Abdul Latif ( ar, عبد اللطيف, translit=ʻAbd al-Laṭīf) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Laṭīf'', 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 gave rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-gentle". The letter ''a'' of the ''al-'' is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by ''e''. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Latif, Lateef or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. The surname is used by Muslims and also by Orthodox Christians in Syria and Lebanon. It may refer to:

People

Given name

Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (medieval writer) ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī ( ar, عبداللطيف البغدادي, 1162 Baghdad–1231 Baghdad), short for Muwaffaq al-Dīn Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī ( ar, موفق الدين محمد عبد اللطيف بن ...

(1162–1231), Iraqi physician, historian, Egyptologist and traveller *

Abd al-Latif ibn Muhammad Taraghay Ulughbek Abdal-Latif Mirza (c. 1420 – 9 May 1450) was the great-grandson of Central Asian emperor Timur. He was the third son of Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler of Transoxiana (modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and parts of Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kaza ...

(ca. 1420–1450), Timurid ruler of Transoxiana *

Ghabdellatif of Kazan Ghabdellatif (; Abdul Latyf, Abd al Latif; Tatar: Ğäbdellatíf ) or Abdullatif (ca. 1475 – after 1502) was the khan of Kazan Khanate from 1496-1502. Ghabdellatif was the youngest son of Ibrahim of Kazan and Nur Soltan. When Ghabdellatif's ...

(born ca. 1475), khan of Kazan Khanate, 1496–1502 *Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi, known as

Bari Imam Syed Abdul Latif Kazmi , often referred to as Barī Imām or Barī Sarkār (1617 – 1705), was a 17th-century Sufi ascetic from Punjab who was one of the most prominent Sufi of the Sunni school of thought. He is venerated as the patron sa ...

(1617–1705), Indian Sufi *

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ( sd, شاھ عبداللطيف ڀٽائي, ur, ; 1689/1690 – 21 December 1752), commonly known by the honorifics ''Lakhino Latif'', ''Latif Ghot'', ''Bhittai'', and ''Bhit Jo Shah'', was a Sindhi Sufi mystic, an ...

(1689–1752), Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, poet, and musician *

Nawab Abdul Latif Nawab Bahadur Abdul Latif (1828 – 10 July 1893) was a 19th-century Bengali aristocrat, educator and social worker. His title, ''Nawab'' was awarded by the British in 1880. He was one of the first Muslims in 19th-century India to embrace the i ...

(1828–1893), Bengali educator and social worker *

Sahibzada Abdul Latif Sayyid Abdul Latif (1853 – July 14, 1903) or Sahibzada Abdul Latif among the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, was the Royal Advisor to Abdur Rahman Khan and Habibullah Khan, the father and son kings of Afghanistan between the late 19th century a ...

(1853–1903), Afghan executed for heresy *Abdullah Abdul Latif Al Othman (1895–1965), Kuwaiti businessman *

Abdul Latif Tibawi Abdul Latif Tibawi ( ar, عبد اللطيف الطيباوي, 1910–1981) was a Palestinian historian and educationalist. Biography Born in Taybet El-Muthalath, near TulKarem, he was one of the earliest graduates of the Arabic College, Dar Al-M ...

(1910–1981), Palestinian historian *Abdul Latif Chowdhury, known as

Saheb Qibla Fultali Abdul Latif Chowdhury ( bn, আব্দুল লতিফ চৌধুরী; 25 May 1913 – 16 January 2008), widely known as Saheb Qiblah Fultali, was a Bangladeshi Sufi Islamic scholar and theologian who is the founder of the Fultali mov ...

(1913–2008), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar *

Abdel Latif Boghdadi (politician) Abdel Latif Boghdadi or Abd el-Latif el-Baghdadi (20 September 1917 – 9 September 1999) ( ar, عبد اللطيف البغدادي) was an Egyptian politician, senior air force officer, and judge. An original member of the Free Officers Move ...

(1917–1999), Egyptian politician, air force officer, and judge * Abdul Latif (musician) (1927–2005), Bangladeshi musician *

Abdellatif Filali Abdellatif Filali ( ar, عبد اللطيف الفيلالي; 26 January 1928 – 20 March 2009) was a Moroccan politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Morocco from 25 May 1994 to 4 February 1998. He was the 11th prime minister o ...

(1928–2009), Moroccan politician and diplomat * Abdul Latif Dayfallah (born 1930), Yemeni politician * Abdel Latif El Zein (born 1932), Lebanese politician *

Abdul Latif Galadari Abdul Latif Galadari (1939 – 9 March 2002) was an Emirati businessman. He was the youngest son of Ibrahim Galadari. Abdul Latif, Along with his elder brother, Abdul Rahim, headed the Galadari Group, a business group. Personal life Abdul Lati ...

(born 1939), Emirati Businessman * Abdul Latif Hakimi, Afghan, Taliban spokesman *

Abdul Latif (cricketer) Mohammad Abdul Latif (born 10 November 1939, Kamptee, Maharashtra, India), also known as Mohammad Abdul Latif Khan and M.A. Latif, is a former first-class cricketer for East Pakistan, a retired senior officer in the Bangladesh armed services, a ...

