alam |
1728 - 1806 |
King of Delhi.
Shah Alam who who was the ... |
| Shaharyar |
- 1627 |
The youngest son of Jahangir.
On the deat ... |
| Shahebzada Yaqub Khan |
1920 - |
Diplomat.
The Pakistani politician and dip ... |
| Shah Hatim |
1699 - 1791 |
Poetical name of Shaikh Zahuruddin of Delhi. ... |
| Shah Husayn |
1538 - 1599 |
Punjab’s Sufi poet.
Growing as a religious ... |
| Shahid Muhammad |
1960 - |
A Hockey player of international repute.
... |
| Shah Jahan |
1593 - 1666 |
Emperor of India whose reign saw the height o ... |
| Shah Jahan Begum |
1838 - 1901 |
A ruler of Bhopal, India.
Shahjahan Begum ... |
| Shah Jalal Tabrezi |
- 1244 |
The man who brought the gift of Islam to Bang ... |
| Shah Mir |
- c1344 |
The title of Sultan Shamsuddin, the first Mus ... |
| Shah Muhammad |
16th century - |
A calligraphist from Mashad who migrated to I ... |
| Shah Muhammad Rafiuddin |
1750 - 1818 |
Son of Shah Waliullah. First translator of Qu ... |
| Shahnaz Hussain |
1940 - |
Herbal beauty products queen of India.
Pr ... |
| Shah Rukh Khan |
1965 - |
King of Bollywood.
The most recognisable f ... |
| Shah Rukh Mirza |
1377 - 1447 |
At Timur's death in 1405, a struggle broke ou ... |
| Shah Safi |
1611 - 1642 |
Shah of Iran.
When Shah Abbas 1 died in 1 ... |
| Shah Shuja |
1786 - 1842 |
A puppet king of Afghanistan.
He rose to ... |
| Shah Sujaa |
- 1384 |
King of Shiraz. He ascended the throne in 13 ... |
| Shah Vajih Uddin Alawi |
1504 - 1592 |
Scholar, teacher, mystic, saint, humanitarian ... |
| Shah Waliullah |
1703 - 1761 |
A reformer in India who was one of the first ... |
| Shaikh Abdul Hai Qurban Ali |
20th century - |
The greatest religious and political leader o ... |
| Shaikh Ali Al Tantawi |
1908 - 1999 |
Judge, broadcaster, author, editor, teacher a ... |
| Shaikha Lubna Al Qassimi |
1962 - |
One of the most powerful women in the world. ... |
| Shaikh Ameen Bukhari |
1910 - 2000 |
The chief calligrapher and designer of Kiswah ... |
| Shaikh Ameen Yagan |
1936 - 1999 |
A leading activist of the Syrian Islamic move ... |
| Shaikh Azizur Rahman |
1917 - 1998 |
A popular literary and cultural figure of Ban ... |
| Shaikh Chilli |
951 - 1012 |
Contrary to popular belief he was not a mythi ... |
| Shaikh Hamad Bin Muhammad Al Jasir |
1910 - 2000 |
Saudi Arabia’s noted man of letters and an au ... |
| Shaikh Hasan-i-buzurg |
- 1358 |
The founder of the Jalayirid dynasty of Iran. ... |
| Shaikh Ibrahim Ad Dabbagh |
- 1945 |
A Palestinian poet.
His posthumous works ... |
| Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-khalifa |
1933 - 1999 |
Emir of Bahrain.
Shaikh Isa succeeded his ... |
| Shaikh Jalal |
1308 - 1348 |
Surnamed Makhdum Jahanian Jahangsht a celebra ... |
| Shaikh Junaid |
c1430 - 1460 |
Fourth head of the Safavid order of mystics a ... |
| Shaikh Kadhim Al Raysan |
1928 - 2000 |
Tribal leader of the mad’an, the marsh-dwelli ... |
| Shaikh Kamal Ibrahim Adham |
1929 - 1999 |
Advisor to King Faisal and King Khalid of Sau ... |
| Shaikh Kamaluddin Khujandi |
- 1390 |
The Persian poet and a contemporary of Hafiz, ... |
| Shaikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al-thani |
1932 - |
He succeeded his cousin to the throne of Qat ... |
| Shaikh Mahmud Muhammad Shakir |
1909 - 1997 |
The celebrated Egyptian and encyclopaedic aut ... |
| Shaikh Mirza Ali Al Gharawi Al Tabrizi |
1930 - 1998 |
A religious scholar and jurist.
