Yahya ( ar, يحيى, Yaḥyā), also spelled ''

Yehya Yehya is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Yehya Ablikim (born 1988), Chinese football player * Yehya Bundhun (born 1965), Mauritius sportsman (archery, volleyball) * Mohamad Yehya Al Rashed (born 1982), Syrian football player ...

'', is an Arabic male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. According to the

Qur'anic The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sing.: ...

narrative, it is an Arabic form of the given name

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

, originally

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

Yohanan Yohanan, Yochanan and Johanan are various transliterations to the Latin alphabet of the Hebrew male given name ('), a shortened form of ('), meaning "YHWH :wikt:חנן, is gracious". The name is ancient, recorded as the name of Johanan (High Prie ...

'' (''Yəhôḥānān'' יְהוֹחָנָן‎ "

Yahu Yahweh *''Yahwe'', was the national god of ancient Israel and Judah. The origins of his worship reach at least to the early Iron Age, and likely to the Late Bronze Age if not somewhat earlier, and in the oldest biblical literature he posse ...

is gracious"), i.e. primarily

John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...

, who is known as Yahya ibn Zakariyya in

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

, and is considered a

prophet in Islam In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the su ...

. For this reason, Yahya is a comparatively common name in the

Muslim world The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs and laws of Islam or to societies in which Islam is practiced. I ...

. The related Biblical name of Jehiah (''Yᵊḥîyâ'' יְחִיָּה "

lives") has the Arabic form ''Yaḥiyyā'' ., having the same Arabic consonantal text as the name Yahya does. In

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

, Yahya is a title of address for a senior village or community elder. It is also a common nickname for the

12th Imam Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī ( ar, محمد بن الحسن المهدي) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justi ...

Mononym

Yahya ibn Sarafyun Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century) a Syriac physician, known in Europe as Johannes Serapion, and commonly called Serapion the Elder to distinguish him from Serapion the Younger, with whom he was often confused. Biography Nothing is known of the even ...

(9th century), Arabic medical writer known in medieval Europe as Johannes Serapion *

Yahya ibn Khalid Yahya ibn Khalid ( ar, يحيى بن خالد, Yahyā ibn Khālid; died ) was the most prominent member of the Barmakid family, serving as provincial governor and all-powerful long-time vizier to Caliph Harun al-Rashid before his abrupt fall in 80 ...

(died 806), Vizier of the Persian

Barmakids The Barmakids ( fa, برمکیان ''Barmakiyân''; ar, البرامكة ''al-Barāmikah''Harold Bailey, 1943. "Iranica" BSOAS 11: p. 2. India - Department of Archaeology, and V. S. Mirashi (ed.), ''Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era'' vol ...

family * Yahya ibn Umar ibn Yahya ibn Husayn ibn

Zayd ibn Ali Zayd ibn Zayn al-Abidin ( ar, زيد بن زين العابدين; 695–740), also spelled Zaid, was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, and great-grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib. He led an unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Calipha ...

Zayn al-Abidin ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ( ar, علي بن الحسين زين العابدين), also known as al-Sajjād (, ) or simply as Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (), , was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ...

ibn

Al-Husayn Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

ibn Ali al-Murtada,Incipient decline, By Ṭabarī, Joel L. Kraemer, pg.105-106
/ref> Alid imam * Yahya ibn al-Walid, was an Umayyad prince and son of Umayyad caliph

Al-Walid I Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ( ar, الوليد بن عبد الملك بن مروان, al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; ), commonly known as al-Walid I ( ar, الوليد الأول), was the sixth Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad ca ...

(r. 705–715). * Yahya ibn Yazid, was an Umayyad prince and son of Umayyad caliph

Yazid II Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, يزيد بن عبد الملك, Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; — 28 January 724), also referred to as Yazid II, was the ninth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 9 February 720 until his death in 724. Early life Yazid was b ...

(r. 720–724). * Abu Yahya Ibn al-Batriq (fl. 796–806), translator of Greek scientific texts *

Yahya ibn Asad Yahya ibn Asad (died 855) was a Samanid ruler of Shash (819–855) and Samarkand (851/852–855). He was a son of Asad. In 819, Yahya was granted authority over the city of Shash by Caliph Al-Ma'mun's governor of Khurasan, Ghassan ibn 'Abbad, as ...

