Asadullah
For the village in Iran, see Asadollah, Iran.
Asadullah, also written Asadollah, Assadullah or Asad Ullah (Arabic: أسد الله) is a male Muslim given name meaning Lion of God.
The name was used by the Islamic prophet, Muhammad to describe his kinsman Ali. It may additionally refer to:
- Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan or Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869), Urdu and Persian poet from the Indian subcontinent
- Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, called Asadullah by Islamic State members
- Mírzá Asadu’llah Fádil Mázandarání (ca. 1880–1957), Iranian Bahá'í scholar
- Assadollah Hosseinpoor (1882/1883–1954), Iranian military officer
- Khalifa Mohammad Asadullah (1890–1949), pioneer of the library movement in the Indian subcontinent
- Asadollah Alam (1919–1978), Prime Minister of Iran
- Assadollah Rashidian (active 1953), Iranian agent for foreign powers
- Asadollah Lajevardi (1935–1998), Iranian politician and prison warden
- Assadullah Sarwari (born 1941), Afghan politician
- Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani (born 1942), Iranian theologian
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948), Bangladeshi professor of Arabic, accused of support for Islamic militancy
- Asadullah Khan (born 1984), Afghan cricketer
- Asadullah Jan (born 1985), Pakistani held in Guantanamo
- Asad Ullah (detainee) (born 1989), Afghan held in Guantanamo
- Asadullah Bhutto, Pakistani politician
- Asadullah Khalid, Afghan provincial governor
- Asadullah Hamdam, Afghan provincial governor
- Assadullah Wafa, Afghan provincial governor
- Asadollah Mikaeili, known as Darius Mikaeili, Iranian footballer
- Asadallah (CIA torture victim) see high value detainees
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