Fathallah, Fathalla or the Turkish variant Fethullah is a
transliteration
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of the Arabic given name, فتح الله (''Fatḥ Allāh''), built from the Arabic words ''fath'' and ''
Allah
Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from '' al- ilāh'', which means "the god", an ...
''. It is one of many
Arabic theophoric names, meaning "Allah's opening (God's opening)" or "God's conquest".
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Given name
Fathallah
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Fathallah Oualalou
Fathallah Oualalou ( ar, فتح الله والعلو) (born 1942 in Rabat) is a Moroccan politician. He was the mayor of Rabat from 2009 to 2015. He was the Minister of Economy and Finance of Morocco between March 1998 and October 2007. He is a ...
, Moroccan politician
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Fathallah Saqqal (born 1898), Syrian attorney, writer and government minister
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Fathallah Sijilmassi, Moroccan politician and economist
Fethullah
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Fethullah Gülen (born 1941), Turkish preacher, former imam, writer and political figure. Founder of the
Gülen movement (also known as Hizmet)
Surname
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Hesham Fathallah (born 1990), Egyptian footballer
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Mahmoud Fathalla, Egyptian footballer
Places
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Fathallah barracks, the early headquarters of the
Hezbollah organisation
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Kalateh-ye Fathallah, a village in Shirin Su Rural District, Maneh District, Maneh and Samalqan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran
Other
* Fathallah Gomla Market, a
supermarket chain in Egypt
References
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Arabic masculine given names