Abdul Ghani ( ar, عبد الغني ) or Abdulghani or Abdelghani or similar variants is a male

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''

al- ( ar, ٱلْـ), also Romanized as ''el-'', ''il-,'' and ''l-'' as pronounced in some varieties of Arabic, is the definite article in the Arabic language: a particle (''ḥarf'') whose function is to render the noun on which it is prefixed def ...

'' and ''Ghani''. The name means "servant of the All-sufficient", ''Al-Ghaniyy'' being one of the

names of God in the Qur'an Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. The letter ''a'' of the ''al-'' is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by ''u''. The last element may appear as ''Gani'', ''Ghany'' or in other ways, with the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. There is also the West African variant Abdul Ganiyu. It may refer to:

Given name

Abdul Ghani Saheb Saudagar Nawab Abdul Ghani Saheb (1843-1897) was a notable figure in the western Indian city of Kolhapur, located in the state of Maharashtra. He is described as having been a very enterprising trader and businessman, investing his time and wealth in d ...

(1843-1897), Nawab of Kholapur, Maharashtra, India *

Abdul Gani (soldier) Major Abdul Gani ( – 11 November 1957) was a Bengali Muslim military officer, who is considered the co-founder of the East Bengal Regiment. Early life Gani was born in Nagais village of Brahmanpara Upazila, Comilla District, Bengal (now in Ban ...

(1919–1957), Bengali military officer *

Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy ( ar, محمد عبد الغني الجمسي, 9 September 1921 – 7 June 2003) was an Egyptian Field Marshal (Mushir) and the Commander in Chief of The Armed Forces. He has been called "one of the architects of the ...

(1921–2003), Egyptian soldier *

Abdul Ghani Lone Abdul Ghani Lone ( ; 6 May 1932 – 21 May 2002) was a Kashmiri lawyer, politician and a separatist leader. Life Lone was born in Dard Harie, Kralpora in the Kupwara District of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu in British India into ...

(1932–2002), Indian lawyer and politician *

Abdul Ghani Minhat Abdul Ghani bin Minhat ( Jawi: عبدالغاني منحة; ‎ 23 December 1935 – 28 September 2012) was a football player who represented the team Selangor FA and Negeri Sembilan FA in the 1950s until the late 1960s. He played as a strik ...

(born 1935), Malaysian footballer *

Abdul Ghani Othman Abdul Ghani bin Othman ( Jawi: عبدالغاني بن عثمان; born 14 November 1946) served as the 14th Menteri Besar of Johor in Malaysia from 1995 to 2013. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component par ...

(born 1946), politician in Johor, Malaysia *Abdelghani Djaadaoui, or just

Abdel Djaadaoui Abdelghani Djaadaoui, (born 27 June 1947) is a former footballer who played as a defender. He spent his career in France and played for Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption ...

(born 1947), Algerian footballer *

Abdul Gani Patail Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Abdul Gani bin Patail (born 6 October 1955) is a Malaysian prosecutor. He was the Attorney General of Malaysia from 2002 to 2015, the first from Sabah to hold the position (hailing from Lahad Datu and was born in La ...

(born 1955), Malaysian lawyer *

Abdul Ghani Baradar Abdul Ghani Baradar, , (born 29 September 1963 or 1968; known by the honorific '' mullah'') is an Afghan political and religious leader who is currently the acting first deputy prime minister alongside Abdul Salam Hanafi and Abdul Kabir, of ...

, co-founder and political leader of the Afghan Taliban *

Abdelghani Mzoudi Abdelghani Mzoudi (; ar, عبد الغني مزودي; born 6 December 1972, in Marrakech, Morocco), also transliterated as Abdul Ghani Mzoudi, is an alleged member of al-Qaeda and an associate of Mohamed Atta, the ringleader of the September ...

(born 1972), Moroccan accused in Germany of terrorism *

Abdul Ghani Rahman Abdul Ghani Bin Abdul Rahman (born 12 December 1985) is a Malaysian Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Kuantan FA, Marcerra Kuantan in the Malaysia Premier League. Ghani played for PK ...

(born 1985), Malaysian footballer *

Abdul Ghani Ahmad Dr. Hajji, Haji Abdul Ghani bin Ahmad (born 3 June 1970) is a Malaysian politician. He was twice the Member of the Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah, State Assembly of Kedah for the seat of Ayer Hitam, representing the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (P ...

, Malaysian politician *

Abdul Ghani Azhari Abdul Ghani Azhari (1922 – 19 January 2023), also known as Abdul Ghani Shah al-Shashi, was an Indian Muslim scholar and historian who served as the head-professor of the University of Kashmir's Arabic department. He was an alumnus of Darul U ...

