What is "inal"

Inal may refer to:

• Inal (name)
• Inal, Mauritania, a village and rural commune in Mauritania
• Beylik of İnal, small principality in eastern Anatolia, part of Turkey
• Prince Inal, Circassian prince
• Sayf ad-Din Inal, Mamluk sultan

Inal is both a given name and a surname. In the Turkish context the name Inal is a product of an onomastic-hygiene movement initiated following the formation of the Turkish Republic to replace Arabic name Emin with which it shares common meaning, ‘to believe.’

Notable people with the name include:

• İnal Batu (1936-2013), Turkish diplomat and politician
• Inal Dzhioyev (born 1969), Russian footballer
• Inal Getigezhev (born 1987), Russian footballer
• Inal Pukhayev (born 1992), Russian footballer

• Sayf ad-Din Inal (1381-1461), Burji Sultan of Egypt reigned 1453–1461
• Ibrahim Inal (died 1060), Seljuk warlord
• Bülent İnal (born 1973), Turkish actor