, Samanid ruler of Shash (819–855) and Samarkand (851/852–855) *

Yahya ibn Muhammad Yahya ibn Muhammad ( ar, يحيى بن محمد), (829–864) was the fifth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco.The Living and the Dead in Islam: Epitaphs in context By Werner Diem, Marco Schöller. p 196. Life A son of the previous sultan, Mu ...

(aka Yahya I), Idrisid ruler (848–864) *

Yahya ibn Yahya Yahya II ibn Yahya ( ar, يحيى الثاني بن يحيى) was the sixth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It ov ...

(died 874), sixth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco *

Yahya of Antioch Yahya of Antioch, full name Yaḥya ibn Saʿīd al-Anṭākī ( ar, يحيى بن سعيد الأنطاكي), was a Melkite, Melkite Christian physician and historian of the 11th century. He was most likely born in Fatimid Egypt. He became a phys ...

(Yahya ibn Sa'ïd), 11th-century Syrian chronicler *

Yahya (Zaragoza) Yahya ibn al-Mundhir al-Tuğībī al-Mudhaffar ( ar, يحي بن المنذر المظفر) was the second head of the Banu Tujib clan and emir of the Taifa of Zaragoza The taifa of Zaragoza () was an independent Arab Muslim state in the eas ...

(fl. 1021–1029), full name Yahya ibn al-Mundhir, 11th century ruler of Zaragoza *

Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi (nisba of Sirhind) was a 15th century Indian chronicler who wrote ''Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi'', a Persian language chronicle of the Delhi Sultanate. Written during the reign of Mubarak Shah, his work is an important source ...

, 15th century Persian language writer from the Delhi Sultanate of India *

Sultan Yahya Count Alexander of Montenegro (1585? –1648?), also known as Şehzade Yahya (sometimes spelled Jachia or Jahja), was an impostor and a self-claimed pretender to the Ottoman throne who claimed to be the son of Sultan Murad III. Biography Ba ...

(1585–1649), son of Sultan Mehmed III, a Christian convert and a claimant to the Ottoman throne *

Yahya bey Dukagjini Yahya may refer to: * Yahya (name), a common Arabic male given name * Yahya (Zaragoza), 11th-century ruler of Zaragoza * John the Baptist in Islam, also known as Yaḥyā ibn Zakarīyā See also * Tepe Yahya Tapeh Yahya () is an archaeological ...

(1498–1582), Ottoman ''diwan'' poet

Given name

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (; born July 15, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Black Manta in the superhero films ''Aquaman'' (2018) and ''Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'' (2023), Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama ' ...

(born 1986), American actor *

Yahya Al-Shehri Yahya Sulaiman Ali al-Shehri ( ar, يحيى سليمان علي الشهري; born 26 June 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Al-Raed and the Saudi Arabia national team. He was promoted from the you ...

(born 1990), Saudi footballer *

Yahya Ayyash Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash ( ar, يحيى عياش) (6 March 1966 – 5 January 1996) was the chief bombmaker of Hamas and the leader of the West Bank battalion of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. In that capacity, he earned the nickname ''the E ...

(1966–1996), member and chief bombmaker of Hamas * Yahya Boushaki (1935–1960), Algerian politician and military *

Yahya El Hindi Yahya Mosbah El Hindi (; ar, يحيى مصباح الهندي, ; born 24 September 1998) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Ansar. El Hindi began his senior career at Sydney Olympic in 2017, before moving to Parram ...

(born 1998), Lebanese footballer * Yahya Goba, Yemeni-American terrorist suspect arrested and charged as part of the War on Terror together with the other members of the "Lackawanna Six" *

Yahya Golmohammadi Yahya Golmohammadi ( fa, يحيى گل محمدى, born 19 March 1971) also knowend as YaYa is an Iranian former footballer and coach who is currently managing the Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis. He is one of only eight Iranians to sco ...

