Sadeq

Sadeq is a masculine given name of Arabic origin. It is most commonly used in Iran, Pakistan, and Arab countries. It is the adjective form of the root word [صدق] which means truthfulness, and generally means truthful. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Sadeq Ali (died 1862), Bengali writer, poet, and judge
Sadeq Amani (1930–1965), Iranian political activist
Sadequl Arefin, Bangladeshi academic
Sadeq Chubak (1916–1998), sometimes Sādegh Choubak (1916–1998), Iranian author
Sadeq Ganji (1963–1990), Iranian diplomat
Sadeq Khalilian (born 1959), Iranian economist, academic, politician, and government minister
Sadeq Khan, a Faujdar of the Mughal Bengal's Sylhet Sarkar
Sadeq Mohammad Khan IV (1861–1899), 10th Nawab of Bahawalpur
Sadeq Kia (1920–2002), Iranian man of letters and professor of Iranian languages
Sadeq Mallallah (1970–1992), Saudi prisoner executed for apostasy
Sadeq Naihoum (1937–1994), Libyan writer and journalist
Sadeq Khan Qajar, Iranian military commander
Sadeq Amin Abu Rass (born 1952), Yemeni politician
Sadeq Rohani (1926–2022), Iranian Twelver Shia Marja
Sadeq Sayeed (born 1953), Pakistani banker and businessman
Sadeq Khan Shaqaqi (died 1800), chief of the Shaqaqi tribe and khan of Sarab
Sadeq Tabatabaei (1943–2015), Iranian writer, journalist, TV host, and university professor
Sadeq Khan Zand (died 1781), also known as Mohammad Sadeq, the fifth Shah of the Zand dynasty

Middle name

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

Surname

Hamed Sadeq (born 1971), Kuwaiti sprinter
Moain Sadeq (born 1955), Palestinian archaeologist

Places

Sadeq, Iran, Sadeq (Persian: صادق, also Romanized as Şādeq) is a village in Ahudasht Rural District, Shavur District, Shush County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.

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