Grand Aya ... |
| Shaikh Mubarak Nagori |
1505 - 1593 |
Father of Faizi and Abul-Fazal, the celebrate ... |
| Shaikh Muhammad Bin Salih Ibn 'Uthaymin |
1928 - 2000 |
One of Saudi Arabia's honoured personalities, ... |
| Shaikh Muhammad Hadi Hashemi Kurdistani |
1931 - 1998 |
The leader of Quadri tariqah of tasawwuf (ord ... |
| Shaikh Muhammad Ikram |
1908 - 1971 |
Pakistan’s bureaucrat and educationalist.
... |
| Shaikh Muhammad Lazhar Noaman |
1954 - 2000 |
An active member of the An-Nahdha movement in ... |
| Shaikh Muhammad Rashid |
1915 - 2002 |
Politician
Rashid symbolised the socialist ... |
| Shaikh Muhammad Salahuddine Kabbarah |
1921 - 1999 |
Lebanon's famous 'Shaikh al-Qurra', doyen of ... |
| Shaikh Muhammad Saman |
1717 - 1775 |
The founder of the Sammaniya order which was ... |
| Shaikh Mujibur Rahman |
1920 - 1975 |
A passionate political leader of Bangladesh f ... |
| Shaikh Murtadha Al Burujerdi |
1931 - 1998 |
A scholar and jurist.
Ayatollah Murtadha ... |
| Shaikh Muslihuddin Saadi |
1184 - 1291 |
The greatest ethical and worldly-wise poet of ... |
| Shaikh Rukunuddin |
- 1334 |
The Sufi saint of Multan, then India, and gra ... |
| Shaikh Sa'id Sha'ban |
1928 - 1998 |
A cleric.
Shaikh Sha’ban studied at Al-Az ... |
| Shaikh Sayyid Sabiq |
1915 - 2000 |
Egypt’s Islamic scholar.
Shaikh Sabiq aut ... |
| Shaikh Shamil |
1796 - 1871 |
Shaikh Shamil is a legendry Caucasian Muslim, ... |
| Shaikh 'Uthman Abdul Aziz |
1922 - 1999 |
Iraqi scholar and leader of the Kurdish Islam ... |
| Shaima Rezayee |
1981 - 2005 |
Television presenter who briefly became an ic ... |
| Shaista Akhtar Banu Ikramullah |
1915 - 2000 |
Politician, diplomat and writer.
Shaista ... |
| Shajratud Dur |
13th century - |
The wife of Ali Shah (1240-49), King of Egypt ... |
| Shajrir Sultan |
1909 - 1966 |
Indonesian prime minister.
Shajrir Sultan ... |
| Shakeel Badayuni |
1916 - |
An Urdu lyricist of Bollywood fame.
Cinema ... |
| Shakoor Rana |
1936 - 2001 |
Cricketer and umpire known for clashing with ... |
| Shaltat Mahmud |
1893 - 1963 |
Shaikh of Al Azhar (1958-1963).
He was on ... |
| Shami Ahmad |
1963 - |
Businessman.
Shami joined his family busin ... |
| Shamim Ahmed Khan |
1938 - 2012 |
Sitar player
One of the most eloquent sita ... |
| Shamsad Din |
- 1630 |
Spiritual teacher.