(born 1971), Iranian footballer *

Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din , succession1 = King of Yemen , succession2 = Imam of Yemen , image = Imam yahya cropped.png , image_size = , caption = Portrait of Yahya by Ameen Rihani, 1922. Imam Yahya steadfastly refused to be photographed t ...

(1869–1948), imam of the Zaydis (1904) and king of Yemen (1926) * Yahya Hassan (born 1995), Palestinian-Danish poet and politician *

Yahya Jammeh Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former military officer who was the leader of The Gambia from 1994 to 2017, firstly as chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) from 199 ...

(born 1965), president of The Gambia *

Yahya Khan General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan , (Urdu: ; 4 February 1917 – 10 August 1980); commonly known as Yahya Khan, was a Pakistani military general who served as the third President of Pakistan and Chief Martial Law Administrator following his pr ...

(1917–1980), former Chief Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff *

Yahya Rahim Safavi Yahya "Rahim" Safavi ( fa, یحیی (رحیم) صفوی, born 1952) is an Iranian military commander who served as the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Early life Safavi was born in 1952 in the city of Isfahan, Iran. C ...

(born 1958), commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) *

Mirza Yahya Nuri Subh-i Azal Ṣubḥ-i-Azal (1831–1912, born Mírzá Yaḥyá) was an Iranian religious leader of Azali, Azali Bábism, known for his conflict with his half-brother Baháʼu'lláh over leadership of the Bábí community after 1853. In 1850, when he was ju ...

(1831–1912), Persian religious leader of Azali Bábism *

Yahya Petra of Kelantan Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim ( Jawi: ; 10 December 1917 – 29 March 1979) was the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia from 21 September 1975 to his death, and the 27th Sultan of Kelantan (1960–1979). Early life ...

(1917–1979), sixth

Yang di-Pertuan Agong The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (, Jawi: ), also known as the Supreme Head of the Federation, the Paramount Ruler or simply as the Agong, and unofficially as the King of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The of ...

(roughly equivalent to King) of

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

(829-864), fifth

Idrisid The Idrisid dynasty or Idrisids ( ar, الأدارسة ') were an Arab Muslim dynasty from 788 to 974, ruling most of present-day Morocco and parts of present-day western Algeria. Named after the founder, Idris I, the Idrisids were an Alid and ...

ruler of

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

, sixth

ruler

Yahya ibn al-Qasim Yahya III ibn al-Qasim ( ar, يحيى الثالث بن القاسم) was the eighth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco. He took over after the death of Ali II in 880. He died in 904.The Sansūsiyyah movement of North Africa. Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi ...

, eighth

ruler of

Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar ( ar, يحيى بن إدريس بن عمر) was the ninth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco. He took over after Yahya III in 904 and died in 917 when the Fatimids invaded Morocco.The Sansūsiyyah movement of North Africa ...

, ninth

ruler of

* Yahya ibn Ibrahim, one of the founder of the

Almoravid dynasty The Almoravid dynasty ( ar, المرابطون, translit=Al-Murābiṭūn, lit=those from the ribats) was an imperial Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire in the 11th century that s ...

Yahya ibn Umar al-Lamtuni Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Umar ibn Talagagin ibn Turgut ibn Wartasin, commonly suffixed al-Lamtuni al-Sanhaji, (d. near Azuggi, 1056; Arabic : يحيى إبن عمر) was a chieftain of the Lamtuna, a tribe in the Sanhaja confederation. Yahya ibn Um ...

, chieftain of Lamtuna and the first emir of the

Almoravid The Almoravid dynasty ( ar, المرابطون, translit=Al-Murābiṭūn, lit=those from the ribats) was an imperial Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire in the 11th century that s ...

Abu Zakariya Yahya Abu Zakariya Yahya (, Abu Zakariya Yahya I ben Abd al-Wahid (12031249) was the founder and first sultan of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya. He was the grandson of Sheikh Abu al-Hafs, the leader of the Hintata and second in command of the Almohads ...

, founder and the first sultan of the

Hafsid dynasty The Hafsids ( ar, الحفصيون ) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descentC. Magbaily Fyle, ''Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa'', (University Press of America, 1999), 84. who ruled Ifriqiya (western ...

