Sajjad

SajjadPronunciation| Arabic: [saʤaːd]

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Gender| Male
Origin
Meaning| Kneeling in prayer
Region of origin| Arabia
Other names
Related names| Sajjad

Sajjad سَجَّاد is a given name and a surname derived from the Arabic triliteral س_ج_د S-J-D 'to bow down (before God)', shared with the Arabic word مسجد masjid 'mosque'.[1]

Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

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* Imam Sajjad (Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin) (658-712), 4th Imam of Shia Islam
* Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram (1880–1943), Urdu short story writer, travel writer, translator, linguist, essayist, and humorist
* Sajjad Afghani (died 1999), Kashmiri militant and Commander-in-Chief of Harkat Ul Ansar
* Sajjad Akbar (1961-2024), Pakistani cricketer
* Sajjad Ali (born 1966), Pakistani semi-classical, pop singer, film actor, director and producer
* Sajjad Anoushiravani (born 1984), Iranian weightlifter
* Sajjad Fazel (born 1991), Tanzanian clinical pharmacist, public health researcher, health columnist
* Sajjad Ganjzadeh (born 1992), Iranian karateka
* Sajjad Gul, Pakistani film producer, media mogul
* Sajad Haider (1932-2025), Pakistani fighter pilot
* Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1980) (born 1980), Indian cricketer
* Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1986) (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
* Sajjad Hussain (composer) (1917-1995), Indian music director
* Sajjad Karim (born 1970), British Asian politician
* Sajjad Gharibi (born 1991), Iranian bodybuilder
* Sajjad Ghani Lone (born 1967), Indian Kashmiri politician, and former Member of the Legislative Assembly
* Sajjad Mardani (born 1988), Iranian taekwondo player
* Sajjad Haider Nadeem (born 1957), Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
* Sajjad Hussain Qureshi (1923–1998), politician, Governor of Punjab 1985-1988
* Sajjad Shar (born 1986), Secretary General of banned organization Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz
* Sajjad Zaheer (1905-1973), Urdu writer, Marxist thinker and revolutionary

## Middle name

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* Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Pakistani professor, politician and columnist
* Aamer Sajjad (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer
* Razia Sajjad Zaheer (1918–1979), Indian writer in the Urdu language, translator

## Surname

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* Enver Sajjad (1935–2019), Pakistani playwright and fiction writer
* Pervez Sajjad (born 1942), Pakistani cricketer
* Wasim Sajjad (born 1941), Pakistani lawyer, former President of Pakistan

## References

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1. ^ Shaked, Shaul (2005). "Aramaic Loan-words in Middle Persian". Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 19: 159–168\. ISSN 0890-4464.159-168&rft.date=2005&rft.issn=0890-4464&rft.aulast=Shaked&rft.aufirst=Shaul&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24049218&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sajjad" class="Z3988">

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