Shamsad was the discipl ... |
| Shamshad Begum |
1919 - 2013 |
Singer extraordinaire
Leading singer and r ... |
| Shams Tabrez |
- 1356 |
The first Ismaili missionary who came to Indi ... |
| Shams Tabrezi |
1164 - 1248 |
Maulana 'Rum' was his disciple. ... |
| Shamsuddin Abul Sana Ahmad Bin Abul Barkat Muhammad |
- 1601 |
The Turkish founder of Shamsiya order of Derv ... |
| Shamsuddin Zahbi |
1274 - 1348 |
Sufi
Shamsuddin Zahbi was an exegesist, tr ... |
| Shamsur Rahman |
1929 - 2006 |
Bangladeshi poet, journalist and human rights ... |
| Shamsur Rahman Faruqui |
1935 - |
Urdu critic, poet and theorist.
Regarded ... |
| Shanul Haq Haqqee |
1917 - 2005 |
Noted Urdu poet and man of letters.
In his ... |
| Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy |
1978 - |
Activist and filmmaker
In her effort to ra ... |
| Shaukat Siddiqui |
1923 - 2006 |
Writer of Urdu fiction
Immensely popular ... |
| Shavani Ash Abdul Wahab Ibn Ahmad |
1492 - 1565 |
The founder of Sufi order which advocated the ... |
| Shawkat Al Kelani |
1929 - 2002 |
Doctor
Shawkat belief in Palestinian’s nee ... |
| Shaykh Khalifa Ibn Hamad Al Thani |
1921 - |
Amir of Qattar.
Before ruler of Qattar in ... |
| Shazli Banhadid |
1925 - |
President of Algeria in 1978 after the death ... |
| Shehu Ahmadu |
1775 - 1844 |
Leader
Shehu Ahmadu led a holy war between ... |
| Shehu Musa Yar'Adua |
1943 - 1997 |
Businessman, Soldier, Politician
…It is t ... |
| Sheikh Abdul Aziz Abdulah Bin Baz |
1912 - 1999 |
Arabia’s Islamic cleric.
Shaikh bin Baz h ... |
| Sheikh Abeid Karume |
1905 - 1972 |
A political and labour leader of Zanzibar/Tan ... |
| Sheikh Ahmed Yassin |
1938 - 2004 |
The spiritual leader of Hamas and a figurehea ... |
| Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani |
1930 - |
A Saudi diplomat.
Sheikh Yamani was in ch ... |
| Sheikh Ayaz |
1923 - 1997 |
Sindhi poet
The renowned poet of Sindhi la ... |
| Sheikh Bahauddin Zakaria Multani |
1182 - 1262 |
An Indian Sufi saint. Born in Multan, went t ... |
| Sheikh Fazlollah Noori |
1843 - 1909 |
An Iranian scholar.
Nuri who was educated ... |
| Sheikh Jamaluddien Cunningham |
- 2008 |
Pope’s envoy that embraced Islam.
When an ... |
| Sheikh Mansur |
1732 - 1794 |
Chechnya’s first Mujahid.
Mansur defeated ... |
| Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah |
1905 - 1982 |
The lion of Kashmir.
A champion of Kashmi ... |
| Sheikh Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
1950 - |
Dubai’s visionary who wishes Arab minds to re ... |
| Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawani |
1928 - 2010 |
Grand Imam of al-Azhar who championed the rig ... |
| Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor |
1972 - |
One of the astronauts of planet earth.
An ... |
| Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah |
1930 - 2008 |
The Sheikh who was cast aside as emir after o ... |
| Sheikh Saqr Bin Muhammad Al Qassimi |
1920 - 2010 |
World’s oldest and longest serving monarch
... |
| Sheikh Sharafuddin Ahmad Yahya Maneri |
1263 - 1379 |
A celebrated saint of India.
One of India’ ... |
| Sher Ali Khan |
1825 - 1879 |
Amir of Afghanistan.
Sher Ali was the son ... |
| Sher Shah Suri |
1488 - 1545 |
King
Sher Shah Suri was in the service of ... |
| Shibli Numani |
1857 - 1914 |
An Indian scholar, theologian, historian and ... |
| Shikari Pasha |
1854 - 1916 |
One of the bravest Turkish Generals.