, Indian Islamic scholar

Middle name

Khan Abdul Ghani Khan , image = Khan Abdul Ghani Khan 1940s.jpg , image_size = 250px , caption = Khan in the 1940s , birth_date = , birth_place = Hashtnagar, North-West Frontier Province, British India, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan , death_date = , dea ...

(1914–1996), Pashtun-nationalist poet *

Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni ( ar, عماد عبد الغني الصابوني) (born 1964 in Damascus) is the former Minister of Communications and Technology of Syria. Early life, education and career Sabouni was born in Damascus in 1964. He e ...

(born 1964), Syrian politician *Hussein Abdulghani Sulaimani, or just

Hussein Sulaimani Hussein Omar Abdulghani Sulaimani ( ar, حسين عمر عبد الغني سليماني; born 21 January 1977) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a left-back in the Saudi Professional League. Club career Al-Ahli A ...

(born 1977), Saudi footballer

Surname

Khwaja Abdul Ghani Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Abdul Ghani (30 July 1813 – 24 August 1896) was the second Nawab of Dhaka and the first to assume the title of Nawab as hereditary, recognized by the British Raj. He introduced the panchayat system, gaslights, wat ...

(1813–1896), Nawab of Dhaka *

Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani Mohammed ben Ahmed Abdelghani (18 March 1927 – 22 September 1996) ( ar, محمد بن أحمد عبد الغني) was the prime minister of Algeria under President Chadli Bendjedid from 8 March 1979 until 22 January 1984. Previously the positio ...

(1927–1996), Algerian politician *

Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani ( ; 4 July 1939 – 22 August 2011) was a Yemeni politician who served as Prime Minister of Yemen from 1994 to 1997, under President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Ghani was a member of the General People's Congress party. Ghani als ...

(1939–2011), Yemeni politician *

Magdi Abdelghani Magdi Abdelghani Sayed Ahmed ( ar, مجدي عبد الغني سيد أحمد; born 27 July 1959) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Playing career Abdelghani won 50 caps for Egypt, and at the ...

(born 1959), Egyptian footballer *

Mohamed Abdulghani Mohamed Abdulghani ( so, Maxamed Cabduulgaani, ar, محمد عبد الغني) is an Ethiopian economist and politician of the Somali ethnicity. He is the President of the Somali Region Chamber of Commerce based in Jijiga, Ethiopia Ethi ...

, Somali politician *

Alaa Abdel-Ghany Alaa Abdel-Ghany ( ar, علاء عبد الغني; born 26 January 1979) was an Egyptian football defensive midfielder. He's currently the general coach of Zamalek SC. When he was a player, He moved to Zamalek from the Arab Contractors along wi ...

(born 1979), Egyptian footballer *

Ahmed Abdel-Ghani Ahmed Abdel-Ghani (born 1 December 1981) was an Egyptian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Ameri ...

(born 1981), Egyptian footballer *

Safwan Abdul-Ghani Safwan Abdul-Ghani Mohammed ( ar, صفوان عبدالغني محمد; born September 9, 1983 in Iraq) is a former Iraqi football player who last played for Najaf in Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of ...

(born 1983), Iraqi footballer *

Amran Abdul Ghani Amran Abdul Ghani (born 12 August 1973) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Tanah Merah constituency in Kelantan from 2008 to 2013, sitting as a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR) in the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coal ...

, Malaysian politician *

Abdulrahman Abd Ghani Abdulrahman Ghani or Abdulrahman Qani ( so, Cabdulraxman Maxamed Ghaani, ar, عبد الرحمن عبد الغني) is the chieftain of the Talomoge sub-clan of the Ogaden Somali. He is the past President of the Somali Region of Ethiopia (Apri ...

, former President of the

Somali Region The Somali Region ( so, Deegaanka Soomaalida, am, ሱማሌ ክልል, Sumalē Kilil, ar, المنطقة الصومالية), also known as Soomaali Galbeed (''Western Somalia'') and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional state ...

Nicknames

*Abdul Ghani Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee ( ISN 934). See

List of Afghan detainees at Guantanamo Bay According to the United States Department of Defense, it held more than two hundred Afghan detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006. They had been captured and classified as enemy combatants in warfare following the US and allies' invasion ...

/Abdul Ghani *

Abdul Ghani (Guantanamo detainee 943) According to the United States US Department of Defense, Department of Defense, it held more than two hundred Afghan detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006. They had been captured and classified as enemy combatants in warfare following th ...

, Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 943). See

/Abdul Ghani

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