Kamal ad-Din

Kamal ad-Din (كمال‌ الدين, Kamāl ad-Dīn) is a male Muslim given name or surname (laqab in Arabic), meaning "perfection of the religion" in Arabic.

The name is formed from the elements kamāl (كمال‌), al- (الـ), and dīn (دين). It is often transliterated as Kamāl al-Dīn, but because the letter dāl (د, d) is a sun letter, the lām (ل, l) of al- assimilates into the first letter of dīn in pronunciation, resulting in a doubled consonant.

In Classical Arabic the pronunciation of the name changes depending on its function. Thus, the nominative case of the name is Kamaluddin (Kamālu’d-Dīn), the accusative case is Kamaladdin (Kamāla’d-Dīn), and the genitive case is Kamaliddin (Kamāli’d-Dīn).

People

 * Kamal al-Din ibn al-Humam (d. 861/1457), Hanafi Maturidi scholar
 * Kamal al-Din al-Bayadi (d. 1078/1687), Ottoman Hanafi Maturidi scholar
 * Kamal al-Din ibn al-Adim (1192–1262), Arab historian
 * Kamal al-Din Gurg (died 1315), Delhi Sultanate general
 * Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī (1267-1318), Persian physicist and mathematician
 * Kamaleddin Khojandi, or Kamal Khujandi (–1400), Persian poet
 * Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Damiri (1344–1405), Egyptian writer on canon law and natural history
 * Kamal ud-Din of Sulu (reigned 1480–1505), Sultan of Sulu
 * Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450–1535), painter of Persian miniatures
 * Ahmed Kemaleddin, known as Kemal Reis (1451–1511), Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral
 * Mimar Kemaleddin Bey (1870-1927), Turkish architect
 * Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din (1870–1932), Indian lawyer and religious writer
 * Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein (1874–1932), son of Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt
 * Kemalettin Sami Gökçen (1882-1934), officer of the Ottoman Army and general of the Turkish Army
 * Kamaloddin Jenab (1908-2006), Iranian physicist
 * Kamal el-Din Hussein (1921-1999), one of the Egyptian Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk
 * Kamaluddin Muhamad, later known as Keris Mas, (1922 - 1992), Malaysian writer
 * Kamal al-Din al-Nabhani (1929-2006), Lebanese religious leader and politician
 * Kamaluddin Ahmed (politician) (born 1930), Indian politician
 * Kamaluddin Ahmed (physicist) (1939-2014), Pakistani physicist
 * Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin (born 1941), Bahraini politician, diplomat, poet and historian
 * Kamal Uddin Siddiqui (born 1945), Bangladeshi scientist and economist
 * Kamaluddin Mohammed (born 1957), Malayali Indian film director
 * Kamaladdin Heydarov (born 1961), Azerbaijani composer and politician
 * Kamaluddin Azfar, Pakistani politician (PPP)
 * Kemalettin Şentürk (born 1970), Turkish footballer
 * Kamalludin Kasimbekov (born 1977), Uzbek held in Guantanamo
 * Kamalutdin Akhmedov (born 1986), Russian footballer
 * Kamal Uddin (politician), Pakistani politician (MMA)
 * Kamolidin Tashiyev (born 2000), Kyrgyzstani footballer