(born 1939), Pakistani cricketer, Bangladeshi cricket administrator *

Abdul Latief (Indonesian businessman) Abdul Latief is the prominent Indonesian businessman and politician. He was the founder of Pasaraya department store and television channel of Lativi, as well as the former Indonesian minister in the New Order era. Early life Abdul Latief was ...

(born 1940), businessman and politician *

Abdellatif Laabi Abdellatif Laâbi is a Moroccan poet, journalist, novelist, playwright, translator and political activist, born in 1942 in Fes, Morocco. Laâbi, then teaching French, founded with other poets the artistic journal Souffles, an important literar ...

(born 1942), Moroccan poet *Abdul

Latif Afridi Abdul Latif Afridi (Pashto/ ur, ), also known as Latif Lala (), is a lawyer and Pashtun nationalist politician who was formerly the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. He is a senior leader of the National Democratic Mo ...

(born 1943), Pakistani lawyer *

Abdul Latif Siddiqui Abdul Latif Siddiqui (born 1943) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He represented the Tangail-4 constituency for two terms in the Bangladesh Parliament. He served as the Minister of Textiles and Jute in the second Hasina ministry and ...

(born 1943), Bangladeshi politician *Abdul

Latif Rashid Abdul Latif Rashid (; born 10 August 1944), also known as Latif Rashid () is an Iraqi Kurdish politician and the ninth president of Iraq, following the 2022 Iraqi presidential election. He was previously the Minister of Water Resources under th ...

(born 1944), Iraqi politician *

Abdul Latif Sharif Abdul Latif Sharif, first name also spelled Abdel (September 19, 1947 – June 1, 2006), was an Egyptian-born American chemist and chief suspect in the Juárez killings, a decade-long murder spree that began in the Mexican city of Ciudad Ju ...

(1947–2006), Egyptian-American convicted of rape and murder *

Abdul-Latif Ali al-Mayah Abdul-Latif Ali al-Mayah (1949 or 1950 – January 19, 2004) was a humanities professor born in Basra, who became chairman of the Arab World Research and Studies Centre at Mustansiriya University and head of the Baghdad Centre for Human Rights. He ...

(ca. 1949–2004), Iraqi academic and politician *Ǧamīl ʿAbdu 'l-Laṭīf al-Bannāʾ, or just

Jamil al-Banna Jamil Abdul Latif el-Banna (, Ǧamīl ʿAbdu 'l-Laṭīf al-Bannāʾ), born , is a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, with refugee status in the United Kingdom, who had been living in north-west London. He was abducted in November 2002 by the C ...

(born 1952), Jordanian arrested in Gambia, now a refugee in Britain *Jamaal Abdul-Lateef (born 1953), American basketball player better known as

Jamaal Wilkes Jamaal Abdul-Lateef (born Jackson Keith Wilkes; May 2, 1953), better known as Jamaal Wilkes, is an American former basketball player who was a small forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time NBA All-Star, he won four NBA ...

Abdul Latif (restaurateur) Abdul Latif, FRSA ( bn, আব্দুল লতিফ; 15 December 1954 – 20 January 2008) was a Bangladeshi-born British restaurateur and curry chef in Newcastle upon-Tyne who became famous nationwide because of his regular appearances in ...

(1954–2008), Bangladeshi-British curry house owner *

Abdellatif Abdelhamid Abdellatif Abdelhamid ( ar, عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد, born January 5, 1954) is a Syrian film director. His films have earned numerous awards, beginning with the Damascus International Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, and ...

(born 1954), Syrian film director *

Abdüllatif Şener Abdüllatif Şener (born 1954) is a Turkish politician. He was Minister of Finance of Turkey from 1996 to 1997 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2007, under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Life and career Şener was born in Gürün, ...

(born 1954), Turkish politician *

Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani , honorific-suffix = , order = , office = Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain , term_start = 11 February 2020 , deputy = , monarch = Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa , primeminister = Salman b ...

(born 1955), fifth Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General * Abdou Latif Guèye (1956–2008), Senegalese politician *

Abdellatif Kechiche Abdellatif Kechiche (; ar, عبد اللطيف كشيش, born 7 December 1960) is a Tunisian- French actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with '' La Faute à Voltaire'', which he also wrote. Known for his ...

(born 1960), Tunisian actor and film director *

Abdul Latif Pedram Abdul Latīf Pedrām ( fa, عبداللطيف پدرام; born 29 July 1963) is a politician and a Member of Parliament in Afghanistan. He emerged as a controversial figure in the press and political circles for campaigning for women's personal r ...

(born 1963), Afghan politician * Abdul Latif Nasir (born 1965), Moroccan held in Guantanamo * Abdulatif Al-Ameeri (born 1966), Kuwaiti politician *Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash, known as

Yahya Ayyash Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash ( ar, يحيى عياش) (6 March 1966 – 5 January 1996) was the chief bombmaker of Hamas and the leader of the West Bank battalion of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. In that capacity, he earned the nickname ''the E ...

