Sadat (Arabic: سادات) is a suffix, which is given to families[clarification needed] believed to be descendants of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. In Iran, after the revolution, it is mandatory to mention "Seyed" or "Sadat" in the names of seyeds or sadats whose descent from Muhammad has been mentioned in ID cards of their fathers or parental grandfathers.[1]
It can also be a given name in some countries.
Afghan ethnic name[edit]
Sadat is a recognized ethnic name in Afghanistan [2][3]
Notable people with this name[edit]
- Sadat Abul Masud (active 1972), Indian judge
- Sadat Bukari (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
- Sadat Hossain (born 1984), Bangladeshi author, film-maker and novelist
- Sadat Karim (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer
- Sadat Mansoor Naderi (born 1977), Afghan businessman
- Sadat Ouro-Akoriko (born 1988), Togolese footballer
- Anwar Sadat (1918–1981), former President of Egypt
- Jehan Sadat (1933–2021), widow of Anwar Sadat
- Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat, Egyptian politician
- Atef Sadat, Egyptian Air Force pilot
- Nazmus Sadat (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Talaat Sadat (1954–2011), Egyptian politician
- Zallascht Sadat (born 1986), Afghan and German model
- Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem (1916–1997), Bangladeshi jurist and statesman
- Sadat Tebazaalwa (born 1985), Ugandan boxer
- Sadat X (born Derek Murphy, 1968), American rapper
See also[edit]
- Saadat (disambiguation)
- SADAT International Defense Consultancy, a Turkish private military company