Asadullah

Asadullāh (Arabic: أَسَدُ ٱلله), also written Asadollah, Assadullah or Asad Ullah, is a male Muslim given name meaning Lion of Allah.

The name was initially used to refer to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's closest kinsmen, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Ali ibn Abi Talib.

Initially, the title was first given to Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Muhammad's uncle. After the Battle of the Trench, when Ali defeated Amr ibn Abd al-Wud, Muhammad reportedly gave Ali the name Asadullah (Lion of God) and praised him, saying 'Ali's strike on Amr ibn Abd al-Wud is greater than the worship of both mankind and jinn until the Day of Judgement.'

The name 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
• Assadullah Amin, Afghan communist, director of KAM
• Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani (born 1942), Iranian theologian
• Assad-Allah Imani (born 1947) Iranian Shia Cleric, Assembly of Experts Member
• Asadulla Al Galib (born 1998), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948), Bangladeshi professor of Arabic, accused of support for Islamic militancy
• Asadullah Khan (born 1984), Afghan cricketer
• Asadullah Jan, Pakistani held in Guantanamo (ISN 47)
• Asad Ullah, Afghan held in Guantanamo (ISN 912)
• Asadullah Bhutto, Pakistani politician
• Asadullah Khalid, Afghan provincial governor
• Asadullah Hamdam, Afghan provincial governor
• Assadullah Wafa, Afghan provincial governor
• Asadullah (Afghan cricketer), Afghan cricketer
• Asadullah (Pakistani cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
• Asadollah Mikaeili, known as Darius Mikaeili, Iranian footballer
• A fictional character from the movie Office Space, who is referenced in a quote by the character Samir.

  You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds, and then take the other half over to my friend Asadullah who works in securities...

  — Samir (Ajay Naidu), Office Space (1999)