Adil

Adil
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ʕaːdɪl]
Gender	Masculine
Origin
Language(s)	Arabic
Word/name	عادل
Meaning	just, justice, fairness
Region of origin	Arab world
Other names
Alternative spelling	Adeel, Adel

Adil (also transliterated as Adel, Arabic: عادل‎ or عديل, pronounced [ʕaːdɪl]) is an Arabic given name and surname.

It is not to be confused with the Germanic name Adel, which has a different pronunciation.It is sometimes used by Coptic Christians throughout the Middle East.

People

Adil and its variants may refer to a number of notable people:

Given name

Egyptian royalty

Al-Adil I of Egypt (1145–1218), 4^th Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Damascus
Al-Adil II of Egypt (c. 1221–1248), 6^th Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Damascus
Al-Adil Kitbugha of Egypt (died 1297), 10^th Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria

Adil Shahi dynasty

Yusuf Adil Shah (1450–1511), founder of the Adil Shahi dynasty that ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur for nearly two centuries
Ismail Adil Shah (1498–1534), 2^nd Sultan of Bijapur
Mallu Adil Shah (died c. 1534), 3^rd Sultan of Bijapur
Ibrahim Adil Shah I (died c. 1558), 4^th Sultan of Bijapur
Ali Adil Shah I (died c. 1579), 5^th Sultan of Bijapur
Ibrahim Adil Shah II (died c. 1627), 6^th Sultan of Bijapur
Mohammed Adil Shah (died c. 1656), 7^th Sultan of Bijapur
Ali Adil Shah II (died c. 1672), 8^th Sultan of Bijapur
Sikandar Adil Shah (died c. 1686), 9^th Sultan of Bijapur

Iranian royalty

Adil Shah (died 1749), 2^nd Afsharid Shah of Iran

Politics and Business

Adil Çarçani (1922–1997), Albanian politician
Adil Nurmemet (born 1968), former Chinese politician
Adil Shayakhmetov (born 1956), Kazakhstani politician
Adil Zulfikarpašić (1921–2008), Bosniak politician and intellectual
Adel Batterjee, Saudi businessman
Adel Chaveleh, American businessman
Adel Fakeih (born 1959), Saudi Arabian engineer and politician
Adel Al-Jubeir (born 1962), Saudi politician
Adel Labib, Egyptian politician
Adel Mouwda, Bahraini politician
Adel Murad (born 1949), Iraqi politician
Adel Osseiran (1905−1998), Lebanese politician
Adel Al-Saraawi (born 1962), Kuwaiti politician

Literature and Journalism

Adil Asadov (born 1958), Azerbaijani philosopher
Adel Ferdosipour (born 1974), Iranian journalist
Adel Hammouda (born 1968), Egyptian journalist
Adel Karasholi (born 1936), German writer
Adel Al Toraifi (born 1979), Saudi journalist
Adil Abbasi , Pakistani journalist and TV anchor

Art and Cinema

Adil Khan (born 1983), Norwegian actor
Adil Omar (born 1991), Pakistani rapper and singer-songwriter
Adel Abdessemed (born 1971), French Algerian conceptual artist
Adel Bencherif (born 1975), French actor
Adel Imam (born 1940), Egyptian actor
Adel Kamel (1942–2003), Egyptian musicologist
Adel Nassief (born 1962), Egyptian painter
Adel Tawil (born 1978), German singer

Sport

Adil Basher (1926–1978), Iraqi footballer
Adil Belgaïd (born 1970), Moroccan judoka
Adil Chihi (born 1988), Moroccan footballer
Adil Ibragimov (born 1989), Russian footballer
Adil El Makssoud (born 1985), Moroccan basketball player
Adil Ramzi (born 1977), Moroccan footballer
Adil Rashid (born 1988), English cricketer
Adil Shamasdin (born 1982), Canadian tennis player
Adel Abdulaziz (born 1980), Emirati footballer
Adel Abdullah (born 1984), Syrian footballer
Adel Amrouche (born 1968), Algerian football manager
Adel Chedli (born 1976), Tunisian footballer
Adel Eid (born 1984), Egyptian-Finnish footballer
Adel Fellous (born 1978), French rugby league player
Adel Guemari (born 1984), French footballer
Adel El Hadi (born 1980), Algerian footballer
Adel Humoud (born 1986), Kuwaiti footballer
Adel Kolahkaj (born 1985), Iranian footballer
Adel Lakhdari (born 1989), Algerian footballer
Adel Lami (born 1985), Qatari footballer
Adel Maïza (born 1983), Algerian footballer
Adel Massaad (born 1964), Egyptian table tennis player
Adel Messali (born 1983), Algerian footballer
Adel Nefzi (born 1974), Tunisian footballer
Adel Sellimi (born 1972), Tunisian footballer
Adel Taarabt (born 1989), Moroccan footballer
Adel Tlatli, Tunisian basketball coach

Religion

Adil al-Kalbani, former Grand Mosque Imam

Surname

Ahmed Adil (born 1973), Guantanamo detainee
Buyong Adil (1907–1976), Malaysian historian
Farhan Adil (born 1977), Pakistani cricketer

See also

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