Abu al-Fadl or Abu'l-Fadl () is an Arabic male given name which also occurs in place-names. It means ''father of virtue''. It is variously transliterated as Abu'l-Fadl, Abu'l-Fazl, Abul Fazal etc. It is also used in

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and

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, usually in the form of Abolfazl, or Abulfaz. Most famously, this is an epithet

Abbas ibn Ali Al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (, 15 May 647 10 October 680 CE), also known by the kunya Abu al-Fadl (), was a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashid caliph in Sunni Islam and the first Imam in Shia Islam. His mother was Fatima bint ...

, who is highly revered in

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for his loyalty towards his brother

Husayn ibn Ali Husayn ibn Ali (; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 Common Era, CE) was a social, political and religious leader in early medieval Arabia. The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Alids, Alid (the son of Ali ibn Abu Talib ibn Abd a ...

during the

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. It may refer to:

People

*Abu'l-Faḍl is the Kunya (

Teknonym Teknonymy (from 'child' and 'name') is the practice of referring to parents by the names of their children. This practice can be found in many different cultures around the world. The term was coined by anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor in an ...

) for

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's uncle and companion Al-ʻAbbas ibn ʻAbd al-Muṭṭalib *Abu'l-Faḍl, nickname given to ʻAbbas ibn ʻAli (647–680), the son of the first

Shia Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...

Imam and the fourth

Rashidun The Rashidun () are the first four caliphs () who led the Muslim community following the death of Muhammad: Abu Bakr (), Umar (), Uthman (), and Ali (). The reign of these caliphs, called the Rashidun Caliphate (632–661), is considered i ...

Caliph * Abu'l-Faḍl al-ʻAbbas ibn Fasanjas (c. 876-953), statesman who served the Buyid dynasty *Abu'l-Faḍl Jaʻfar ibn Aḥmad al-Muʻtaḍid, known as

Al-Muqtadir Abū’l-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Al-Mu'tadid, Aḥmad ibn Al-Muwaffaq, Ṭalḥa ibn Al-Mutawakkil, Jaʿfar ibn al-Mu'tasim, Muḥammad ibn Harun al-Rashid, Hārūn Al-Muqtadir bi'Llāh () (895 – 31 October 932 AD), better known by his regnal name a ...

(895–932), Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad * Abolfadl Harawi (10th century), Persian astronomer under the patronage of the Buyid dynasty * Abu'l-Faḍl Bayhaqi (995–1077), Persian historian and author *Abu al-Faḍl ʻIyad ibn Amr ibn Musa ibn ʻIyad ..., known as

Qadi Ayyad Abū al-Faḍl ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ ibn ʿAmr ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ al-Yaḥṣubī al-Sabtī (Camilo Gómez-Rivas, Islamic Legal Thought: A Compendium of Muslim Jurists, ...

(1083–1149), imam in Ceuta, judge in Granada * Abu al-Faḍl Jaʻfar ibn ʻAli al-Dimashqi (12th-century), Muslim writer on commerce, from Damascus *

Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (14 January 1551 – 22 August 1602), also known as Abul Fazl, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami, was an Indian writer, historian, and politician who served as the grand vizier of the Mughal Empire from his appointment ...

(1551–1602), vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and author of Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar's reign * Abul Fazl Mamuri (fl. c. 1700), historian of the Mughal Empire during Aurangzeb's reign *

Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Mírzá Muḥammad (), or Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl-i-Gulpáygání (1844–1914), was the foremost Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼí scholar who helped spread the Baháʼí Faith in Baháʼí Faith in Egypt, Egypt, Baháʼí Faith in Turkmenistan, Turkmen ...

(1844–1914), Baháʼí scholar, who helped spread the Baháʼí Faith in Egypt, Turkmenistan, and the United States * Mirza Abul Fazl (1865–1956), Qur'an translator *

Abul Fazal (writer) Abul Fazal (1 July 1903–4 May 1983) was a Bangladeshi writer and academic. He served as the 4th vice-chancellor of University of Chittagong. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and Independence Day Award in 2012 (posthumous ...

(1903–1983), Bangladeshi writer and educationist * Abul Fazal Mohammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1915–2001), former President of Bangladesh * Abulfaz Elchibey (1938–2000), Azerbaijani political figure *Abū al-Faḍ, alternate name of Iyad Ag Ghaly (born ), Malian Tuareg militant * Abolfazl Jalili (born 1957), Iranian film director *

Khaled Abou El Fadl Khaled Abou el Fadl (, ) (born October 23, 1963) is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law where he has taught courses on International Human Rights, Islamic jurisprudence, National Security Law, Law ...

(born 1963), Kuwaiti-American law professor * Abolfazl Attar (born 1968), Iranian film director, screenwriter & film editor * Abolfazl Hajizadeh (born 1981), Iranian footballer * Abolfazl Ebrahimi (born 1982), Iranian footballer * Abolfazl Fateh (born 1966), Iranian medical doctor, journalist and political activist *, Iranian Cleric * Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi, Iranian Cleric

Places

* Abu al-Fadl, Ramle, Arab village, depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war * Chah Abu ol Fazl, village in Chahak Rural District, in the Central District of Khatam County, Yazd Province, Iran * Rustai-ye Abolfazl ebn Magh, village in Bajgan Rural District, Aseminun District, Manujan County, Kerman Province, Iran * Tolombeh-ye Garuh Keshavarzi Abu ol Fazl, village in Golzar Rural District, in the Central District of Bardsir County, Kerman Province, Iran {{given name Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names