Wali (disambiguation)
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Wali is an Arabic word meaning custodian, protector, or helper. In English, it most often means a Muslim saint or holy person. It has sometimes been extended to mean the tomb or shrine of such a man.
Wali or WALI may also refer to:
- Al-Walī (Arabic:الولي) and Al-Wālī (Arabic:الوالي), are two related names of God in Islam
- Wāli, an administrative title used by the Arabic and Ottoman Caliphates
- WALI, a radio station in Walterboro, South Carolina, United States
- Wali (band), an Indonesian band
- Wali, Mauritania, an alternate spelling of Waly Diantang, a village in the Gorgol Region
- Wali, weli or welli, a synonym for a Muslim mazar (mausoleum), used in Palestine and in older Western scholarly literature
People
- Wali Mohammed Wali, a classical Urdu poet
- Kameshwar C. Wali, theoretical physicist
See also
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