Najibullah ( ar , نجيب الله ) is a male Muslim given name, composed of the elements ''
Najib Najib or Najeeb ( ar, نجيب) is an Arabic male given name. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Najib ad-Dawlah Yousafzai (died 1770), Pashtun warrior who fought in the Third Battle of Panipat
* Najib Amhali (born 1971), Morocc ...
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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 means ''distinguished (servant) of God''. It may refer to:
People
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Mohammad Najibullah
Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai (Pashto/ prs, محمد نجیبالله احمدزی, ; 6 August 1947 – 27 September 1996), commonly known as Dr. Najib, was an Afghan politician who served as the General Secretary of the People's Democratic Par ...
(1947–1996), President of Afghanistan
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Najeebullah Anjum (born 1955), Pakistani film and television actor
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Najiballah Zarimi (born 1979), Afghan footballer
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Najibullah (militant leader) (born ca. 1979), leader of Taliban splinter group Fidai Mahaz in Afghanistan
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Najibullah Zazi
Najibullah Zazi (born August 10, 1985) is an Afghan-American who was arrested in September 2009 as part of the 2009 U.S. al Qaeda group accused of planning suicide bombings on the New York City Subway system, and who pleaded guilty as have two o ...
(born 1985), Afghan imprisoned in the US for terrorist offenses
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Najibullah Lafraie, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan between 1992 and 1996
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Najibullah Quraishi
Najibullah Quraishi is an Afghan journalist and filmmaker.
Quraishi worked as a journalist and presenter on radio and television in Afghanistan for ten years and has a degree in journalism. Quraishi is Clover Films chief investigator for projects ...
, Afghan journalist and film maker
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Najibullah Zadran
Najibullah Zadran ( ps, ; born 28 February 1993) is an Afghan cricketer and the vice captain of the Afghanistan Twenty20 International (T20I) side. Zadran is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He made his international debut f ...
, Afghan international cricketer
Places
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Kot Najeebullah, town in Pakistan
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Arabic-language surnames
Arabic masculine given names