‘Abdullah

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‘Abdullāh (عبد الله "servant of God", also spelled Abdullah, Abdulah, Abd Allah, Abdallah, 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 name was also used historically to call anyone whose name is not known.

The feminine equivalent is أمة الله Amat Allāh (also spelled Amatullah).

There have been many notable figures named ‘Abdullah:

• Abdullah Palić, was a Bosnian military officer during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Abdullah Muhasilović, an ex-Yugoslav/Bosniak army chaplain or Imam best known for his involement in the 13th Waffen-SS Division "Handschar"
• Abdullah Nakaš, was a famous Bosnian surgeon
• Abdullah Sidran, is a Bosnian writer and poet who is renowned for his screenplays and dramas
• Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib (545-570), the father of Muhammad
• Abdallah El-Yafi, former Lebanese Prime Minister
• Abu Bakr, also known as ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Quhaf
• Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, a companion of Muhammad, also known as Abdullaah ibn Mas’ud
• Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, a leading inhabitant of Medina and contemporary of Muhammad
• `Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, general in the Battle of Mut'ah
• Abdullah ibn Saud, the son of Said and foster-brother of Caliph Uthman ibn Affan, led the Muslim invasion of Libya from 647 to 648
• Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, seventh Emir of Córdoba (888-912)
• Abdallah al-Adil, Caliph of Morocco (1224-1227)
• ‘Abdullah (Chagatai Khanate) (d. 1359), ruler of the Chagatai
• ‘Abdullah (Timurid) (d. 1451), ruler of the Timurid Empire
• Abdullah bin Saud, leader of the House of Saud (1814-1818)
• Abdullah I of Jordan, emir of Transjordan (1921-46), then King of Transjordan (1946-49), then King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1949-51)
• Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey
• Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941-1989), an Islamist leader, assassinated in 1989
• Abdullah II of Jordan, King of Jordan (1999-)
• Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Sheikh Abdullah (1905–1982), known as Sher-e-Kashmir, Prime Minister of Kashmir
• Abdullah Abdullah, the former foreign minister of Afghanistan
• Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the former prime minister of Malaysia
• Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish opposition leader and founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party
• Abdullah (horse), a horse that competed in the sport of show jumping
• Abdullah the Butcher, professional wrestler known to attack opponents with forks
• Tewfik Abdullah, one of the first African soccer players in the UK and US
• Abdullah al-Amiri, a judge in the trial of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who was replaced after allegations of bias
• three priests named Abdallah were martyred with Abda and Abdjesus
• Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, an early nineteenth-century Malay writer
• 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
• The name is cognate to and has the same meaning as Hebrew language Abdiel

Other

• Qaysān, Abdullah Qeissan, also called Abdullah

See also

• Dasa

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