Aswad (name)

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Aswad is a male Arabic given name that means "black" (also used for people of black complexion).

People named Aswad include:

• Aswad ibn Yazid (died 74/75 AH), narrator of hadith

People using it in their patronymic include:

• Miqdad ibn Aswad (died 33 AH), companion of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
• Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad (born 1952), former government minister in Iraq

Other uses of the word include:

• Al-Abd Al-Aswad, a form of torture noted in Syria^[1]
• Hajarul Aswad, the Black Stone at the Kaaba in Mecca
• Aswad, British reggae group
• Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)
• أيلول الأسود (aylūl al-aswad), Black September.

• Arabic name

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