Abdullahi (also spelled Abdollahi and Abdillahi) is a male

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also common as a surname. It is a variation of the

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Abdullah Abdullah may refer to: * Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village * ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan * '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...

. The variant ''Abdullahi'' is most common in

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Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

, and

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. Abdullahi may refer to: is a male given name, it is a variation of the Arabic language (عبدالله), meaning “God’s servant.”

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Abdullahi Ahmed Addou Abdullahi Ahmed Addow ( so, Cabdilaahi Axmed Caddoow, ar, عبد الله أحمد أدو) is a Somali politician and diplomat. Early life Addow was born on 15 May 1936 in Brava, situated in the southeastern Lower Shabelle region of Somalia. ...

(born 1936), Somali politician *

Abdullahi Ahmed Irro Abdullahi Ahmed Irro ( so, Cabdullaahi Axmed Cirro, ar, عبد الله أحمد إرو, June 7, 1937 - January 24, 2022), also known as Abdullahi Ahmad Yousef Irro,''ARR: Arab report and record'', (Economic Features, ltd.: 1978), p.602. was a pr ...

, Somali military General *

Abdillahi Deria Sultan Abdillahi Deria ( so, Cabdillaahi Diiriye, ar, عبدالله بن ديريه) was the fifth Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Sultanate and a notable Somali anti-colonial figure. Biography Abdillahi was the son of Sultan Deria Hassan whom he su ...

, d(1967) former

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of the

Isaaq The Isaaq (also Isaq, Ishaak, Isaac) ( so, Reer Sheekh Isxaaq, ar, بني إسحاق, Banī Isḥāq) is a Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. Per ...

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Abdullahi Afrah Abdullahi Ali Afrah, born in Somalia, was a Canadian immigrant who returned to Mogadishu as a leader in the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). He was killed 1 July 2008 in a battle with the Ethiopian troops in Matabaan, Hiiraan, Somalia. Shephard, Mic ...

(died 2008), Somali leader of UIC *

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ( so, Cabdulaahi Yuusuf Axmed, ar, عبدالله يوسف أحمد‎; 15 December 1934 – 23 March 2012) was a Somali politician and former colonel in the Somali National Army. He was one of the founders of the Somali ...

(born 1934), President of Somalia *

Abdullahi Sudi Arale Abdullahi Sudi Arale () is a citizen of Somalia who was held for two and a half years in extrajudicial detention by the United States. Arale's transfer to the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba, was confirmed on Wednesday, Ju ...

, Somali Guantanamo detainee *

Abdullahi dan Fodio Abdullahi dan Fodio ( ar, عبد الله بن فودي) (ca. 1766–1828), Amir of Gwandu (1819–1828), was a scholar and brother of Usman dan Fodio (1754–1817). Usman, being more of a scholar than politician, delegated the practical regency o ...

(c. 1766–1828), Sultan of Gwandu and scholar *

Abdallahi ibn Muhammad Abdullah Ibn-Mohammed Al-Khalifa or Abdullah al-Khalifa or Abdallahi al-Khalifa, also known as "The Khalifa" ( ar, c. عبدالله بن سيد محمد الخليفة; 184625 November 1899) was a Sudanese Ansar ruler who was one of the principa ...

(1846–1899) Mahdist Ansar ruler of Sudan *

Abdullahi Ibrahim Abdullahi Ibrahim (14 January 1939 – 24 January 2021) was a Nigerian lawyer, politician and administrator. He served as Federal Minister of Justice. Biography Ibrahim was called to the English Bar in 1963, and was called to the Nigerian Bar i ...

, Nigerian politician *

Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail ( so, Cabdullaahi Sheekh Ismaaciil, ar, عبد الله الشيخ إسماعيل) (died 7 May 2021) was a Somali people, Somali politician. Abdulahi belongs to the Biimal clan of Dir. he worked as Translator to Somali p ...

, Somali politician * Abdullahi Issa (1922–1988), first prime minister of Somalia *

Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar (born 5 July 1949, in Kano State, Nigeria) was formerly the National security adviser to the president of Nigeria. Rtd Major General Mukhtar was also a former military governor of Kaduna state and Katsina State, in the ca ...

(born 1949), Nigerian retired Major-General * Abdullahi al-Harari, Ethiopian Islamic Scholar *

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ( so, Maxaamed Cabdullaahii Maxaamed, ar, محمد عبدالله محمد; born 11 March 1962), also known as Farmaajo, is a Somali politician who served as president of Somalia from 2017 to 2022. He was prime minist ...

, Prime Minister of Somalia *

Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila (21 March 1946 – 11 January 2003) was a Nigerian politician and administrator. One of the first administrators to inherit the post first republican administrative structure instituted by the military, served the Local Edu ...

, Nigerian Administrator and Politician *

Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow (died 27 July 2022) was a Somali general and politician who served in the 8th Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia in the 2000s. A member of the Bimaal clan, Waafow later became the mayor (district commissioner) ...

(died 2022), Somali general and politician

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Ahmed Aboki Abdullahi Ahmed Aboki Abdullahi is a retired Brigadier General of the Nigerian army. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he was the Nigerian communications minister, a position he earned as a trained officer in the army signals division. He was at one point in time a ...

, Nigerian army officer *

Hamza Abdullahi Hamza Abdullahi (2 March 1945 – 3 January 2019) was a Nigerian statesman and military administrator who served as Governor of Kano State from 1984 to 1985; and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory from 1986 to 1989. Early life Hamza Abdu ...

(1945–2019), Nigerian Air Force air marshal and governor *

Hassan Abdillahi Hassan Abdillahi "Karate" ( so, Xasan Cabdullaahi, ar, حسن عبد الله) is a Somali journalist and social activist. He is the founder and President of Ogaal Radio. Biography Abdi hails from the Ogaden Darod clan. Nicknamed "Karate", he i ...

, Somali journalist *

Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi ( so, Maxamed Diriye Abdullahi, ar, محمد ديري عبد الله; born 1958) is a Somali-Canadian scholar, linguist, writer, translator and professor. Biography Formerly a journalist in his native Somalia, Abdulla ...

(born 1958), Somali-Canadian scholar *

Nasrollah Abdollahi Nasrollah Abdollahi ( fa, نصرالله عبداللهی , born 2 September 1951 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football coach and former player. Playing career Club career Abdollahi played for Guard F.C. before he changed to Taj SC. There h ...

(born 1951), Iranian football player and coach *

Sadiq Abdullahi Dr. Sadiq Abubakar Abdullahi (born 5 February 1960) is a Nigerian born tennis player and Executive Director of Tennis Vision 2030. Abdullahi is an adjunct professor at Florida International University and Miami Dade College. He was a former pro ...

(born 1960), Nigerian tennis player

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