Amir Qayyum

Amir Qayyum (born 1981) was a Pakistani serial killer who killed 14 homeless men in Lahore, Pakistan.

Biography

Amir Qayyum was born in 1981 in Pakistan. As a child, Qayyum was abandoned by his father and went to live with his uncle Dr. Shahid. Qayyum displayed violent tendencies at a young age and was thrown out of school. He would also be thrown out of his house by his brothers and sisters after he would beat them up. On September 25, 2003, Shahid and a friend were murdered by unidentified assailants. On February 28, 2004 a suspect named Hafiz Abid was arrested but shot and killed himself in a police van after taking a gun from a sleeping policeman. His uncle's murder caused Qayyum to want to take revenge against society. From June to July 2005, Amir Qayyum killed 14 homeless men with bricks or stones and was known as "The brick killer". He was caught after assaulting a man with a stone. He was sentenced to death on May 10, 2006.

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Qayyum

Qayyum may be the second half of the male Muslim given name

Also, it's one of the names of God in Islam - Al-Qayyūm (Arabic: القيوم), meaning "Subsisting" or "Independent".

In modern times it is sometimes used as an independent surname, by for example

In Sufism, specially in the Naqshbandi tradition, it is a special term:

Abdul Qayyum

Abdul Qayyum (Arabic: عبد القيوم ‎) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Qayyum. The name means "servant of the eternal", Al-Qayyūm being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part can be transliterated Qayum, Qayoom, Qayyoom, Gayoom, or in other ways, and the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

Qayyum (Sufism)

A Qayyum (pronounced Qayyoom, Arabic/Urdu: قیوم) is a special spiritual position in Sufism, especially in the Naqshbandi tradition. The term was first coined by Ahmed Sirhindi, who was the first qayyum. According to him, a qayyum is a dignitary upon whom the whole order of existence depends. The word is derived from Al-Qayyum, a name of God in Islam that has the same meaning. According to the doctrine, only one qayyum is alive at any particular time.

The first four qayyums

The first qayyum was Ahmed Sirhindi (d. 1034 AH). The second was Ahmed Sirhindi's third son, Khwaja Muhammad Masum Faruqi (d.1099 AH), who was followed by his son Khwaja Muhammad Hujjat-ullah Naqshband (d.1115 AH). The fourth qayyum was Khwaja Muhammad Zubair (d.1152 AH), the grandson of Khwaja Naqshband.

Other claimed Qayyums

Several other influential Sufis have claimed the title of qayyum.

Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan Shaheed

Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (d. 1195 AH) was an important saint of the Naqshbandi Sufi order in the 18th century. He was also a renowned poet of modern Urdu. Shah Waliullah, an Islamic scholar contemporary with Mirza Mazhar, is quoted as saying, "As far as I can see, and I can see the seven continents, there is no saint today like Mirza Mazhar."

Emir

Emir (/əˈmɪər, eɪˈmɪər, ˈeɪmɪər/; Arabic: أمير‎ ʾAmīr [ʔæˈmiːr]), sometimes transliterated (olowan, Datu in Meranau common version) Amir, Amier or Ameer, is an aristocratic or noble title of high office used in a variety of places in the Arab countries and Afghanistan. It means commander, general, or prince. The feminine form is Emira (أميرة ʾAmīrah). When translated as prince, the word "emirate" is analogous to a sovereign principality.

Origins

Amir, meaning "Lord" or "commander-in-chief", is derived from the Arabic root a-m-r, "command". Originally simply meaning commander-in-chief or leader, usually in reference to a group of people, it came to be used as a title for governors or rulers, usually in smaller states, and in modern Arabic is analogous to the English word "prince". The word entered English in 1593, from the French émir. It was one of the titles or names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Princely, ministerial and noble titles

Amir (Iranian Army)

Amir (Persian: امير‎‎; Previously: Timsar, Persian: تيمسار‎‎), is the honorific title used for officer of high rank, ranking 2nd Brigadier General and higher in the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. The title is also used to address Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran commanders, except for those who previously have served in the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, where "Sardar" is equivalent to the title. Amirs are often graduates of the University of Command and Staff (DAFOOS).

Ranks being addressed by the title in Ground Force, Air Force and Air Defense Base include:

Ranks being addressed by the title in the Navy include:

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Amir (name)

Amir (also spelled Ameer or Emir, Arabic: أمير‎, Turkish: Emir, Persian: امير‎‎, Hebrew: אמיר‎, pronounced [aːmˈiːr]) is a masculine name with two meanings, one is Arabic/Hebraic origin derived from the three letters AMR which means 'to give orders' or a "Prince". The title Emir in Arabic, which is essentially the same word as Amir, therefore means: "one who gives orders". It also means summit of a tree in Hebrew; and other one in Persian is pronounced in the same way but it has a different meaning, it consists of two parts; "A" which means "Un" and "mir" which is the root of the verb "Mordan مُرَدن" ( to die ), so Amir in Persian means the one who [his spirit and his memory] will never die.

Given name