Azad

Azad may refer to:

People

Mononym

• Azad (fl. 345), a eunuch and a companion in martyrdom of Simeon Barsabae
• Azad (Maoist) (1952–2010), alias Cherukuri Rajkumar, Spokesperson and Central Politburo member of the Communist Party of India
• Azad (rapper) (born 1974), German rapper of Iranian-Kurdish descent (formerly a member of Asiatic Warriors)

Given name

• Azad Khan Afghan (died 1781), Pashtun military leader
• Azad Ali, British Islamist

Surname

• Afshan Azad (born 1989), actress who played the character of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter films
• Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906–1931), Indian freedom-fighter
• Chandrashekhar Azad (social activist) (born 1986), Indian activist
• Humayun Azad (1947–2004), Bangladeshi author and scholar
• Mahmoud Mosharraf Azad Tehrani (1934–2006), Iranian poet
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958), Indian freedom-fighter
• Muhammad Husain Azad (1830–1910), Indian poet
• Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949), Indian politician associated with Congress party
• Kavi Kumar Azad (1972–2018), Indian actor famous for Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah TV series

Places

• Azadi Stadium, Iran's national and largest stadium
• Azad, Afghanistan
• Azat, Armenia
• Azad, Goranboy, Azerbaijan
• Azad, Goygol, Azerbaijan
• Azad, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran
• Azad, alternate name of Deh-e Azad, Hirmand, Iran
• Azad, West Azerbaijan, Iran
• Azad-e Olya, Zanjan Province, Iran
• Azad-e Sofla, Zanjan Province, Iran
• Azad Kashmir, disputed autonomous region within the state of Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan

Entertainment

• Azad (fictional game), a fictional game from the book The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
• Azadi (album), a 1997 album released by Pakistani rock band, Junoon
• Azad, a fictional region where most of the plot and gameplay of the videogame Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time takes place
• Azad (1940 film), a 1940 Hindi film
• Azad (2000 film), a 2000 Telugu film
• Azad (2017 film), a 2017 Pakistani film

Other uses

• The Azad, a Bengali newspaper founded in Kolkata and later became the leading daily in East Bengal
• Azad Hind, collaborationist provisional government of Free India led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose during World War II
• Azad Hind Fauj, Indian National Army organised by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
• Islamic Azad University, a private university system in Iran
• Azad TV News, Hindi language news channel in India
• Tirilazad

See also

• Azaad (disambiguation)
• Azat (disambiguation)
• Azd, an Arabian tribe