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ʿAbd al-Jabbār (
ALA-LC romanization of
Arabic : عبد الجبار ) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words
ʻabd and al-Jabbār , one of the
names of God in the Qur'an , which give rise to the
Muslim theophoric names .
[1]
[2] It means "servant of the All-compeller".
It may refer to:
People
People of faith
Activists
Politicians
Abdul Jabbar (Dalgaon politician)
Abdul Jalilul Jabbar , 17th-century sultan of Brunei
Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (1882–1958), Pakistani politician
Abdul Jabbar Khan (20th-century politician) (1902–1984), Pakistani politician
M. A. Jabbar (1932–2020), Bangladeshi politician
Abdul Jabbar (Moulvibazar politician) (1945–1992), Bangladeshi politician
Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (born 1954), Afghan politician
Abdul Jabar Mohd Yusof , Malaysian politician
Abdul Jabar Qahraman (1959–2018), Afghan army general, militia leader, and politician
Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (b. 1967), Afghan politician
Abdul Jabar Sabet , Afghan politician
Al-Haj Mamur Abdul Jabar Shulgari , Afghan politician
Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (born 1949), Afghan politician
Sheikh Abdul Jabbar , Indian politician from
Jammu and Kashmir
Abdul Jabbar Jomard , Iraqi Foreign Minister
Abdul Jabbar Naeemi , Afghan diplomat
Abdul Jabbar Talukdar , Bangladeshi politician
Abdul Jabbar Taqwa , Pakistani politician
Scientists
Sportspeople
Abdul Jabbar (Bengal cricketer) (born 1919), Indian cricketer
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (b. 1947), American basketball player
Abdul Jabbar (Tamil Nadu cricketer) (1952), Indian Tamil Nadu cricketer
Abdul-Jabar Hashim Hanoon (1970), Iraqi footballer who played defender
Karim Abdul-Jabbar, a previous name of
Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (1974), American footballer
Haidar Abdul-Jabar (1976), Iraqi footballer who plays defender
Ahmad Abdul-Jabar (1978), Iraqi footballer who plays midfielder
Abdul Jabbar (Canadian cricketer) (1983), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer
Abdul Jabbar (Kalat cricketer) , Pakistani Kalat cricketer
Abdul Jabbar Rahima , Iraqi hurdler
Entertainers
Other
References
^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names . London: Hurst & Company.
^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names . New Delhi: Goodword Books.