(1966-1996), Palestinian Hamas fighter *

Abdelatif Benazzi Abdelatif Benazzi ( ar, عبد اللطيف بن عزي; born 20 August 1968) is a French- Moroccan rugby union player who represented both Morocco and France.Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p71 He pla ...

(born 1968), Moroccan-French Rugby footballer *

Abdellatif Jrindou Abdellatif Jrindou (Arabic: عبد اللطيف جريندو) (born 1 October 1974) is a retired Morocco, Moroccan Association football, football Defender (football), Defender. In his career, Jrindou played for Olympique Casablanca in Morocco, A ...

(born 1974), Moroccan footballer * Walid Salah Abdel Latif (born 1977), Egyptian footballer *

Abdelatif Chemlal Abdelatif Chemlal ( ar, عبداللطيف شملال) (born 11 January 1982 in Khouribga) is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase. His personal best time is 8:21.00 minutes, achieved in June 2002 in Sevi ...

(born 1982), Moroccan runner *

Abdellatif Meftah Abdellatif Meftah (born January 3, 1982, in Bouchane, Morocco) is a French long distance runner. He ran for Morocco at the Athletics at the 2004 Pan Arab Games, Pan Arab Games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation. Transf ...

(born 1982), Moroccan-French runner *

Abdellatif Boutaty Abdellatif Boutaty (born 4 June 1983) is a former Moroccan rugby union footballer. He played as a lock. He was nicknamed "The Tiger of Atlas" (''Le Tigre de l'Atlas''). Club career Boutaty played for the Moroccan amateur team of COC, in Casablan ...

(born 1983), Moroccan Rugby footballer * Abdel Latif Ahmed (born 1983), Egyptian volleyball player * Abdelatif Bahdari (born 1984), Palestinian footballer * Abdulatif Al-Ghanam (born 1985), Saudi footballer * Ismaeel Abdullatif (born 1986), Bahraini footballer *Abdul-

Latif Salifu Abdul-Latif Salifu (born 8 January 1990 in umasi is a Ghanaian football player currently playing for Ghana Telecom Premier League side Liberty Professionals F.C. Career Salifu is one of the biggest talents from Liberty Professionals F.C., he ...

(born 1990), Ghanaian footballer *Faysal Abd al-Latif al-Shaabi, or just

Faysal al-Shaabi Faysal Abd al-Latif al-Shaabi ( ar, فيصل عبد الطيف الشعبي) (1935–2 April 1970) was the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of South Yemen from 6 April 1969 until the political coup (Corrective Move) that led to Salim Ali R ...

(died 1971), South Yemen politician * Abdul Lateef (Fijian lawyer) (died 2008), lawyer and politician *

Abdel Latif Moussa Abdel Latif Moussa, (Arabic: عبد اللطيف موسى) also known as Abu Noor al-Maqdisi (Arabic: أبو نور المقدسي), (born ? – 15 August 2009) was the leader of the Salafist Jihadist group Jund Ansar Allah (Arabic: جند أ� ...

(died 2009), Palestinian religious and political activist *Abdul

Latif Ahmadi Abdul Latif Ahmadi is an Afghan film director, also known as Engineer Latif Ahmadi. He co-founded Afghanistan’s first private film production company Ariana Films (with Toryalai Shafaq and Juwansher Haidary), and became the president of Afgha ...

, Afghan film director * Ahmed Abd Ellatif *

Wael Abdul Latif Wael Abdul Latif (born 1950) is an Iraqi politician from the secular Iraqi National List coalition. He was the minister of provincial affairs in the Iraqi Interim Government created following the coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq. Biography Abdel ...

, Iraqi politician * M.Abdul Lathief, Indian politician in Tamil Nadu *

Abdul Latiff Ahmad Abdul Latiff bin Ahmad ( Jawi: عبداللطيف بن أحمد ; born 9 July 1958) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Special Functions from 2021 to 2022. He was the Member of Parliament (MP ...

, Malaysian politician * Abdul Latif Ibrahimi, Afghan politician * Abdul Latif (criminal), Indian underworld figure

Other

*Jumah Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossari, or just Juma al-Dossary, Bahraini held in Guantanamo * Leila Abdul-Latif, Iraqi politician *

Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Zakry bin Abdul Latif (born 2 April 1983) is a former Malaysian badminton player. Career 2007 Mohd Zakry played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari. They were seeded #7 and were defeate ...

, Malaysian badminton player *

Osama Abdul Latif Osama Daoud Abdellatif is a tycoon Sudanese businessman and the chairman of DAL Group, a large number of companies based in Khartoum, Sudan. Business DAL Group Osama Daoud is the chairman and founder of DAL Group, a large number of companies b ...

, Sudanese businessman *Siti Fauziah Sheikh Abdul Latiff, or just

Fauziah Latiff Siti Fauziah Sheikh Abdul Latiff, better known as Fauziah Latiff, is a Malaysian singer and actress. One of Latiff's first public performance was at a charity concert at Stadium Merdeka in 1987. Talent scouts from Happy Records spotted her and ...

(born 1970), Malaysian singer and actress

References

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