Ubayd Allah

Ubayd Allah (Arabic: عبيد الله), also spelled or transliterated Obaidullah, Obaydullah, Obeidallah, or Ubaydullah, is a male Arabic given name that means "little servant of God".

Given name

• Obaidullah (detainee), an Afghan detainee held in Guantanamo
• Obaidullah (Bangladeshi cricketer), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Obaidullah (Pakistani cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
• Obaidullah (Kandahar politician), elected to Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga in 2005
• Ubayd-Allah ibn Abd-Allah, sahaba
• Obaidullah Akhund, Afghan defence minister
• Obaidullah Aleem, Pakistani poet
• Obaidullah Baig, Pakistani writer
• Abū 'Ubayd 'Abd Allāh al-Bakrī, Andalusian-Arab geographer and historian
• Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah, founder of the Fatimid dynasty
• Obeid Allah ibn al-Habhab, important Umayyad official in Egypt from 724 to 734
• Ubaydah ibn al-Harith, son of Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib
• Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh, brother of Zaynab bint Jahsh
• Azmi Maulana Obaidullah Khan, Indian National Congress politician
• Obaidullah Karimi, Afghan footballer
• Ubayd Allah Abu Marwan, Spanish military personnel
• Obaidullah Rameen, Afghan politician
• Obaidullah Sarwar, Pakistani cricketer
• Ubayd-Allah ibn Ziyad, a son of Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan

Surname

• Abu Zafar Obaidullah, Bangladeshi writer
• Dean Obeidallah, American comedian

Patronymics

• Habibah binte Ubayd-Allah, daughter of Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh
• Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah, a companion of Muhammad
• Amr ibn Ubayd, one of the earliest leaders in the "rationalist" theological movement of the Mu'tazilis