Shams al-Din

(Arabic: شمس الدين ‎) Shams al-Din is a Muslim name, meaning "Sun of the faith". It may refer to:

• Muhammad ibn Ahmad Shams al-Din al-Muqaddasi (ca. 945 - 1000), Arab geographer
• Shams al-Din Muhammad bin Ali, or Suzani Samarqandi (died 1166), Persian poet
• Shams al-Din Ildeniz (died ca. 1175), atabeg of Azerbaijan
• Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (died 1236), Muslim Turkic sultan of Delhi
• Shamsuddin Sabzwari (died 1247), Sufi missionary in southern Punjab
• Shams al-Din Mohammad, or Shams Tabrizi (died 1248), Persian Sufi mystic
• Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Mas'ud (died 1255), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
• Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar (1211 - 1279), provincial governor of Yunnan
• Shams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khallikān (1211 – 1282), Iraqi Shafi'i Islamic scholar
• Shams ad-Din Juvayni (died 1285) vizier and sahib-divan under three Mongol Ilkhans
• Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Shahrazuri (died ca. 1290), Kurdish physician and historian
• Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī (ca. 1250 – ca. 1310), astronomer and mathematician from Samarkand
• Shamsuddin Firoz Shah (died 1322), sultan of the Bengali kingdom of Lakhnauti
• Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi (1256 - 1327), Arab geographer
• Shams-ud-Din Shah Mir (died 1342), ruler of Kashmir
• Shams al-Din ibn Fazl Allah (died ca. 1348), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar
• Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali (died ca. 1352), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar
• Shams ud din, or Shams Tabraiz (missionary) (died 1356), Ismaili saint in India
• Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah (died 1358), sultan of Bengal
• Shams al-Din Ibn Muflih (died 1361), authority on Hanbali Law
• Shams ud-Din Amir Kulal (died 1370), tribal head, scholar and religious figure in Turkistan
• Shams al-Dīn Abū Abd Allāh al-Khalīlī (1320 - 1380), Syrian astronomer
• Shams-ud-Din Kermani (died ca. 1385), Sunni scholar
• Khwāja Šamsu d-Dīn Muḥammad Hāfiz-e Šīrāzī (1315 - 1390), Persian lyric poet
• Molla Şemseddin Fenari (1350 — 1431), Turkish logician, Islamic theologian, and Islamic legal academic
• Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah (died 1435), ruler of Bengal
• Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Qutb al-Din (ca. 1387 - ca. 1438), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
• Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah (died 1481), ruler of Bengal
• Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (died 1487), sultan of Adal
• Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah (died 1494), Abyssinian sultan of Bengal
• Shams al-Din Muhammad (died ca. 1494), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
• Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi (1428 - 1497), Egyptian Islamic scholar
• Mir Shamsuddin (died 1526), Sufi Shi'a missionary in Kashmir
• Shamsuddin Muhammad Ataga Khan (died 1562), minister in Mughal court
• Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi (died 1600), minister to Emperor Akbar
• Qazi Mohamed Shamsuddin (died 1645), Chief Justice of the Maldives
• Muhammad Shamsuddeen II (died ca. 1774), Sultan of the Maldives
• Şemseddin Sami Efendi, pen-name of Sami Frashëri (1850 – 1904), Albanian writer, philosopher and playwright
• Muhammad Shamsuddeen III (1879 - 1935), Sultan of the Maldives
• Şemsettin Günaltay (1883 – 1961) prime minister of Turkey
• Abul Kalam Shamsuddin (1897 - 1978), Bengali journalist and politician
• Abujafar Shamsuddin (1911 - 1989), Bangladeshi author and novelist
• Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922 – 1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
• Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926 - 1997), Bangladeshi author and novelist
• Nasri Shamseddine (1927 - 1983), Lebanese singer and actor
• A. T. M. Shamsuddin (born 1927), Bangladeshi author
• Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (born 1927), patriarch of the Sufi Order of Azeemia
• Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine (1936 - 2001), Lebanese Twelver Shia Islamic scholar
• Shamsodin Vaezi (born 1936), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja
• Shamsuddeen Usman (born 1949), Nigerian politician
• Semezdin Mehmedinović (born 1960), Bosnian writer
• Shamsuddin Amiri (born 1985), Afghan footballer
• Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin (born 1985), Malaysian footballer
• Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin, Malaysian politician

See also

• Shams Ad Din, Yemen, village in Abyan Governorate
• Shemsdin (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)

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