Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب‎, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and

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. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. Jane Dammen McAuliffe (General Editor) Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an Volume Three : J-O The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia and is a common

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in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a

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. It is common in Polish, Czech and Slovak languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub. Yakub may also refer to:

Religious figures

* Yāˈqub bin Isḥāq bin Ibrāhīm (Jacob), prophet of Islam *

Yakub (Nation of Islam) In the beliefs of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Yakub (sometimes spelled Yacub or Yaqub) was a black scientist who lived 6,600 years ago and began the creation of the white race. He is said to have done this through a form of selective breeding whi ...

, creator of the

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according to that belief system *Syed Yaqub, a 14th-century Sufi Muslim figure in the Sylhet region *Yaqub al-Charkhi (1360–1360), Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Baha' al-Din Naqshband

Other people with this given name

Pre-modern times

*Ya'qub al-Mansur, Almohad ruler Reigned from 1184 to 1199. *''Ya'qub ibn Abdallah al-Mansur'' (b. 760s) was the third son of al-Mansur (Reign, r. 754–775) from his wife Fatimah bint Muhammad al-Taymi, Fatima. *Ya'qub ibn Killis (930–991), Egyptian vizier *Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari, Persian leader *Yakub Çelebi, Ottoman Sehzade, son of Sultan Murad I *Yaqub Beg (1820–1877), Tajik adventurer *Yaqub Ibn as-Sikkit (died 857), philologist tutor, grammarian and scholar of poetry *Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari *Yaqub Spata (died 1416), last Lord of Arta *Al-Mustamsik, Yaqub al-Mustamsik was the fifteenth century figurehead caliph of Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Mamluk Sultanate. *Yaqub-Har, pharaoh of ancient Egypt *Yaqūb ibn Tāriq, Persian astronomer and mathematician

Modern times

*Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar, former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan *Yacoub Al-Mohana (born 1975), Kuwaiti film and musical director *Yacoub Artin (1842–1919), ethnic Armenian educator and scholar *Yacoub Makzoume (born 1995), Syrian tennis player *Yacoub Masboungi (born 1948), Lebanese former swimmer *Yacoub Romanos (1935–2011), Lebanese wrestler *Yacoub Sarraf (born 1961), Lebanese politician *Yacoub Shaheen (born 1994), Palestinian singer *Yacoub Zaiadeen (?–2015), Jordanian politician and surgeon *Yacub Addy (1931–2014), Ghanaian drummer, composer, choreographer and educator *Mohammad Yakub Ali Chowdhury, Yakub Ali Chowdhury, Bengali essayist *Yakub Ali, politician *Yakub Cemil, Ottoman soldier in the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état *Yakub Guznej (1892–?), Belarusian socio-political and military leader *Yakub Hasan Sait (1875–1940), Indian businessman, freedom-fighter and politician *Yakub Holovatsky (1814–1888), Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliographer, lexicographer, and poet *Yakub Idrizov (born 1993), Bulgarian footballer *Yakub Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish diplomat *Yakub (actor), Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan (1904–1958), Indian film actor and director *Yakub Kolas (1882–1956), Belarusian writer *Yakub Memon (1962–2015), Indian terrorist *Yakub Shah Chak (died 1593), last native ruler of Kashmir *Yakub Shevki Pasha, General of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army *Yaqoob Abdul Baki (born 1979), Omani football referee *Yaqoob Al-Qasmi, Omani footballer *Yaqoob Ali (born 1980), Pakistani-born Irish cricketer *Yaqoob Bizanjo, Pakistani politician *Yaqoob Butt (born 1988), footballer *Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini (born 1982), Omani footballer *Yaqoob Salem Al-Farsi (born 1982), Omani footballer *Yaqoob Salem Eid (born 1996), Bahraini sprinter *Yaqub al-Ghusayn (1899–1947), Palestinian leader *Yaqub al-Mansur, Sultan of Morocco *Yaqub Ali Sharif, politician *Yaqub Eyyubov (born 1945), Azerbaijani politician *Yaqub Kareem, Nigerian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s *Yaqub Mirza (born 1946), Pakistani businessman *Yaqub Qureishi, Indian politician *Yaqub Salimov, Tajik politician *Yaqub Sanu (1839–1912), Egyptian journalist

People with this surname

*Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (1944–2014), Pakistani expatriate businessman based in Dubai * Ahmad Muin Yaacob, Malaysian convicted murderer *Aminata Aboubakar Yacoub (born 1989), Republic of the Congo swimmer *Asif Yaqoob (born 1973), Pakistani cricket umpire *Atta Yaqub (born 1979), Scottish model and actor of Pakistani descent *Charles Yacoub, Lebanese-Canadian bus hijacker *Chaudhry Yaqoob, Pakistani police officer *Gabriel Yacoub, French musician, songwriter, and visual artist *Hala Al-Abdallah Yacoub (born 1956), Syrian cinematographer and director *Halimah Yacob (born 1954), President of Singapore *Joseph Yacoub (born 1944), Syrian professor *Magdi Yacoub (born 1935), Egyptian-British professor *Mirza Yaqoob (born 1974), Bahraini cricketer *Mo Yaqub (born 1994), Scottish footballer * (1937–2011), Tunisian art historian *Mohammad Yakub, Indian cricketer *Mohammad Yaqoob (born 1990), eldest son of Mullah Mohammed Omar *Muhammad Hussein Yacoub (born 1956), Arab Islamic scholar *Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (860s–941), Persian Shia hadith collector *Muhammad Yaqub, a Pakistani banker *Paola Yacoub (born 1966), artist based in Berlin and Beirut *Rami Yacoub (born 1975), Swedish-Palestinian record producer and songwriter *Reham Yacoub (1991–2020), Iraqi human rights advocate and doctor *Roman Yakub (born 1958), American composer *Rutaba Yaqub, Saudi Arabian singer *Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqoob (born 1952), Pakistani politician *Salma Yaqoob (born 1971), British political activist *Septar Mehmet Yakub (1904–1991), Crimean Tatar lawyer, thinker, and spiritual leader *Simon Yacoub (born 1989), Palestinian judoka *Souheila Yacoub (born 1992), Swiss gymnast and actress *Talat Yaqoob, a Scottish campaigner, writer, and commentator *Waleed Yaqub (born 1974), Pakistani cricket umpire

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