Abdul Jabbar
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Abdul Jabbar (Arabic: عبد الجبار ) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Jabbar. The name means "servant of the All-compeller", Al-Jabbar being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1][2]
The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Jabbar, Jabar or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
People with this name include:
- Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad (935-1025), Iraqi Qadi and religious author
- Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (1882–1958), Pakistani politician
- Abdul Jabbar Khan (1902–1984), Pakistani politician
- Abdul Jabbar (activist) (1919–1952), Bengali-language demonstrator
- Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar (1935–1970), Saudi political prisoner
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), American basketball player
- Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (born 1954), Afghan politician
- Karim Abdul-Jabbar, a previous name of Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (born 1974), American footballer
- Abdul Jabar (Qala-i-Jangi captive) (born 1975), Afghan
- Haidar Abdul-Jabar (born 1976), Iraqi footballer
- Ahmad Abdul-Jabar (born 1978), Iraqi footballer
- Abdul Jabbar (Canadian cricketer) (born 1983), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer
- Salar Abdul-Jabar (born 1988), Iraqi footballer
- Mohammed Abdul-Jabar (born 1990), Iraqi footballer
- Abdul Jabbar (singer), Bangladeshi singer
- Abdul Jabbar (Kalat cricketer), Pakistani
- Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar, Iraqi cleric
- Abdul Jabar Sabet, Afghan politician
- Abdul Jabbar Naeemi, Afghan politician
- Al-Haj Mamur Abdul Jabar Shulgari, Afghan politician
- Abdul Jabar (torture victim), Afghan held in Bagram
[edit] References
- ^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
- ^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
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