Ziauddin

The name Ziauddin is a common transliteration of the male Muslim given name more correctly written Ḍiya ad-Dīn (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

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