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Nu'man (Arabic: نعمان ) is an Arabic given name dating to pre-islamic times, related to an Arabic word meaning happiness. It is also used with the definite article, Arabic: النعمان , transliterated an-Nu'man or al-Nu'man. The Hebrew name Naaman has the same consonants and similar meaning. It may refer to
- seven of the Ghassanid Kings (327-ca. 600)
- Al-Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qays (reigned ca. 390–418), king of the Lakhmids
- Al-Nu'man II ibn al-Aswad (reigned 497–503), king of the Lakhmids
- Al-Nu'man VI ibn al-Mundhir (active 581-583), king of the Ghassanids
- Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir (active (582–ca. 602), king of the Lakhmids
- Nouman ibn Muqarrin (died 641), one of the companions of Muhammad
- An-Nu'man ibn Bashir, (?) one of the companions of Muhammad
- Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zuṭā ibn Marzubān, known as Abū Ḥanīfa (699—767), founder of the Sunni Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence
- Qadi al-Nu'man (died 974), Isma'ili jurist, official historian of the Fatimid caliphs
- Köprülü Numan Pasha (died 1719), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- Noman Çelebicihan (1885-1918), Crimean Tatar politician
- Ahmad Muhammad Numan (1909-1996), twice Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic
- Yasin Said Numan, Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1986-1990
- Numan Gumaa (born 1937) Egyptian lawyer and politician
- Mohamed Noman Galal (born 1943), Egyptian diplomat and author
- Numan Kurtulmuş (born 1959), Turkish politician
- Noman Mubashir (born 1974_, Pakistani-Norwegian journalist
- Noman Bashir, Pakistani admiral
- Nomanul Haq, Pakistani-American historian
- Marwan Abdullah Abdulwahab Noman, Yemeni diplomat
- No'man Ashour, Egyptian poet and playwright
- Noman Benotman, Libyan politician
- Noman Masood, Pakistani television actor
- Noman Ijaz, Pakistani television and film actor
- Nouman Ali Khan, Pakistani-American Muslim speaker
See also
- Ma`arrat an-Nu`man, city in Syria
Categories:- Arabic masculine given names
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