Ziauddin

The name Ziauddin is a common transliteration of the male Muslim given name more correctly written Ḍiya ad-Dīn (Arabic: ضياء الدين). It means the “Shine of the Religion” It may refer to:

People

• Diya al-din Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi, (1097 – 1168), Persian Sufi
• Diyā' ad-Dīn Ibn Athir (1163 - 1239), Arab writer and literary critic
• Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi (died 1245), Hanbali Islamic scholar
• Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi (died 1350), Persian physician and Sufi living in India
• Ziauddin Barani (1285 - 1357), Indian historian and political philosopher
• Ziauddin Ahmad (1878 – 1947), scholar and politician in colonial India
• Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee (1888 – 1969), Prime Minister of Iran
• Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri, known as Z. A. Suleri (1913 - 1999), Pakistani journalist and writer
• Ziaeddin Shademan (born 1923), Iranian Basketball Player
• Diaa al-Din Dawoud (1926-2011), Egyptian politician
• Mohammad Ziauddin (army officer) (born 1939), Bangladeshi military officer
• Zia Uddin (born 1941), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
• Ziauddin Ahmed (Bangladesh) (1950-2017), Bangladeshi military officer
• Ziauddin Sardar (born 1951), Pakistani writer on Islam
• Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu (1954–2021), Bangladeshi politician
• Ziyaettin Doğan or Ziya Doğan (born 1961), Turkish football manager
• Ziaeddin Niknafs (born 1986), Iranian footballer
• Ziauddin Rizvi (died 2005), Shi'a cleric from Gilgit
• Qari Ziauddin (died 2010), Afghan militia leader
• Ziauddin Butt, a Pakistani military officer jailed as a result of the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état
• Ziauddin (Afghan militia leader), Afghan militia leader
• Zia Yusuf (born 1986/1987), British businessman and politician

Others

• Ziauddin Pur, census town in India
• Qarah Zia od Din, town in West Azarbaijan province, Iran
• Dr. Ziauddin Group of Hospitals, hospital group in Pakistan named in honor of Ziauddin Ahmed
• Ziauddin Medical University, medical school in Karachi, Pakistan named in honor of Ziauddin Ahmed