Abu al-Faraj is a title or given name, derived from the name

Faraj Faraj is a name of Arabic origins, found in many locations including in Kuwait, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan, Iran, and others. The name derived from Arabic meaning "joy after sadness", and can also hold the meaning "to cur ...

, of Arabic origins. During the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

, the name Abu al-Faraj () was a title for many Arab and Jewish poets and scholars. Notable people named Abu al-Faraj include: * Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967), historian and author of ''Kitāb al-Aghānī'' * Abū al-Faraj ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ṭayyib (d. 1043), Nestorian physician and philosopher *

Abu-al-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad Abu 'l-Faras̲h̲ b. al-Jawzī, often referred to as Ibn al-Jawzī (Arabic: ابن الجوزي, ''Ibn al-Jawzī''; ca. 1116 – 16 June 1201) for short, or reverentially as ''Imam Ibn al-Jawzī'' by ...

(c.1126–1201), Islamic scholar of the Hanbali school of jurisprudential thought *

Abu-al-Faraj Runi Abul Faraj Runi ( fa, ابوالفرج رونی), born in Lahore, was an 11th-century Persian court poet who wrote ''Mathnawi''. His family came from Nishapur in Khorasan. He was a contemporary of Masud Sa'ad Salman. He died at the turn of the ...

, 11th century Persian court poet who wrote Mathnavi *

Athanasius VI bar Khamoro Athanasius VI bar Khamoro was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1091 until his death in 1129.Barsoum (2003) Biography Abu al-Faraj was born in the 11th century in the city of Amid into the Camra family, and we ...

, a Syriac Patriarchs of Antioch * Bar-Hebraeus (1226–1286), also known as Abulpharagius, catholicos of the Syriac Orthodox Church *

Jeshua ben Judah Jeshua ben JudahJoshua ben Judah, Heb. Yeshua ben Yehuda or Yehoshua ben Yehuda, Arab. Abu al-Faraj Furqan ibn Asad. was a Karaite scholar, exegete and philosopher, who lived in eleventh-century Iraq (or Persia, according to some sources) or at ...

, also known as Abu al-Faraj Harun, 11th century Karaite scholar, exegete and philosopher *

Abu Faraj al-Masri Ahmad Salama Mabruk ( ar, الشيخ أحمد سلامة مبروك; 1956 – 3 October 2016), known as Abu Faraj al-Masri ( ar, أبو الفرج المصري), was a senior leader in the Syrian militant group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and was previ ...

, a senior leader in the Syrian militant group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham * Ibn Rajab, Hanbali Muslim scholar *

Abu Faraj al-Libbi Abu Faraj al-Libi ( ; ; أبو الفرج الليبي) (also transliterated al-Libbi ) is an assumed name or nom de guerre of a Libyan alleged to be a senior member of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. His real name is Mustafa Faraj Muhammad M ...

, nom de guerre of a Libyan alleged to be a senior member of al-Qaeda

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