Noor

Noor or Nour may refer to:

People

In fiction

  • Noor (play), the play by Akbar Ahmed
  • Noor, an album by the metal band Adorned Brood
  • Noor (film), a 2017 Bollywood film
  • Nour El Deen Mahmoud Nour El Deen, a fictional character in Malaf Al Mostakbal series
  • Nour, central character in spiritual Sufi text about the history of fire written by Ahmed El Bedawi; recently retold by Idries Shah
  • Nour, central character in J. M. G. Le Clézio's novel Désert
  • Noor, Arabic title for the Turkish soap opera Gümüş

Places

  • Noor, Iran, a city in northern Iran and capital of the Noor county
  • Noor County, a county in Mazandaran Province in Iran
  • Noor Castle, Sweden
  • Noor (Meuse), a river in the Netherlands and Belgium

Other uses

  • NOOR photo agency, a documentary photography collective and foundation
  • Noor (horse), an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Nūr (Islam), a concept in Islam
  • Noor (missile), a version of C-802
  • Noor (satellite), the first Iranian military satellite
  • Ouarzazate solar power station (Noor 1), a concentrated solar power station in Ouarzazate, Morocco
  • An-Nur (The Light), the 24th sura of the Qur'an
  • Kohinoor, one of the largest diamonds in the world, located on Queen Elizabeth II's Royal Crown

See also

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