ʿAbd al-Jabbār ( ALA-LC romanization of ar, 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. It means "servant of the All-compeller". It may refer to:

People

People of faith

Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad ʿAbd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad ibn ʿAbd al-Jabbar al-Hamadani al-Asadabadi, Abu ʿl-Hasan (935 – 1025) was a Mu'tazilite theologian, and a reported follower of the Shafi‘i school. Abd al-Jabbar means "servant of the powerful." He was born in Asada ...

(935–1025), Iraqi Qadi and religious author * Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar, Iraqi cleric * Abduljabbar Nasuru Kabara, Nigerian Islamic cleric * Nasuru Kabara (1924 - 1996) Nigerian Islamic cleric and formal Qadiriyya leader of West Africa.

Activists

Abdul Jabbar (activist) Abdul Jabbar (11 October 1919 – 21 February 1952) was a protester who was killed during the Bengali language movement in 1952 that took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh). He is considered a martyr in Bangladesh. Back ...

(1919–1952), Bengali-language demonstrator *

Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar Abdulwahid Ahmad Hassan AlAbduljabbar ( ar, عبدالواحد احمد حسن العبدالجبار) was a Saudi political activist. Born in 1935 in Qatif, died June 15, 1970, of torture in the garden of the prison in Jeddah by Saudi authoritie ...

(1935–1970), Saudi political prisoner

Politicians

Abdul Jalilul Jabbar Abdul Jalilul Jabbar was the eleventh Sultan of Brunei. He ruled only for a year from 1659 to 1660. Later on, he was succeeded by his uncle Muhammad Ali. See also * List of Sultans of Brunei The sultan of Brunei is the monarchical head of ...

, 17th-century sultan of Brunei *

Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan Dr. Khan Sahib ( ps, ډاکټر خان صیب ) (born 1883, Utmanzai, Charsadda – 9 May 1958, Lahore), mistakenly named as Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (), was a pioneer in the Indian Independence Movement and a Pakistani politician. He was the eld ...

(1882–1958), Pakistani politician *

Abdul Jabbar Khan (20th-century politician) Justice Abdul Jabbar Khan (30 June 1902 – 23 April 1984) was the 6th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. He was preceded by Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry. Early life He was born on 1 January 1902 in Baher char, Barisal. He graduated from ...

(1902–1984), Pakistani politician *

M. A. Jabbar M. A. Jabbar (30 November 1932 – 18 August 2020) was a Jatiya Party (Ershad), Jatiya Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-3 and Pirojpur-4 constituencies. In February 2015, Jabbar was sentenced to jail until ...

(1932–2020), Bangladeshi politician * Abdul Jabbar (Moulvibazar politician) (1945–1992), Bangladeshi politician * Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (born 1954), Afghan politician *

Abdul Jabbar Naeemi Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (Dari and ps, عبدالجبار نعيمي) is an Afghan diplomat and politician. He served as the governor of Laghman Province in Afghanistan, and before that was governor Khost province and Maidan Wardak province of Afgh ...

(b. 1967), Afghan politician * Abdul Jabar Sabet, Afghan politician *

Al-Haj Mamur Abdul Jabar Shulgari Al-Haj Mamur Abdul Jabar Shilgari was elected to represent Ghazni Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. He belongs to the andar district of Ghazni province. Shilgari is one of the leading pol ...

, Afghan politician * Sheikh Abdul Jabbar, Indian politician from

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

Scientists

*Abdul Jabbar Hassoon Jerri, known as

Abdul Jerri Abdul Jabbar Hassoon Jerri ( ar, عبد الجبار حسون جري) is an Iraqi American mathematician, most recognized for his contributions to ''Shannon Sampling Theory, It's Generalizations, Error Analysis, and Historical Reviews'', and in pa ...

(born 1932), Iraqi American physicist and mathematician

Sportspeople

Abdul Jabbar (Bengal cricketer) Abdul Jabbar (born 31 January 1919, date of death unknown) was an Indian cricketer. He played seventeen first-class matches for Bengal between 1937 and 1945. Jabbar is deceased. See also * List of Bengal cricketers This is a list of all cr ...

(born 1919), Indian cricketer * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (b. 1947), American basketball player *

Abdul Jabbar (Tamil Nadu cricketer) Abdul Jabbar (born 18 April 1952, Hyderabad, India) is a former Tamil Nadu cricketer. In a 15-year career, he scored more than 4000 runs in first class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of th ...

(1952), Indian Tamil Nadu cricketer *

Abdul-Jabar Hashim Hanoon Abdul-Jabar Hashim Hanoon (born 1 January 1970) is an Iraqi football defender who played for the Iraq national football team in the 2000 Asian Cup. He also played for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya ( ar, نادي القوة الجوية ...

(1970), Iraqi footballer who played defender *Karim Abdul-Jabbar, a previous name of

Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (born Sharmon Shah; June 28, 1974), known previously as Karim Abdul-Jabbar, is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). Al-Jabbar played college foot ...

(1974), American footballer *

Haidar Abdul-Jabar Haidar Abdul-Jabar Kadhim ( ar, حيدر عبدالجبار كاظم; born August 25, 1976), known as Haidar Jabar, is an Iraqi former football defender who last played for the Al-Zawra'a SC football club. Honours Country * 2002 WAFF Champi ...

(1976), Iraqi footballer who plays defender *

Ahmad Abdul-Jabar Ahmad Abdul-Jabar ( ar, احمد العبدالجبار جاسم) (born 8 January 1978) is an Iraqi former Iraq national football team football player who is currently manager of Al-Karkh SC. Ahmad, known as Al-Alemane ('The German') by his ...

(1978), Iraqi footballer who plays midfielder *

Abdul Jabbar (Canadian cricketer) Abdul Jabbar (born 1 March 1983) is a Canadian cricket player. He is a right-hand batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his One-Day International debut for Canada on the tour to Kenya in October 2007. There, he appeared in two matche ...

(1983), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer *

Abdul Jabbar (Kalat cricketer) Kalat was a first-class cricket team from the Pakistani city of Kalat in the north of Baluchistan province, about 150 kilometres south of Quetta. They had one season of first-class cricket in 1969–70, playing two matches in the Quaid-e-Azam Trop ...

, Pakistani Kalat cricketer

Entertainers

* Abdul Jabbar (singer) (1938-2017), Bangladeshi singer

Other

Abdul Jabar (Qala-i-Jangi captive) Abdul Jabar (born 1975) was a captive who survived the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, Qala-i-Jangi prison riot. An article published in the ''New York Times'' described Abdul Jabar as a 26-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, from Tashkent. Abdul Jabar to ...

(born 1975), Afghan

Qala-i-Jangi Qala-i-Jangi (Dari/Pashto: ) is a 19th-century fortress located near Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. It is known for being the site of a bloody 2001 Taliban uprising named the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, in which at least 470 people were kill ...

captive *

Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi ( ar, عبد الجبار العكيدي, ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-ʿUkaydī) (also spelled al-Aqidi or al-Okaidi) is a former commander and spokesman for the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo. A former colonel in the Syrian Arab Army, ...

, Syrian soldier

References

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