Faiz

Faiz (Arabic: فائز) is a male Arabic name meaning "successful " and "winner" overflowing, plenty.^[3]

It is derived from its root word Faʾz (فأز which means "victorious".

• Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara (1862/63–1929), a Hazara historian, writer and intellectual
• Faiz El-Ghusein (1883–1968), an official of the Turkish Government
• Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911–1984), a Pakistani Urdu poet
• Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984), a Pakistani Islamic religious scholar
• Haji Faiz Mohammed (1932-), an Afghan man who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
• Faiz Ahmad (1946–1986), an Afghan Marxist–Leninist
• Faiz al-Hasan, Bangladeshi politician
• Faiz Ali Faiz (1962–), a Pakistani qawwali singer
• Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (1967–), a British Muslim scholar
• Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari (1975-), a Kuwaiti citizen who has been detained in Guantanamo Bay since 2002
• Valiullah Faiz Mahdavi (1978–2006), an Iranian political prisoner
• Ahmed Faiz (1979–), a Saudi Arabian long jumper
• Faiz Khaleed (1980–), a Malaysian military dentist, astronaut
• Faiz Fazal (1980–), an Indian cricketer
• Muhammad Faiz Nur Khalil (2008)
• Mohammed Faiz Alam Qadri (1965)

The name is particularly common among the royal and noble houses of South Asia.

Sovereigns:

• Al-Faiz (1149–1160), a Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty
• Nawab Faiz Ali Khan (Banganapalle), Nawab of Baganapalle (1686–1759)
• Nawab Faiz Ali Khan, Nawab of Jhajjar
• Nawab Faiz Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Dadri^[4]
• Emir Faiz Muhammad Khan, Emir of Khairpur (r.1894-1909)
• Emir Faiz Muhammad Khan II, Emir of Khairpur (r.1935-1947)
• Nawab Faiz Talb Khan, Nawab of Junagadh^[5]
• Nawab Faiz Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Bhopal (r.1742-1777)
• Nawab Faiz Talb Khan, Nawab of Pataudi
• Nawab Faiz'Ullah Khan, Nawab of Rampur

Princes and nobles:

• Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra, the Crown Prince of Kelantan
• Nawab Faiz ud Din Khan, Emir of Paigah^{[citation needed]}
• Faiz Beg Najm-i-Sani^{[citation needed]}
• Nawab Faiz Ali Khan Bahadur of Kotah^[6]
• Nawab Mir Faiz Ali Khan of Hyderabad^{[citation needed]}
• Sahibzada Faiz Muhammad Khan of Tonk^{[citation needed]}
• Mirza Faiz'ullah Beg Khan Bahadur of Loharu^{[citation needed]}
• Faiz'ullah Khan of Malerkotla son of Rasul Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Kasim Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Mehr Ilahi Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Imam Ali Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Mansab Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Barkat Ali Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Faiz Ali Khan of Malerkotla son of Shadal Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Hakim Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Faiz Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla son of Karim Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Khan Sahib Faiz' Ullah of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Fateh Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Khan Sahib Faiz Talib Khan of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Fateh Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Khan Sahib Muhammad Faiz Ali Khan of Malerkotla son of Sahibzada Himmat Khan of Malerkotla^{[citation needed]}
• Nawabzada Fateh Faiz bin Jung of Paigah^{[citation needed]}
• Mian Faiz Muhammad Khan of Bhopal State b.1840^{[citation needed]}
• Sahibzada Faiz Rashid Khan of Bhopal^{[citation needed]}
• Sahibzada Faiz Muhammad Khan of Bhopal^{[citation needed]}

• Fayez, a variant form
• Kamen Rider 555
• Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah

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