Ghalib (
Arabic: غالب ghālib) is an
Arabic masculine given name which generally means "to overcome, to defeat", also meaning "successor, victor". It may also be a
surname
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and refer several notable people:
Surname
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Asadulla Al Galib (born 1998), Bangladeshi cricketer
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Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib
Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib ( bn, মুহম্মদ আসাদুল্লাহ আল-গালিব; born 15 January 1948) is a Bangladeshi reformist Islamic scholar and former professor of Arabic at the University of Rajshahi. He is ...
(born 1948), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and academic
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Umar Arteh Ghalib
Umar Arteh Ghalib or Omer Carte Qalib ( so, Cumar Carte Qaalib, ar, عمر عرتي غالب) (1930 – 18 November 2020) was a Somali politician. He was Prime Minister of the Somali Democratic Republic from January 24, 1991 to May 1993. Previou ...
(1930–),
Somali politician and former
prime minister of
Somalia
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Sharif Ghalib
Sharif Ghalib is the president of the Canadian Afghan Council (CAC) based in Toronto, Canada. He was serving as Chief Policy Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. He formerly served as Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and Charg ...
(1961–), current Deputy Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the
United Nations Office at Geneva and
Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Afghanistan in
Bern, Switzerland
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Ghalib (1797–1869) also known as ''Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan'' was a famous
Urdu poet. His honorific was ''Dabir-ul-Mulk'' and Najm-ud-Daula.
Given name
{{given name, Ghalib
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Ghālib ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (c.900–981), Andalusi military commander
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Ghalib Bin Ali (1912–2009), last elected Imam of the
Ibadi sect in
Oman
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Ghalib Efendi, former
Sharif of Hejaz
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Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla
Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla is an American writer. He is most famous for his novel ''Ode to Lata'' published in 2002, that was adapted to a film in 2008 under the title ''The Ode''. He has also published the novel ''The Two Krishnas'' in 2011, which ...
, Los Angeles-based novelist
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Ghaleb Zu'bi
Ghaleb Zu'bi (born 1943) is a Jordanian lawyer and politician who served in different post at the various cabinets of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Zu'bi was appointed minister of interior by Prime Minister Hani Al-Mulki on 15 January 2017 and ...
(born 1943), Jordanian lawyer and politician
Epithet
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Al-Ghalib
Abu'l-Fadl Muhammad ibn al-Qadir ( ar, أبو الفضل محمد بن القادر ) better known by his regnal name al-Ghalib bi'llah ( ar, الغالب بالله), was an Abbasid prince, son of caliph al-Qadir. He was nominated heir in 1001, ...
billah also known as ''Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Qadir'', was the son of
Al-Qadir (r. 991–1031) and elder brother of
Al-Qa'im (r. 1031–1075). He was nominated heir in 1001.
* ''Al-Ghalib Billah'' (
Arabic: الْغَالِبُ بِالله ''al-ghālibu billah''; "The Victor by the Grace of
Allah
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od) or simply ''Al-Ghalib'' (
Arabic: الْغَالِب ''al-ghālib''), the honorific
epithet
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of founder and Sultan
Muhammad I of Granada of the
Nasrid Dynasty of
Emirate of Granada