In 1 ... |
| Shirali Muslimov |
1805 - 1973 |
"The oldest inhabitant of the planet", was bo ... |
| Shirin Ebadi |
1947 - |
First Muslim woman to win the Noble peace pri ... |
| Shirin Tahir Kheli |
1944 - |
Dipomat.
Shirin after teaching at Temple U ... |
| Shoghi Effendi Rabbani |
1897 - 1957 |
A leader of the Bahais.
Rabbani was desig ... |
| Shohreh Aghdashloo |
1953 - |
Iranian actress recognised after a long time. ... |
| Shouaa Ghaddi |
1973 - |
A Syrian heptahlon champion. She became the b ... |
| Shrafuddin Ali Yazdi |
- 1454 |
An Iranian historian.
Shrafuddin formerly ... |
| Shukri Harir Ismael |
1962 - |
A radio agony aunt and soap opera producer.
... |
| Shusha Guppy |
1935 - 2008 |
Iranian singer, writer and composer.
A tal ... |
| Sibawah Abu Bashr 'Amir Ibn Usman |
c760 - 793 |
Born in Iran, he was famous for his Arabic g ... |
| Sid Ahmad Ghozali |
1937 - |
The prime minister of Algeria in 1991. Minis ... |
| Siddik Muhammad Yahya |
1939 - 1998 |
An Indian educationalist.
Siddik was pres ... |
| Sidi Barakat |
16th century - |
Sufi
Sidi Barakat legitimated the Sadi fam ... |
| Sikandar Shah Lodi |
1489 - 1517 |
The son of Sultan Bahlol Lodi, whom he succee ... |
| Sikandar Shah Suri |
- 1559 |
A nephew of Sher Shah Suri.
Sikandar enth ... |
| Sikandar Sultan |
- 1416 |
King of Kashmir.
Sikandar Sultan who intr ... |
| Sikander Hyat Khan |
1892 - 1942 |
An aristocrat politician.
Sikander Hyat Kh ... |
| Simin Daneshvar |
1921 - 2012 |
Iranian’s writer whose work was a beacon
M ... |
| Sinan Ibn Thabit Ibn Qurrah |
- 943 |
A Chief of the Baghdad Hospital.
In 931 S ... |
| Sinan Kwhaja Mimar |
1489 - 1578 |
The greatest Muslim architect.
Sinan Pash ... |
| Sinan Seyhi |
1370 - 1428 |
Ottoman poet.
Seyhi Sinan was a disciple ... |
| Sindbad the Sailor |
9th century - |
The adventures of Sindbad was first mentioned ... |
| Siraj Ul Haq Memon |
1933 - 2013 |
Acclaimed Sindhi language novelist
A reno ... |
| Sir Syed Ahmad Khan |
1817 - 1898 |
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, an educational, politica ... |
| Soaad Husni |
1943 - 2001 |
Actress.
One of the foremost Egyptian act ... |
| Soce Usman |
1911 - 1974 |
A Senegalese writer and politician.
Soce ... |
| Sofyan Al Sauri |
715 - 778 |
Born at Kufa. Founded a school of Jurisprude ... |
| Soheir El Qalamawy |
1911 - 1997 |
Scholar, writer and politician of Egypt.
... |
| Sokollu Mehmed Pasha |
1505 - 1579 |
Ottoman Grand Vizier under Suleyman the magni ... |
| Sonni Ali |
1464 - 1492 |
A West African monarch of Songhal, Sudan.
... |
| Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari |
1932 - 2001 |
An ex-queen of Iran.
Soraya was born in I ... |
| Souad Massi |
1972 - |
An Algerian singer-songwriter whose melanchol ... |
| Starlin Abdi Arush |
1957 - 2002 |
Peace activist and aid worker.
