‘Abdullah (name)

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Abdullah, Abdulah
Gender	Male
Meaning	servant of God
Related names	Abdullah, Abdulah, Abd Allah, Abdallah, and Abdalla
Popularity	Popular names page

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‘Abdullāh (عبد الله "servant of God", also spelled Abdullah, Abdulah, Abd Allah, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdulla and Abdalla) is a common Arabic name. Humility before God is an essential value of Islam, hence Abdullah is a favorite name among Muslims. The feminine equivalent is أمة الله Amat Allāh (also spelled Amatullah). The name is cognate to and has the same meaning as Hebrew language Abdiel.

The name was also used historically to call anyone whose name is not known.

Contents 1 Notable figures 2 Fictional 3 Other 4 See also

[edit] Notable figures

• ‘Abdullah (Chagatai Khanate) ( – 1359), ruler of the Chagatai
• ‘Abdullah (Timurid) (1410 – 1451), ruler of the Timurid Empire
• Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (1796 – 1854), an early 19th century Malay writer
• Abdullah I of Jordan (1882 – 1951), emir of Transjordan (1921–46), then King of Transjordan (1946–49), then King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1949–51)
• Abdullah II of Jordan (1962 – ), King of Jordan (1999–present)
• Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924 – ), King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Abdullah Abdullah (1960 – ), the former foreign minister of Afghanistan
• Sheikh Abdullah (1905 – 1982), known as Sher-e-Kashmir, Prime Minister of Kashmir
• Tewfik Abdullah (1896/97 – ), one of the first African soccer players in the UK and US
• Abu Bakr (573 – 634), also known as ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Quhaf
• Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib (545 – 570), the father of Muhammad
• Abdallah al-Adil (1224 – 1227), Caliph of Morocco
• Abdullah al-Amiri ( – ), a judge in the trial of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who was replaced after allegations of bias
• Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844 – 912), seventh Emir of Córdoba
• Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941 – 1989), an Islamist leader, assassinated in 1989
• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939 – ), the former prime minister of Malaysia
• Abdallah El-Yafi (1901 – 1986), former Lebanese Prime Minister
• Abdullah Gegić (1924 – 2008), a Yugoslav football coach who also had Turkish citizenship
• Abdullah Gül (1950 – ), President of the Republic of Turkey
• `Abd Allah ibn Rawahah ( – ), general in the Battle of Mut'ah
• Abdullah ibn Saud ( – 1818), the son of Said and foster-brother of Caliph Uthman ibn Affan, led the Muslim invasion of Libya from 647 to 648
• Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud ( – 652), a companion of Muhammad, also known as Abdullaah ibn Mas’ud
• Abdullah Muhasilović ( – ), was an ex-Yugoslav/Bosniak army chaplain or Imam best known for his involvement in the 13th Waffen-SS Division "Handschar"
• Abdullah Nakaš (1944 – 2005), was a Bosnian surgeon
• Abdullah Palić (1958 – 1995), was a Bosnian military officer during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Abdullah Sidran (1944 – ), is a Bosnian writer and poet
• Abdullah Öcalan (1948 – ), Kurdish opposition leader and founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party
• Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy ( – 631), a leading inhabitant of Medina and contemporary of Muhammad

[edit] Fictional

• Abdullah the Butcher, professional wrestler known to attack opponents with forks

[edit] Other

• Abdullah is also featured in the Land of Black Gold and The Red Sea Sharks in The Adventures of Tintin series, see Mohammed ben Kalish Ezab and Abdullah
• Abdullah (horse) (1970 – 2000), a horse that competed in the sport of show jumping
• Qaysān, Abdullah Qeissan, a town in Blue Nile State, south-eastern Sudan

[edit] See also

• Dasa

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