Jabbar ( ar, جبار , link=no) is an Arabic word meaning "giant" or "almighty". With the definite article as al-Jabbar ( ar, الجبار , link=no) it is one of the

names of God in Islam 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 ...

, and is so used in the given name Abd al-Jabbar ( ar, عبد الجبار , link=no).

Al-Jabbar as surname

Abdul Jalilul Jabbar Abdul Jalilul Jabbar was the eleventh Sultan of Brunei. He ruled only for a year from 1659 to 1660. Later on, he was succeeded by his uncle Muhammad Ali. See also * List of Sultans of Brunei The sultan of Brunei is the monarchical head of ...

(ruled 1649–1652), 12th Sultan of Brunei *

Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (born Sharmon Shah; June 28, 1974), known previously as Karim Abdul-Jabbar, is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). Al-Jabbar played college foot ...

(born 1974), American football player

Jabbar as given name

* Jabbar Garyagdioglu (1861–1944), Azerbaijani folk singer *

Jabbar Baghtcheban Mirza Jabbar Asgarzadeh ( fa, میرزا جبار عسگرزاده) famously known as Jabbar Baghcheban ( fa, جبار باغچه‌بان) was an Iranian inventor. He is well known as someone who established the first Iranian kindergarten and the ...

(1884-1966), Iranian worker with the deaf * Jabbar Patel (born 1942), Indian theatre and film director *

Jabbar Savalan Jabbar Savalan (born c. 1991) is an Azerbaijani blogger and political activist. On 4 May 2011, he was sentenced to two and half years in prison on charges of dealing drugs. The Azerbaijani government defended the ruling, but the European parlia ...

(born ca. 1991), Azerbaijani blogger *

Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan Al-Sahlani Jawad Jabber Sadkhan is a citizen of Iraq who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. Sadkhan's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 433. Jawad's lawyers dispute that Jawad should have ...

, Iraqi held in Guantanamo

Jabbar as surname

Javed Jabbar Javed Jabbar (Urdu: جاوید جبار ) is a Pakistani writer and politician.Mehreen Jabbar Mehreen Jabbar (Urdu: م‍ﮩ‍رين جبار ) (b. 29 December 1971, is a Pakistani film and television director and producer based in New York City. She is a daughter of the Pakistani media-person Javed Jabbar.https://tribune.com.pk/story ...

(born 1971), Pakistani filmmaker and daughter of Javed Jabbar *

Pat Jabbar Pat Jabbar is a producer, musician and founder of the record label Barraka el Farnatshi. He is of Swiss, Russian and French descent. Born in Hamburg, Germany, he grew up in Basel, Switzerland. In 1984 he discovered Arabic music in Israel. One year ...

, music producer * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), American basketball player (occasionally appears as "Jabbar" in box scores)

Other uses

*Al-Jabbar, the Arabic name of the

constellation Orion Orion is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible throughout the world. It is one of the most conspicuous and recognizable constellations in the night sky. It is named after Orion, a hunter in Greek mythology. I ...

Jabbar Khel Jabbarkhel or JabarKhil, sometimes spelled JabarKhel or JabarKhyl, Jabarkhail are a leading landowning clan of the Ahmadzai tribe of Pashtun people and consist of more than fifteen thousand families. Many of the families carry the surname "Jabba ...

, Afghan clan *

Khak-i Jabbar Khak-i Jabbar is a village and the center of Khaki Jabbar District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It is located at at 2,287 m altitude. See also *Kabul Province Kabul (Persian: ), situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-f ...

, village in Afghanistan **

Khaki Jabbar District Khaki Jabbar District (Persian: ولسوالی خاک جبار) is a mountainous district situated in the southeastern part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. The district headquarters is Khak-i Jabbar village, which is located in the central part ...

, Afghanistan *

Jabbar, Khuzestan Magarnat-e Do ( fa, مگرنات دو, also Romanized as Magarnāt-e Do; also known as Jabbār) is a village in Shoaybiyeh-ye Sharqi Rural District, Shadravan District, Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the I ...

, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *

Jabbar, Razavi Khorasan Jabbar ( fa, جبار, also Romanized as Jabbār and Jabār) is a village in Dorungar Rural District, Now Khandan District, Dargaz County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 165, in 39 families. References

, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *Jabbar, alternate name of

Kalateh-ye Jabbar Kalateh-ye Jabbar ( fa, كلاته جبار, also Romanized as Kalāteh-ye Jabbār; also known as Jabbār) is a village in Qalandarabad Rural District, Qalandarabad District, Fariman County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, offi ...

, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *

Jabbar, South Khorasan Jabbar ( fa, جبار, also Romanized as Jabbār) is a village in Mahyar Rural District, in the Central District of Qaen County, South Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia ...

, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran

Fictional uses

* Jabbar (''The 99''), a character in ''The 99'' comics * Gom jabbar, a weapon from the Dune universe