Ifriqiya Ifriqiya ( '), also known as al-Maghrib al-Adna ( ar, المغرب الأدنى), was a medieval historical region comprising today's Tunisia and eastern Algeria, and Tripolitania (today's western Libya). It included all of what had previously ...

*Yahya Rahmani Indian socia

Surname

Adel Yahya On 15 January 2007 six men appeared at Woolwich Crown Court in connection with the attempted 21 July 2005 London bombings on London public transport. On 9 July 2007 the jury found Muktar Said Ibrahim, Yassin Omar, Hussain Osman, and Ramzi Moham ...

(born 1982), English Islamist *

Ahmad bin Yahya , succession = King and Imam of Yemen , image = YemenAhmad.jpg , image_size = , caption = , reign = 17 February 1948 – 19 September 1962 , predecessor = Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din , successor = ...

(1891–1962), Yemeni imam * Ali Yahya (1947–2014), Israeli Arab diplomat
Yaish Ibn Yahya
(ca1115-ca1151 or 1196), Scholar, politician, military leader. *

Izz al-Din Yahya ʻIzz ad-Dīn Yaḥyā ( fa, , bn, ইজ্জউদ্দীন ইয়াহিয়া, died 1338) was the Governor of the provincial Satgaon who reigned from 1328 to 1338. History Izzuddin was appointed the governor under the Tughlaq De ...

, 14th-century ruler of Satgaon, Bengal *

Mohammed Yahya Mohammed Yahya (also known as Mohammed Yahya Jan; 20 March 1901 – 4 March 1990) was primarily an Educationist, serving as the founder and first headmaster of the Islamia High School Peshawar, the Education Minister of the N.W.F.P. and director ...

(1901–1990), Pakistani politician *

Tahir Yahya Tahir Yahya ( ar, طاهر يحيى; 1916 – 1986) was Prime Minister of Iraq twice, from 1963 to 1965 and a short term in 1967–1968. He was educated at the Baghdad Military College and the Staff College. Born in Tikrit 1916. He was the 4th chi ...

(1916–1986), Iraqi politician *Yahya Rahmani indian social Activis

*

Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq Abu Yahya Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Haqq () (died 1258) was a Marinid ruler. Life He was the son of Abd al-Haqq I and the brother of both Uthman I and Muhammad I. He shared, in advance, Morocco among the various Marinid clans then grouped togethe ...

Marinid The Marinid Sultanate was a Berber Muslim empire from the mid-13th to the 15th century which controlled present-day Morocco and, intermittently, other parts of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia) and of the southern Iberian Peninsula (Spain) a ...

emir at

Fez Fez most often refers to: * Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire * Fez, Morocco (or Fes), the second largest city of Morocco Fez or FEZ may also refer to: Media * ''Fez'' (Frank Stella), a 1964 painting by the moder ...

Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan (1206 – February/March 1283, ar, يغمراسن إبن زيان, long name: ''Yaghmurasan ben Ziyan ben Thabet ben Mohamed ben Zegraz ben Tiddugues ben Taaullah ben Ali ben Abd al-Qasem ben Abd al-Wad'') was the founder of ...

, also called Abu Yahya I, the first sultan of the

Zayyanid dynasty The Zayyanid dynasty ( ar, زيانيون, ''Ziyānyūn'') or Abd al-Wadids ( ar, بنو عبد الواد, ''Bānu ʿabd āl-Wād'') was a Berber Zenata dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Tlemcen, mainly in modern Algeria centered on the town of ...

Tlemcen Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the por ...

Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya ( ar, أبو حفص عمر) (also known as Al-Mustansir II) was the Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya (1284–1295). After restoring Hafsid rule interrupted by the usurper Ibn Abi Umara (1283–1284), Abu Hafs Umar sought to rebu ...

Hafsid The Hafsids ( ar, الحفصيون ) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descentC. Magbaily Fyle, ''Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa'', (University Press of America, 1999), 84. who ruled Ifriqiya (western ...

caliph of

* Abu Yahya Abu Bakr as-Shahid,

caliph of

and a

martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an externa ...

* Shiekh Muhammad Yahya Waseem, Son of Waseem Akbar

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