Abdul Wahhab ( ar, عبد الوهاب, translit=ʻAbd al-Wahhāb) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and '' al-Wahhāb'', 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. It means "servant of the all-giver". 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 ''Wahab'', ''Wahhab'', ''Vehhab'', ''Ouahab'', and others with the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to: * Abd al-Wahhab ibn Rustam (784-832), the founder of the Wahhabism

Ibadi The Ibadi movement or Ibadism ( ar, الإباضية, al-Ibāḍiyyah) is a school of Islam. The followers of Ibadism are known as the Ibadis. Ibadism emerged around 60 years after the Islamic prophet Muhammad's death in 632 AD as a moderate sc ...

Movement, in

Tiaret Tiaret ( ar, تاهرت / تيارت; Berber: Tahert or Tihert, i.e. "Lioness") is a major city in northwestern Algeria that gives its name to the wider farming region of Tiaret Province. Both the town and region lie south-west of the capital o ...

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Qadi 'Abd al-Wahhab Qadi 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali ibn Naṣr ibn Ahmad ibn Hussein ibn Harun ibn Malik ibn Tawk al-Taghlibi () (973 – 1035CE) (362 AH – 422 AH ), also known as Qadi Abdul Wahhab and Qadi 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki was an important Iraqi jurist in ...

(973–1031), Iraqi Maliki scholar and jurist *ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad aš-Šaʿrānī, known as just

Shaʿrānī Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani (1492/3–1565, AH 898–973, full name ar, عبد الوهاب ابن أحمد الشعرانى ') was an Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and mystic, founder of an Egyptian order of Sufism, eponymously known as '. Th ...

(1492–1565), Egyptian Sufi teacher * Mohammed ibn abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani (died 1707), Moroccan diplomat and travel writer *

Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Wahhab Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ibn Sulayman al-Tamimi ( ar, محمد بن عبد الوهاب بن سليمان , translit=Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān al-Tamīmī; 1703–1792) was an Arabian Islamic scholar, theologian, preacher, ac ...

(1702-1792), Arab Hanbali scholar *Abdul Wahab, known as

Sachal Sarmast Sachal Sarmast or Sacho Sarmast ( sd, سچو سرمست (1739–1827), born Abdul Wahab Farooqi ( ur, عبد الوہاب فاروقی) was a prominent and a legendary Sindhi Sufi poet from Sindh (Mehran) in modern-day Pakistan. Biography Sach ...

(1739–1829), Sindhi Sufi poet * Abdulvehhab Ilhamija (1773–1821), Bosnian Dervish and writer * Kheireddine Abdul Wahab (1878–1944), Lebanese businessman * Bachir Abdelouahab (1897–1978), Algerian politician and medical doctor * Abdul Wahab Khan Tarzi (born 1903), Afghan civil servant *

Mohammed Abdel Wahab ''Mohamed Abdel Wahab'' ( ar, محمد عبد الوهاب), also transliterated ''Mohamed Abd El-Wahhab'' (March 13, 1902 – May 4, 1991), was a prominent 20th-century Egyptian singer, actor, and composer. He is best known for his Romantic ...

(1902 –1991), Egyptian singer and composer * Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (1909–1964), Iraqi politician * Khaled Abdul-Wahab (1911–1997), Tunisian who helped Jews in World War II *

Fatin Abdel Wahab Fatin Abdel Wahab ( ar, فطين عبد الوهاب; 22 November 1913 – 12 May 1972) was an Egyptian film director. He directed 52 films between 1949 and 1970. His 1961 film ''Wife Number 13'' was entered into the 12th Berlin International Fi ...

(1913–1972), Egyptian film director *

Abdolvahaab Shahidi Abdolvahab Shahidi ( fa, عبدالوهاب شهيدی; 23 September 1922 – 10 May 2021) was an Iranian barbat player, singer and composer in the classical style. He is noted as one of the contemporary pioneers of Persian music by BBC Persian ...

(born 1914), Iranian singer and barbat player *

Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad ( ar, عَبْد الْوَهَّاب حَوْمَد ) (1915 – February 2002) was a Syrian politician, lawyer, criminologist and professor. Background Hawmad was born to father Mahmoud Hawmad in Aleppo, where he was raise ...

