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Ayub (name)

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Ayub (Arabic: أيوب‎‎, "Job") is a masculine given name in Arabic. It appears in the Quran: see Job in Islam.

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The spread of the name among Muslims is partly due to the fame of Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, whose name in Arabic is Salạ̄hu d-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb.

Other people with this given name

  • Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion (sahaba) of Muhammad
  • Ayub Shah Durrani, Afghan ruler
  • Ayub Khan (general) (1907-1974), second President of Pakistan
  • Haji Ayub Afridi, Pakistani drug lord turned politician
  • Ayub Ommaya (1930-2008), a Pakistani neurosurgeon
  • Ayub Shah Bukhari, Pakistani Sufi
  • Ayub Thakur (1948-2004), Kashmiri freedom activist
  • Master Ayub, a Pakistani teacher who runs an open air, free of cost, school in Islamabad since 1986
  • Ayub Khan-Din (1961-), British-Pakistani actor
  • Ayub Bachchu (1962-), Bangladeshi rock musician
  • Ayub Khan (actor) (1969-), Indian actor
  • Ayub Daud (1990-), Somali footballer
  • Ayub Masika (1992-), Kenyan footballer

    • Places

  • Ayub National Park

    • References

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