Yakub

Yakub (Arabic: يعقوب‎, also transliterated as Yaghoub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub and Yaqub) is the Arabic version of Jacob, the name of a biblical patriarch also venerated as a Prophet of Islam (see Jacob in Islam) and hence commonly used as a male given name in Arab and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname.

Nation of Islam

• Yakub (Nation of Islam) was, according to the Nation of Islam, a black scientist who lived 6,600 years ago and created the white race.

Other people with this given name

Medieval times

• Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari, Persian leader
• Ya'qub al-Mansur, Almohad caliph
• Yaqub Beg, Tajik adventurer
• Yaqub ibn Killis, Egyptian vizier
• Yaqūb ibn Tāriq, Persian astronomer and mathematician
• Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari

Modern times

• Yaqub al-Ghusayn, Palestinian leader
• Yaqub Kareem, Nigerian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s
• Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan, Indian film actor and director
• Yakub Kolas, Belarusian writer
• Yaqub al-Mansur, Sultan of Morocco
• Yakub Memon, Indian accountant
• Yaqub Mirza, Pakistani businessman
• Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar, former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
• Yakub Hasan Sait, Indian businessman, freedom-fighter and politician
• Yaqoob Salem Al-Farsi, Omani footballer
• Yaqub Salimov, Tajik politician
• Yaqub Sanu, Egyptian journalist

People with this surname

• Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, Pakistani expatriate businessman based in Dubai
• Chaudhry Yaqoob, ex-Inspector General of the Balochistan Police in Pakistan
• Mohammad Yakub, Indian cricketer
• Roman Yakub, American composer
• Salma Yaqoob (born 1971), the leader of Respect – The Unity Coalition and a Birmingham City Councillor

See also

• Yakup, Turkish form of the name