Abu Bakr (name)

Abu Bakr (Template:Lang-ar) was a sahabah, one of the companions of Muhammad and the first Caliph of Islam. His real name was Abdullah or Abul-Kaaba and Abu Bakr was his kunya. Abu Bakr translates as one who does things the earliest, a name given since he was the first adult man to believe in Muhammad's teachings without question or doubt.

The name is widely used by Sunni Muslims. Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, Aboubacar etc. The two parts of the name can be written together, hyphenated, or separately. He was also father-in-law of Muhammad through Aisha.

Persons with the name

People with the name include:

Early Islam and Medieval

• Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr (died 633), son of caliph Abu Bakr
• Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (died 658), son of caliph Abu Bakr
• Abu Bakr ibn Ali (died 680), in the List of casualties in Hussain's army at the Battle of Karbala
• Abu Bakr ibn Hasan ibn Ali (died 680), in the List of casualties in Hussain's army at the Battle of Karbala
• Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (died 737), Sunni Islamic scholar based in Madinah
• Abu Bakr al-Khallal (died 923), Muslim jurist
• Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid (ca. 860-936), Iraqi scholar of Islamic studies
• Abu Bakr Muhammad (died 941), Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan and governor of Samanid Khurasan
• Abu Bakr al-Sajistani (died 941), Islamic scholar
• Abu Bakr Shibli (861-946), Sufi of Persian descent, disciple of Junayd Baghdadi
• Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (880-946), Arab shatranj player
• Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia (died 997), historian and author born in Córdoba, Spain
• Abu Bakr Ahmed ibn 'Ali ibn Qays al-Wahshiyah, or Ibn Wahshiyya (9th/10th centuries), Iraqi alchemist, agriculturalist, farm toxicologist, egyptologist and historian
• Abu Bakr al-Alami al-Idrissi (died 10th-century),ancestor of the Alami Sayyids of Morocco and leader of the Beni Arrous tribe
• Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi (late 10th Century), Bukhara Sufi, author of the Kitab at-ta'arruf
• Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Baqillani (930-1013), Iraqi Islamic scholar, theologian and logician
• Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Furak (941-1015) Muslim Imam, specialist of Arabic language, grammar and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a hadith scholar from the Shafi'i Madhab
• Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin Azraqi (died 1072), Persian poet
• Abu Bakr ibn Umar (died 1087), Moroccan Almoravid ruler
• Abu Bakr Muhammad at-Turtushi (1059–1127), Muslim jurist and political theorist from Tortosa, Spain
• Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076-1148), judge and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus
• Abu Bakr Abd al-Malik ibn Quzman (1078–1160) poet in al-Andalus
• Abû Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣâ’igh at-Tûjîbî Ibn Bâjja al-Tujibi, known as Avempace, (ca. 1085–1138), Andalusian polymath: whose writings cover astronomy, physics, psychology, music, etc.
• Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Tufail al-Qaisi al-Andalusi; (1105–1185), Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher
• Abu Bakr al-Hassar or Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyash al Hassar (12th century), Muslim mathematician from Morocco
• al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu-Bakr ibn Ayyub or Al-Adil I (1145–1218), Ayyubid-Egyptian general, brother of Saladin
• Abu Bakr Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (1200-1261), Muslim theologian in Spain
• Saif ad-Dīn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr b. Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad or Al-Adil II (1221?-1248), Ayyubid sultan of Egypt
• Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy (1231–1260), ruler of Shiraz
• Abu Bakr (mansa) (died 1285), Emperor of the Mali Empire
• Abu Bakr II (died 1312?), Emperor of the Mali Empire
• Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr, known as Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya (1292–1350), Sunni Islamic jurist, astronomer, chemist, philosopher, psychologist and theologian
• Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr (ca. 1321-1341), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
• Abu Bakr ibn Faris (died 1359), Marinid Sultan of Morocco
• Abu Bakr Shah (died 1390), ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty
• Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami (1335–1404), Sunni Shafi`i Islamic scholar from Cairo
• Aboobakuru I of the Maldives (died 1443?), sultan of Maldives during 1443
• Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (1447–1508), Hadhrami religious scholar of Sufism and poet
• Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat (died after 1514), ruler in eastern Central Asia, an amir of the Dughlat tribe
• Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad (died 1526), sultan of Adal
• Abu Bakr Mirza (died 1602), self-declared Shah of Shirvan after downfall of Kavus Mirza
• Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Abu Bakr al-Dila'i (died 1671), head of the zawiyya of Dila, Morocco
• Abu Bakr Ibn Braham^(Commons) (died 1691), map maker