Starlin was ... |
| Subhani Bayunus |
1931 - 2006 |
Pakistan’s veteran artiste
His portrayal o ... |
| Sufyan Al Thawri |
715 - 778 |
A jurist and traditionalists.
Sauri was a ... |
| Sulaiman Ibn Muhammad Mustain |
1037 - 1046 |
The ruler of Sargasso, Spain in the 11th cent ... |
| Suleiman I |
1494 - 1566 |
Ottoman Sultan who crafted the distinctive in ... |
| Suleiman II |
1642 - 1691 |
Ottoman Sultan
Suleiman II was Ottoman Sul ... |
| Sulejman Masovic |
1918 - 1998 |
One of the great Muslim personalities in the ... |
| Suleyman Celebi |
1377 - 1411 |
A Turkish poet.
Suleyman Celebi’s only su ... |
| Suleyman Demirel |
1925 - |
An astute politician in Turkey’s rough game o ... |
| Suliman Olayan |
1920 - 2002 |
A Saudi who rose from his humble origins of b ... |
| Sultan Abdul Majid I |
1832 - 1861 |
Sultan of Turkey. He succeeded to the thron ... |
| Sultan Abdul Majid II |
1868 - 1944 |
The last `elected' Caliph of Turkey.
When ... |
| Sultan Adh Dhahir Baybrus |
1223 - 1277 |
The Mamluk Sultan who defeated the Mongol hor ... |
| Sultan Ahmed |
1880 - 1963 |
A lawyer and politician.
Sir Sultan Ahmed ... |
| Sultan Alauddin Khilji |
1296 - 1316 |
He was the nephew and son-in-law of Jalaludd ... |
| Sultan Ali Khorasani |
14th century - |
The author of the Persian book on medicine ca ... |
| Sultan Ali Mashadi |
1453 - 1519 |
A calligrapher and poet from Mashhad.
In ... |
| Sultan Azlam Shah |
1928 - |
Sultan of Malaysia. ... |
| Sultan Bahu |
1629 - 1690 |
A Punjabi Sufi poet, famous for his Abyiat Ba ... |
| Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud |
1930 - 2011 |
Crown prince
The heir apparent to Saudi th ... |
| Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdelaziz Al Saud |
1956 - |
One of the astronauts of planet earth.
A f ... |
| Sultan Hasain Mirza |
1438 - 1506 |
A descendant of Amir Taimur.
Sultan enthr ... |
| Sultan Idris Ibn Raja Iskander |
1849 - 1916 |
Sultan of Perak, Malaya.
Idris succeeded ... |
| Sultan Iltutmish Shamsuddin |
- 1236 |
King of India.
Qutbuddin Aibak, who after ... |
| Sultan Jahan Begum of Bhopal |
1861 - 1930 |
The last Begum of a major princely state in B ... |
| Sultan Kosen |
1982 - |
Tallest living male.
Holder of the Guinnes ... |
| Sultan Muhammad |
16th century - |
One of the greatest Iranian painters of the S ... |
| Sultan Muhammad V |
1844 - 1918 |
Penultimate Ottoman Sultan.
Sultan Muhamma ... |
| Sultan Muhammad VI |
1861 - 1926 |
Last Ottoman Sultan.
Sultan Muhammad VI w ... |
| Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah |
1926 - 2001 |
The 11th constitutional monarch of Malaysia w ... |
| Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi |
1936 - 2008 |
Indian politician.
Among the very few who ... |
| Sultan Sanjar |
1084 - 1157 |
The son of Sultan Malik Shah Saljauqi and gov ... |
| Sultan Taqdir Alisjahbana |
1908 - 1994 |
Writer.
Taqdir was a writer and founding e ... |
| Sultan Yahya Ibn Ar Rassi |
10th century - |
The founder of the Zaidi rule in Yemen in 898 ... |
| Suraiya |
1929 - 2004 |
One of the original singing stars and legend ... |
| Suratgar Mirza Muhammad Khan Qazwini |
1874 - 1948 |
He was known as the second Albiruni for his ... |
| Surur Hoda |
1928 - 2003 |
An activist with a great charm.
