# Asif

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**Asif** (Arabic: آصف) is an [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language) masculine [given name](/source/Given_name). In Persian and Urdu it is often pronounced as 'Asif' or 'Asef'. This name referred to [Solomon](/source/Solomon)'s vizier in the Islamic tradition, and by extension to a wise, prudential figure.

## People with this name

### In antiquity

- [Asif bin Barkhiya](/source/Asif_ibn_Barkhiya), described in the 27th Chapter of the Qur'an, transported the throne of the Queen of Sheba

### In modern times

- [Asif Ahmad Ali](/source/Asif_Ahmad_Ali) (1940–2022), Pakistani politician and government minister, Foreign Minister 1993–1996
- [Asif Ahmad](/source/Asif_Ahmad) (born 1956), British diplomat
- [Asif Akbar](/source/Asif_Akbar) (born 1972), Bangladeshi singer
- [Asif Ali (disambiguation)](/source/Asif_Ali_(disambiguation)), multiple people
- [Asif Bashir](/source/Asif_Bashir) (born 1993), Pakistani rescue worker
- [Asif Bashir Bhagat](/source/Asif_Bashir_Bhagat) (born 1976), Pakistani politician
- [Asif Din](/source/Asif_Din) (born 1960), English cricketer
- [Asif Farrukhi](/source/Asif_Farrukhi) (1959–2020), Pakistani doctor, writer and translator
- [Asif Ismail](/source/Asif_Ismail) (born 1970), Indian tennis player
- [Asif Kapadia](/source/Asif_Kapadia) (born 1972), English film director
- [Asif Maharammov](/source/Asif_Maharammov) (1952–1994), Azerbaijani Lieutenant colonel and National Hero of Azerbaijan
- [Asif Mahmood](/source/Asif_Mahmood) (born 1975), Pakistani cricketer
- [Asif Nawaz](/source/Asif_Nawaz) (1937–1993), Pakistani general
- [Asif Noorani](/source/Asif_Noorani) (born 1942), Pakistani newspaper and television writer
- [Asif Iqbal Razvi](/source/Asif_Iqbal_Razvi) (born 1943), Pakistani cricketer
- [Asif Ali Zardari](/source/Asif_Ali_Zardari) (born 1955), Pakistan's former president (2008–2013)

## Surname

- [Bisma Asif](/source/Bisma_Asif) (born 1995/96), Asian-Australian politician
- [K. Asif](/source/K._Asif) (1922–1971), Indian film director
- [Khawaja Muhammad Asif](/source/Khawaja_Muhammad_Asif) (born 1949), Pakistani politician
- [Mohammad Asif (disambiguation)](/source/Mohammad_Asif_(disambiguation)), several people

## See also

- [Assaf (name)](/source/Assaf_(name))
- [Asaf](/source/Asaf)

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