(1915-2002), Syrian politician *

Afif Abdul Wahab Afif Abdul Wahab (1915–2003) was a Lebanese medical doctor, general surgeon and urologist, businessman and philanthropist, born and raised in El Mina. After receiving his Medical Doctorate from the American University of Beirut in 1941, he ope ...

(1915–2003), Lebanese doctor *

Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf ar, عبد الوهاب الشواف (also spelled Abdul Wahhab al-Shawwaf) (1916 – 9 March 1959) was a colonel in the Iraqi Army and played a part in the 14 July Revolution in 1958 as a member of the Free Officers Move ...

(1916-1959), Iraqi revolutionary *

Abdul Wahab (journalist) Abdul Wahab (1916–1994) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1979 by the Government of Bangladesh. Career After the Liberation of Bangladesh, Wahab edited ''The Liberation of Bangladesh'', ''The Dhaka Daily'' and ...

(1916 – 1994), Bangladeshi journalist *

Muhammad Abdulwahhab Haji Muhammad Abdul Wahhab ( ur, , ''Ḥājī Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Wahhāb'' (1 January 1923 – 18 November 2018) was an Islamic preacher and the emir of Tablighi Jamaat in Pakistan. Early years and education Muhammad Abdul Wahhab was born i ...

(born 1923), Indian Muslim religious teacher *

Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati (December 19, 1926 – August 3, 1999) was an Iraqi Arab poet. He was a pioneer in his field and defied conventional forms of poetry that had been common for centuries. Biography He was born in Baghdad, near the shrine o ...

(1926–1999), Iraqi poet *

Abdel Wahab Elmessiri Abdel-Wahab El-Messiri ( ar, عبد الوهاب المسيري, 1938-July 2, 2008) was an Egyptian scholar, author and general coordinator of the opposition organization Kefaya. Life El-Messiri was born in Damanhur, Egypt, graduated with a BA in ...

(1938–2008), Egyptian political philosopher * Abdul Wahab Adam (1938-2014), Ghanaian Muslim Scholar and Ameer of the

Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya (, ), officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ, ar, الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah; ur, , translit=Jamā'at Aḥmadiyyah Musl ...

movement, Ghana *

Abdelwahab Abdallah Abdelwahab Abdallah ( ar, عبد الوهاب عبد الله; born 14 February 1940) is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia and was advisor to the President. Early life Abdallah was born ...

(born 1940), Tunisian politician * Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994), Pakistani religious scholar and Sufi Master *

Abdulwahab Darawshe Abdulwahab Darawshe ( ar, عبد الوهاب دراوشة, he, עבד-אלוהאב דראושה; born 12 October 1943) is an Israeli Arab former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and the Arab Democratic Party b ...

(born 1943), Arab-Israeli politician * Tuan Haji Anuar bin Haji Abd. Wahab (1945–2009), Malaysian silat expert * Abdelwahab Meddeb (born 1946), Tunisian-French poet and essayist *

Mounes Abdul Wahab Mounes Abdul Wahab (born 1947) is a civil rights activist, author and pioneer of disability rights movement in Lebanon. He has been blind since birth. Early life Mounes was born to Fadwa and Kifli Abdul Wahab in the Lebanese city of El-Mina, an ...

(born 1947), Lebanese blind civil rights activist, author and pioneer of disabled rights movement * AbdulWahab Raweh (born 1952), Yemeni politician *

Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah ( ar, محمد عبدالوهاب عبدالفتاح; born 1962) is an Egyptian composer of contemporary classical music and educator. He is a member of Egypt's third generation of classical composers. Biograph ...

(born 1962), Egyptian classical composer * Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail (born 1976), Iraqi footballer * Musa Abed Al Wahab (born 1977), Saudi held in Guantanamo * AbdulWahab al-Awdi (born 1978), Yemeni poet * Mohamed Abdelwahab (1983–2006), Egyptian footballer *

Abdul Wahab Khan (politician) Abdul Wahab Khan ( bn, আব্দুল ওহাব খান; 18 April 1898 – 12 July 1972) was the 3rd speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. He is the grandfather of Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy. Early life and famil ...

, speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan * Abdul Wahab Peevee (P. V. Abdul Wahab), Indian politician * Zamzani Abdul Wahab (Chef Zam), Malaysian chef * Abdul Wahab Dar, Pakistani cricketer * Abdul Wahab (educationist), Pakistani educationist As a female name, it may refer to: * Sherine Abdel Wahhab (born 1980), Egyptian singer

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