- Imam ( 811 – 835 ), ninth Shia Imam .
- ( 1162 – 1206 ), Persian conqueror and Sultan between 1171 and 1206
- , also '''Khwarizm-Shah''', (???– 1220 ) last ruler of Khwarezmia , committed suicide after being defeated by Genghis Khan
- ( 1207 – 1273 ), Persian poet and Sufi mystic from Balkh , Persia in modern Afghanistan
- (nicknamed ''Kirisci'', "the Executioneer," died 1421 ), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- (nicknamed ''el-Fatih'', "the Conqueror," 1432 – 1481 ), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1444 to 1446 , and later from 1451 to 1481
- , also called Mohommed Toure the Great, (c. 1442 - 1538 ), king of the Songhai Empire ( 1493 - 1528 )
- , ruled the Songhai Empire from 1531 to 1537
- ( 1505 – 1579 ) was the Grand Vizier of Suleiman The Magnificent and Selim II
- ( 1566 – 1603 ), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 – 1603 , notorious for having his sixteen brothers strangled upon his succession
- (nicknamed ''Avci'', "the Hunter," 1642 – 1693 ), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687
- ( 1703 – 1792 ), the founder of the Wahhabi movement
- ( 1769 – 1849 ), Viceroy of Egypt , sometimes considered the founder of modern Egypt
- ( 1861 – 1926 ), last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire , from 1918 – 1922
- ( 1876 – 1948 ), India n Muslim Nationalist , and Pakistan 's first Governor-General
- ( 1877 – 1938 ), India n Muslim Poet from the Colonial Era , considered one of the founding fathers of Pakistan
- ( 1882 – 1967 ), prime minister of Iran from 1951 – 1953
- (known as ''Malek osh-Sho'ara'', " Poet Laureate ", 1886 – 1951 ), Iran ian Poet , Politician , Mathematician , Logic ian, Journalist , Essayist , and Historian
- ( 1891 ?–after 1934 ), Preacher and founder of the Black Nationalist movement the Nation Of Islam
- ( 1895 ?– 1968 ), Yemen i immigrant to Saudi Arabia , and wealthy investor, businessman and Patriarch of the Bin Laden Family
- ( 1897 – 1975 ) leader of the Nation Of Islam , 1934 – 1975
- ( 1901 – 1984 ), first President of the Republic of Egypt , in 1953 .
- (known by his Pen Name ''Shahriar'', 1906 – 1988 ), Iran ian Poet , writing in Persian and Azerbaijani
- ( 1909 – 1963 ), Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 – 1955
- ( 1913 – 1981 ), General and Politician in the Communist Albanian Party Of Labour
- ( 1914 –), the last King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973
- ( 1918 – 1981 ), Egypt ian Politician and President from 1970 to 1981
- ( 1919 – 1980 ), the second and last Shah Of Iran , ruling from 1941 until 1979
- ( 1919 / 1921 ?– 1995 ), self-proclaimed Socialist president of Somalia from 1969 to 1991
- ( 1920 – 2003 ), probably Algeria 's most prolific and well-known Writer .
- General ( 1924 – 1988 ) ruled Pakistan from 1977 to 1988 under Martial Law
- ( 1924 – 1980 ), India n Bollywood Playback Singer
- ( 1929 –), Egypt ian-born, Swiss -based millionaire.
- ( 1929 –), President of Pakistan from 1998 – 2001
- ( 1931 –), prominent contemporary Muslim Philosopher and thinker from Malaysia
- Ayatollah ( 1939 – 2003 ) was the foremost Shia Muslim leader in Iraq until his Assassination in a Terrorist bombing.
- Ayatollah ( 1940 ?– 2004 ), Iran ian cleric and Reformist politician
- (né Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., 1942 –), American heavyweight Boxer
- ( 1942 –), Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency
- ( 1943 –), the President Of Iran since 1997 to 2005
- ( 1947 –), exiled president of Western Sahara since 1982
- (né Dwight Braxton, 1953 –), former world Boxing champion
- ( 1954 –), Egypt ian Musician and Actor
- ( 1958 –), Turkish militant who shot Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square in a May 13 , 1981 Assassination attempt.
- Mullah ( 1959 –), Afghanistan's Taliban i De Facto Head Of State from 1996 – 2001
- ( 1964 / 1965 –), Al-Qaeda Terrorist leader who was accused of being "the principal architect of the 9/11 Attacks ."
- ( 1965 –), British actor
- ( 1968 – 2001 ), suicide pilot of The First Plane to crash into the World Trade Center in the September 11 , 2001 Terrorist Attacks
- ( 1984 –), Bangladesh i Cricket er
- is a port city located 15 miles northeast of Casablanca in western Morocco
- (''Jaish-e-Mohammad'') is a Guerrilla organization that has been operating in Iraq against U.S. -led occupying forces since at least mid 2003
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