‘Abdullah (name)

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Abdullah, Abdulah
Gender	Male
Meaning	servant of God
Related names	Abdullah, Abdulah Abd Allah, Abdallah, and Abdalla
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Abdullah, Abdulah

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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 Gegić
Abdulah Nakas, was a famous Bosnian surgeon
Abdulah 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
‘Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa, also known as Abu Bakr
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 Sa‘ad, 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, seventh Emir of Córdoba (888-912)
Abdullah (Almohad Caliph), 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-)
King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Abdullah (1905–1982), known as Sher-e-Kashmir, Prime Minister of Kashmir
Dr. Abdullah, sometimes called Abdullah Abdullah, the former foreign minister of Afghanistan
Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the current 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
The name is cognate to and has the same meaning as Hebrew language Abdiel

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Qaysān (Abdullah Qeissan), also called Abdullah

‘Abdullah (name)

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