Abū Bakr ( ar, أبو بكر ) is an Arabic given name meaning "Father of a Young Camel" (Abu meaning 'Father of' and Bakr meaning 'Young Camel') that is widely used by Sunni Muslims. Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, Aboubacar, Abubakar, etc. The two parts of the name can be written together, hyphenated, or separately. The most famous person to carry this name was Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ( 573–634), one of the companions of the prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

and the first

caliph A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

of Islam. He was also Muhammad's

father-in-law A parent-in-law is a person who has a legal affinity (law), affinity with another by being the parent of the other's spouse. Many cultures and legal systems impose duties and responsibilities on persons connected by this relationship. A person i ...

through Aisha. His real name was Abdullah, Abu Bakr being his kunya.

Persons with the name

People with the name include:

Early and medieval Islam

* Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (c. 573–634) *

Abu Bakr ibn Ali Abū Bakr ibn ʿAlī ( ar, أبو بكر بن علي) was reportedly the son of Ali and Layla bint Mas'ud. He was among companions of Husayn who was martyred at the Battle of Karbala. Lineage It is stated that Abu Bakr was the first of Ali i ...

(died 680 in the Battle of Karbala) * Abu Bakr ibn Hasan ibn Ali (died 680 in the Battle of Karbala) * Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwān, was an Umayyad prince, son of Abd al-Aziz and brother of

Umar II Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ( ar, عمر بن عبد العزيز, ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; 2 November 680 – ), commonly known as Umar II (), was the eighth Umayyad caliph. He made various significant contributions and reforms to the society, and ...

. *

Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm ( ar, أبو بكر بن محمد بن عمرو بن حزم) (died 120/737) was an 8th-century Sunni Islamic scholar based in Madinah. He is among those who compiled hadiths at Umar II’s behest. Umar asked ...

(died 737), Sunni Islamic scholar based in Madinah, Saudi Arabia *

Abu Bakr al-Isfahani Abu Bakr al-Isfahani (born in Isfahan – died 908 CE in Baghdad), popularly known as Al-Isfahani ( ar, الإصفهاني; ''from Isfahan''), was a Persian Quran reciter who specialized in Warsh recitation. Biography ''Abu Bakr Al-Isfahani'' w ...

(died 908), Persian scholar in Warsh recitation * Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Muhtadi, was the Abbasid prince and son of Caliph

Al-Muhtadi Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn al-Wāthiq ( ar, أبو إسحاق محمد بن هارون الواثق‎; – 21 June 870), better known by his regnal name Al-Muhtadī bi-'llāh (Arabic: , "Guided by God"), was the Caliph of the Abbasid Calipha ...

. * Abu Bakr al-Khallal (died 923), Muslim jurist * Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya' al-Razi (c. 865–925), Persian physician, alchemist, and philosopher *

Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Musa ibn al-Abbas ibn Mujahid al-Atashi (, 859/860 – 936) was an Islamic scholar most notable for establishing and delineating the seven canonical Quranic readings (''qira'at'') in his work ''Kitāb al-sabʿa fī l-qirāʾā ...

(c. 860–936), Iraqi Islamic scholar *

Abu Bakr Muhammad Abu Bakr Muhammad (died 941) was the first Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan (until 939) and governor of Samanid Khurasan (933–939). He was the son of Muzaffar ibn Muhtaj. