Abu Zayd
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Abu Zayd could refer to:
- Abū Zayd ‘Abdu r-Raḥman bin Muḥammad bin Khaldūn Al-Hadrami (1332–1406), Arab polymath
- Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (b. 850), Persian Muslim polymath
- Abu Zayd Hassan, 9 c. merchant known for leaving an account on the Guangzhou massacre
- Abu Zayd al-Hilali, 11th-century Arab leader
- ’Abū Zayd Ḥunayn ibn ’Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (809–873), Nestorian scholar, physician, and scientist
- Abū Zayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Zayd (fl. 1186 - 1219), Persian potter
Modern era[edit]
- Abu Zayd al-Hilali (film), 1947 Egyptian film about the 11th-century Arab leader
- Abuzed Omar Dorda (b. 1944), Libyan prime minister and permanent representative to the United Nations
- Hikmat Abu Zayd (b. 1922), Egyptian Minister of Social Affairs and first female cabinet member
- Nasr Abu Zayd, (b. 1943, d. 2010), an Egyptian Qur'anic scholar persecuted for his liberal interpretation of Islam
- Abu Zaid Al-Kuwaiti (d. 2005), Kuwaiti Salafist Jihad fighter and suspected al-Qaeda agent
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