# Nu'man

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'''Nu'man''' ({{langx|ar|نعمان  |translit=Nuʿmān}}) is an Arabic given name dating to pre-Islamic times, meaning ''blood'' or ''red''. Prevailingly, the Islamic given name is most commonly associated to the Arabic word meaning ''bliss''. It is also used with the definite article, {{lang|ar|النعمان}}, transliterated ''an-Nu'man'' or ''al-Nu'man''. Alternatives spellings include ''Noman'', ''Nouman'', ''Noumaan'', and ''Numan''. It may refer to:

*seven of the [Ghassanid Kings](/source/Ghassanids) (327-ca. 600)
*[Al-Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qays](/source/Al-Nu'man_I_ibn_Imru'_al-Qays) (reigned ca. 390–418), king of the Lakhmids
*[Al-Nu'man II ibn al-Aswad](/source/Al-Nu'man_II_ibn_al-Aswad) (reigned 497–503), king of the Lakhmids
*[Al-Nu'man VI ibn al-Mundhir](/source/Al-Nu'man_VI_ibn_al-Mundhir) (active 581-583), king of the Ghassanids
*[Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir](/source/Al-Nu'man_III_ibn_al-Mundhir) (active 582–ca. 602), king of the Lakhmids
*[Nouman ibn Muqarrin](/source/Nouman_ibn_Muqarrin) (died 641), one of the companions of Muhammad
*Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zuṭā ibn Marzubān, known as [Abū Ḥanīfa](/source/Ab%C5%AB_%E1%B8%A4an%C4%ABfa) (699—767), founder of the Sunni Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence
*[Qadi al-Nu'man](/source/Qadi_al-Nu'man) (died 974), Isma'ili jurist, official historian of the Fatimid caliphs
*[Köprülü Numan Pasha](/source/K%C3%B6pr%C3%BCl%C3%BC_Numan_Pasha) (1670-1719), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
*[Noman Çelebicihan](/source/Noman_%C3%87elebicihan) (1885-1918), Crimean Tatar politician
*[Ahmad Muhammad Numan](/source/Ahmad_Muhammad_Numan) (1909-1996), twice Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic
*[Yasin Said Numan](/source/Yasin_Said_Numan) (born 1948), Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1986-1990
*[Numan Gumaa](/source/Numan_Gumaa) (1937-2014) Egyptian lawyer and politician
*[Mohamed Noman Galal](/source/Mohamed_Noman_Galal) (born 1943), Egyptian diplomat and author
*[Numan Kurtulmuş](/source/Numan_Kurtulmu%C5%9F) (born 1959), Turkish politician
*[Noman Mubashir](/source/Noman_Mubashir) (born 1974), Pakistani-Norwegian journalist
*[Noman Bashir](/source/Noman_Bashir), Pakistani admiral
*[Nomanul Haq](/source/Nomanul_Haq) (born 1948), Pakistani-American historian
*[Marwan Abdullah Abdulwahab Noman](/source/Marwan_Abdullah_Abdulwahab_Noman), Yemeni diplomat
*[No'man Ashour](/source/No'man_Ashour) (1918-1987), Egyptian poet and playwright
*[Noman Benotman](/source/Noman_Benotman) (born 1967), Libyan politician
*[Noman Masood](/source/Noman_Masood) (born 1968), Pakistani television actor
*[Noman Ijaz](/source/Noman_Ijaz) (born 1965), Pakistani television and film actor
*[Nouman Ali Khan](/source/Nouman_Ali_Khan) (born 1978), Pakistani-American Muslim speaker
*[Nimcaan Yusuf Osman](/source/Nimcaan_Yusuf_Osman) (born 1985), [Chief of the General Staff](/source/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Somaliland)) of the [Somaliland Armed Forces](/source/Somaliland_Armed_Forces) since January 23, 2025.<ref name="pl202501232">{{Cite news |author= |date=2025-01-23 |title=Madaxweyne Cirro oo magacaabay Taliyaha Ciidamada & Taliyaha Booliska Somaliland |trans-title=President Cirro appoints Somaliland's Chief of Army and Police |url=https://www.puntlandes.com/?p=111347 |access-date=2025-03-20 |work=Puntlandes}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Order of Al Nu'man](/source/Order_of_Al_Nu'man), an Omani order awarded to diplomats
*[Nuaman](/source/Nuaman), name of a Palestinian hamlet outside Jerusalem
*[Numan (disambiguation)](/source/Numan_(disambiguation)), another spelling of the name
*[Ma`arrat an-Nu`man](/source/Ma%60arrat_an-Nu%60man), city in Syria
*[Naaman (disambiguation)](/source/Naaman_(disambiguation))
*[Nomani](/source/Nomani)

==References==
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Category:Arabic-language masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Pakistani masculine given names

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