# Sadeq

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**Sadeq** is an Arabic and Iranian given name and surname which is most common in [Iran](/source/Iran), [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), and Arab countries. [Sadiq](/source/Sadiq_(name)) and [Sadegh](/source/Sadegh) are another variant. It is the adjective form of the root word [صدق] which means truthfulness, so it means truthful.

Notable people with the name include:

## Titular

- [Sadeq Khan](/source/Sadeq_Khan), a Faujdar of the Mughal Bengal's Sylhet Sarkar
- [Sadeq Mohammad Khan IV](/source/Sadeq_Mohammad_Khan_IV) (1861–1899), 10th Nawab of Bahawalpur who ruled the Bahawalpur State
- [Sadeq Khan Zand](/source/Sadeq_Khan_Zand) (died 1781), also known as Mohammad Sadeq, the fifth Shah of the Zand dynasty from 1779 to 1781

## Given name

- [Sadeq Ali](/source/Sadeq_Ali) (died 1862), Bengali writer, poet and district judge from 19th century
- [Sadeq Amin Abu Rass](/source/Sadeq_Amin_Abu_Rass) (born 1952), Yemeni politician, Chairperson of the Sana'a-based General People’s Congress
- [Sadeq Chubak](/source/Sadeq_Chubak) (1916–1998), sometimes Sādegh Choubak (1916–1998), Iranian author of short fiction, drama, and novels
- [Sadeq Khalilian](/source/Sadeq_Khalilian) (born 1959), Iranian economist, academic, politician and government minister
- [Sadeq Kia](/source/Sadeq_Kia) (1920–2002), Iranian man of letters, professor of Iranian languages
- [Sadeq Naihoum](/source/Sadeq_Naihoum) (1937–1994), Libyan writer and journalist
- [Sadeq Rohani](/source/Sadeq_Rohani) (1926–2022), or Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Sadeq Hussaini Rohani, Iranian Twelver Shia Marja
- [Sadeq Sayeed](/source/Sadeq_Sayeed) (born 1953), Pakistani-born banker and businessman
- [Sadeq Tabatabaei](/source/Sadeq_Tabatabaei) (1943–2015), Iranian writer, journalist, TV host, university professor

## Middle name

- [Ahmed Sadeq Al Khamri](/source/Ahmed_Sadeq_Al_Khamri) (born 1992), Yemeni footballer
- [Ali Sadeq Benwan](/source/Ali_Sadeq_Benwan) (born 1991), Iraqi footballer
- [Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr](/source/Mohammad_Mohammad_Sadeq_al-Sadr) (1943–1999), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a cleric of the rank of Grand Ayatollah

## Surname

- [Hamed Sadeq](/source/Hamed_Sadeq) (born 1971), Kuwaiti sprinter
- [Moain Sadeq](/source/Moain_Sadeq) (born 1955), Palestinian archaeologist

## Village

- [Sadeq, Iran](/source/Sadeq,_Iran), Sadeq (Persian: صادق, also [Romanized](/source/Romanization) as *Şādeq*) is a village in Ahudasht Rural District, Shavur District, Shush County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.

## See also

- [Sadegh (disambiguation)](/source/Sadegh_(disambiguation))
- [Sadek (disambiguation)](/source/Sadek_(disambiguation))
- [Sadiq (disambiguation)](/source/Sadiq_(disambiguation))
- [Siddiq (name)](/source/Siddiq_(name))
- [Siddique (disambiguation)](/source/Siddique_(disambiguation))

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