Eighteenth Century to Modern

• Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr (died 1809), Sultan of Pate, Kenya
• Abu Bakr Atiku (1782–1842), sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani Empire
• Abu Bakr II ibn `Abd al-Munan (died 1852), emir of Harar
• Ahmad III ibn Abu Bakr (died 1866), emir of Harar
• Abu Bakr Effendi (1814–1880), Osmanli qadi in the Cape of Good Hope from 1862 to 1880
• Abu Bakar of Johor (1833–1895), Sultan of Johor
• Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi, or just Mulla Effendi (1863-1942), Kurdish Muslim cleric, Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer and politician
• Abu Bakar bin Taha (1882–1956), Yemen-born Islamic educator in Singapore
• Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem (1897-1975), Pakistani political scientist and first vice-chancellor of Karachi University
• Abu Bakar of Pahang (1904–1974), Sultan of Pahang
• Abu Bakr Khairat (1910-1963), Egyptian composer of classical music
• Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966), first prime minister of independent Nigeria
• Kottumala Aboobacker Musliyar (Kottumala Usthad) (1918-1987), leader of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, Kerala, India
• Abu Bakar Bashir (born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric
• Datti Abubakar (1939-2005), Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria
• Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (born 1939), Yemeni politician and sometime Prime Minister
• Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar (born 1939), leader of one of the traditionalist Sunni (Sufi) Muslims (shafi) in Kerala, India
• Abubakar Rimi (1940–2010), Nigerian politician
• Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (born 1942), Yemeni politician
• Abdulsalami Abubakar (born 1942), Nigerian general and politician
• Aboubacar Somparé (born 1944), Guinean politician, President of the National Assembly
• Abu Bakar bin Abdul Jamal (born 1946), admiral in the Malaysian Navy
• Atiku Abubakar (born 1946), Nigerian politician
• Boubaker Ayadi (born 1949), Tunisian author
• Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician
• Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (1952-2011), Libyan Minister of Defence under Gaddafi
• Sa'adu Abubakar (born 1956), Sultan of Sokoto in northern Nigeria
• Abu Bakr, name used by Australian militant activist Abdul Nacer Benbrika (born ca. 1960)
• Aboubakr Jamaï (born 1968), Moroccan journalist and banker
• Abu Bakker Qassim (born 1969), Uyghur who was held in Guantanamo Bay
• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (born 1971), caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
• Abu Bakr Mansha (born 1983/1984), convicted under the British Terrorism Act 2000
• Abu Bakr Baira, Libyan politician, Acting President of the Council of Deputies of Libya
• Abu-Bakr al-Mansouri, Libyan politician, secretary for Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Marine Resources
• Yasin Abu Bakr, leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani, Nigerian diplomat
• Abu Bakr As-sudani, also known as Ahmed Babikir, Sudanese-born British Islamic scholar, Imam and murshid
• Aboubacar Doumbia, also known as Abou Nidal, Ivorian singer
• Roqia Abubakr, one of the first four women elected to parliament in Afghanistan

Footballers and other athletes

• Abu Bakr Ratib (active 1928), Egyptian fencer
• Abubakar Al-Mass(born 1955), Yemeni footballer
• Aboubacar Cissé (born 1969), Ivorian footballer
• Aboubacar Titi Camara, (born 1972), Guinean footballer
• Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (born 1977), Guinean football referee
• Abubaker Tabula (born 1980), Ugandan footballer
• Aboubacar Guindo (born 1981), Malian footballer
• Abubakari Yakubu (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer
• Abubakr Al Abaidy (born 1981), Libyan footballer
• Aboubacar Bangoura (footballer) (born 1982), Guinean international footballer
• Abubakari Yahuza (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
• Aboubacar Tandia (born 1983), French footballer
• Aboubacar Sylla (born 1983), Guinean footballer
• Abubaker Ali Kamal (born 1983), Qatari runner who has specialized in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase
• Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 1985), Guinean footballer
• Radanfah Abu Bakr (born 1987), Trinidadian footballer
• Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
• Me Aboubacar Diomande (born 1988), Ivorian footballer
• Aboubacar Camara (footballer born 1988) (born 1988), Guinean footballer
• Abubaker Kaki Khamis (born 1989), Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres
• Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar (born 1990), Malaysian footballer

Other uses

• Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique, mosque in Flushing, Queens, New York
• Abu Bakar Royal Mosque, Pahang, Malaysia
• Saidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq Mosque, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque, Johor, Malaysia
• Sultan Abu Bakar Complex, customs, immigration and quarantine complex, Malaysia
• Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
• BNS Abu Bakar (1982), Bangladeshi warship
• BNS Abu Bakar (2014), Bangladeshi warship
• Muhammad Abu Bakar (1991), pakistan,islamabad. E-commerce at igate.

See also

• Boubacar, West African version of the same name