Nasir al-Din

Nasir al-Din (نصیر الدین or ناصرالدین or نصر الدين, 'defender of the faith'), was originally a honorific title and is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. There are many variant spellings in English due to transliteration including Nasruddin, and Nasiruddin. Notable people with the title or name include:

Politics and government

 * Nasir ad-Din Mahmud I of Great Seljuq, sultan of the Seljuk Empire 1092–1094
 * Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1066–1121), Fatimid vizier of Egypt, nicknamed Nasir al-Din
 * Nasir ad-Din Qabacha, Muslim Turkic governor of Multan from 1203
 * Nasir al-Din Mahmud (reigned 1201–22), of the Artuqids of Hisnkeyfa
 * Nasir ad-Din Mahmud, Zengid Emir of Mosul 1219–1234
 * Nasir ad-Din al-Malik al-Mansur Ibrahim bin Asad ad-Din Shirkuh (died 1246), emir of Homs under the Ayyubid dynasty
 * Al-Malik al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah (1260–1280), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria
 * Nasr al-Din (died 1292), a provincial governor of Yunnan in China during the Yuan dynasty
 * Al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Muhammad ben Qalawun, or just Al-Nasir Muhammad (1285–1341), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
 * Nasir al-Din Muhammad (died c. 1318), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
 * Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III, a ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty 1390–1394
 * Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq, the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty to rule Delhi, 1394–1413
 * Nasir-ud-din Nusrat Shah Tughluq, a ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty
 * An-Nasir ad-Din Muhammad (1411–1422), the son of Sayf ad-Din Tatar, and a Mamluk sultan of Egypt 1421–1422
 * Nasir ad-Din al-Qasri Muhammad ibn Ahmad (died 1547), the young son of the Sultan of Fez, Sultan Ahmad
 * Nasir ud-din Muhammad, or Humayun (1508–1556), Mughal Emperor
 * Nasr ad-Din (died 1674), leader of the Berber tribes during the Char Bouba war
 * Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah (1803–1837), King of Oudh
 * Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831–1896), Shah of Persia
 * Amal Nasser el-Din (born 1928), Druze Israeli author and politician
 * A J M Nasir Uddin (born 1957), Bangladeshi politician
 * Nasser al-Din al-Shaer, or Nasser al-Shaer, (born 1961), Palestinian politician
 * Ghazi Nasr Al-Din (born 1962), Venezuelan diplomat and alleged Hezbollah supporter
 * Nasir Uddin Chowdhury (fl. from 1990s), Bangladeshi politician
 * Nasir Uddin (Naogaon politician) (died 2017), from Bangladesh
 * Nasir Uddin (Jessore politician) (fl. from 2018), from Bangladesh

Scholars and writers

 * Sayyed Nasir-ud-deen Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan (1038–1067 CE), Sufi Saint
 * Sheykh Nasreddin Abul Hakayik Mahmud bin Ahmed al-Hoyi, or Ahi Evren (1169–1261), Turkish Muslim preacher
 * Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274), Persian scientist, mathematician, philosopher, physician and theologian
 * Nāṣir ad-Dīn al-Albānī, Major Islamic scholar and Muhaddith.
 * Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai (born 1917), Pakistani writer and poet
 * Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani (1949–2009), a Pakistani poet and Islamic scholar of the Chishti Sufi order
 * Nasreddin Lebatelier, pseudonym of Yahyah Michot (fl. from 1995), Belgian Muslim writer

Sports

 * Nasreddine Akli (born 1953), Algerian footballer
 * Nor Saiful Zaini Nasir-ud-Din (born 1966), Malaysian hockey player
 * Alain Nasreddine (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Nasreddine Kraouche (born 1979), Algerian footballer
 * Ali Nasseredine (born 1983), Lebanese footballer
 * Nasserredine Fillali (born 1984), Algerian boxer
 * Nasr Eldin El Shigail (born 1985), a Sudanese footballer
 * Nasreddine Megdich (born 1991), Qatari handball player
 * Nur Nadihirah (born 1994), Malaysian cricketer

Other people

 * Naseeruddin Mauzi (died 1920), Indian Khilafat Movement activist
 * Nasreddin Murat-Khan (1904–1970), Russian-born Pakistani architect
 * Naseeruddin Shah (born 1949), Indian film actor and director
 * Mohamed Nasr Eldin Allam (born c. 1954), Egyptian water engineer and politician
 * Nasreddine Dinet (1861–1929), French orientalist painter
 * Naseeruddin Saami (fl. from 1950s), classical singer from Pakistan
 * Nasrdin Dchar (born 1978), Dutch-Moroccan actor
 * Nasir Uddin (anthropologist) (born c. 1978), Bengali anthropologist
 * Attia Nasreddin, Ethiopian businessman
 * Räshid Nasretdin (1920-2010), Finnish Tatar photographer, entrepreneur