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Zaman

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ145379
Source-derived summary

Zaman, an Arabic and Hebrew word (زمان or זמן) for time, era, or life may refer to:

Organizations

Zaman International School, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Zaman (newspaper), a Turkish newspaper with international editions

Today's Zaman, the English-language edition

Zaman (Cyprus), Turkish Cypriot newspaper

People

Akramozzaman (Akram uz-Zaman), Meghalayan Bengali politician

Arif Zaman, Pakistani mathematician

Atiq-uz-Zaman (born 1975), Pakistani cricketer

Azad Zaman (1973/74–2021), Meghalayan Bengali politician

Baby Zaman (1923–2013), Bengali actor and producer

Badar uz Zaman (1940–2023), Pakistani classical singer and musicologist

Badruzzaman Badol (born 1969), Bangladeshi High Court justice

C. B. Zaman (1945–2024), Bangladeshi film director, actor, and model

Daulat Zaman (1947–2002), Bengali cricketer

Dilara Zaman (born 1943), Bangladeshi actress

Dina Zaman (born 1969), Malaysian writer

Fakhar Zaman (poet) (born 1943), Pakistani poet and novelist

Fakhar Zaman (cricketer) (born 1990), Pakistani cricketer

Fakhruzzaman Chowdhury (1940–2014), Bangladeshi author

Farhan Zaman (born 1992), Pakistani squash player

Farrukh Zaman (born 1956), Pakistani cricketer

Hisham Zaman (born 1975), Kurdish-Norwegian filmmaker

Mansoor Zaman (born 1980), Pakistani squash player

Mian Yawar Zaman (born 1961), Pakistani politician

Mohammed Zaman (1965–2010), Afghan military leader and politician

Muhammad Zaman (fl. 1680–1700), Persian calligrapher and painter

Munawwaruz Zaman (1950–1994), Pakistani field hockey player

Niaz Zaman, Bangladeshi academic

Qamar Zaman (born 1952), Pakistani squash player

Raja Sikander Zaman (1935–2007), Pakistani politician

Rustam Zaman (fl.

Editorial summary

“Zaman” enters the record as wikimedia disambiguation page. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Zaman, Wikimedia and disambiguation can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975, 1973, 2021, 1923—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Zaman, Wikimedia and disambiguation.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Zaman” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Zaman, Wikimedia and disambiguation provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q145379. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1975, 1973, 2021 and 1923.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Zaman” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.