Surur who ... |
| Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
1949 - |
Indonesia’s first directly elected President. ... |
| Suyti As Abu Al Fazl Abdur Rahman Ibn Ali Bakr Jallauddin |
1445 - 1505 |
An Egyptian author and theologian.
Suyti ... |
| Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi |
1914 - 1999 |
One of the foremost scholars in the contempor ... |
| Syed Abul Khair Kashfi |
1932 - 2008 |
Pakistan’s research scholar
Erudite critic ... |
| Syed Ali Amir Bilgrami |
1851 - 1911 |
He was the famous author of two books Tamadu ... |
| Syed Ali Ashraf |
1925 - 1998 |
Islamic scholar of Bangladesh.
Prof Ashra ... |
| Syed Ali Imam |
1869 - 1932 |
Judge and politician.
Syed Ali Imam return ... |
| Syed Altaf Ali Barelvi |
1905 - 1986 |
Pakistan’s literary figure and reformer
In ... |
| Syed Aziz Pasha |
1930 - 2011 |
He laid the foundation of a central stage for ... |
| Syed Babar Ali |
1926 - |
Pakistani businessman and philanthropist.
... |
| Syed Ghulam Mustapha Budruddin |
1918 - 2006 |
Pakistan’s veteran journalist
An icon of e ... |
| Syed Habibul-haq Nadvi |
- 1998 |
A distinguished scholar, author, teacher and ... |
| Syed Haider Raza |
1922 - |
Indian artist
Indian artist, Syed Haider R ... |
| Syed Hasan Imam |
1871 - 1931 |
An Indian nationalist leader.
Syed Hasan ... |
| Syed Hassan Jamalullai |
1920 - 2000 |
Malay ruler known as Raja of Perlis. He was e ... |
| Syed Hussain Bahr Al Ulum |
1927 - 2001 |
Jurist and poet.
Syed Hussain Bahr al-Ulu ... |
| Syed Hussain Bilgrami |
1842 - 1926 |
Eminent Indian Muslim.
Syed Bilgrami ser ... |
| Syed Imauddin Nasimi |
- c1418 |
One of the greatest mystic poets of Syria.
... |
| Syed Imdad Imam Asar Nawab |
1849 - 1934 |
An Urdu poet born at Neura, Patna, India. ... |
| Syed Khalifa |
1928 - 2001 |
Sudanese singer who sang in classical Arabic ... |
| Syed Mahmud |
1879 - 1971 |
India’s political activist.
He went to Lon ... |
| Syed Mazhar Ali |
1935 - 2004 |
Former Pakistani Senator Mazhar Ali packed ma ... |
| Syed Muhammad Taqi |
1917 - 1999 |
Journalist and writer.
He authored severa ... |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali |
1914 - 2005 |
Grand old man of cricket, once the darling of ... |
| Syed Mutawalli Ad Darsh |
1930 - 1997 |
A scholar and broadcaster.
Syed Mutawalli ... |
| Syed Naquib Al-Attas |
1931 - - |
A Contemporary Malaysian Philosopher/Theologi ... |
| Syedna Tahir Saifuddin |
1888 - 1965 |
The Dai-e-Mutlaq.
Syedna Tahir Saifuddin w ... |
| Syed Nawazish Tanweer Bokhari |
1937 - 2011 |
Inspirational teacher and campaigner
Insp ... |
| Syed Sheikh Ahmad Al Hadi |
1867 - 1934 |
A Malayan Islamic writer.
Hadi made impor ... |
| Syed Sulaiman Nadvi |
1884 - 1953 |
Syed Sulaiman Nadvi was the editor of Al Nadw ... |
| Syed Zia Uddin Tabatabai |
c1888 - 1969 |
Iranian prime minister.
During the World ... |
| Sylayman Bin Abdul Malik |
680 - 717 |
The son of Abdul Malik, the Ummayad Caliph an ... |
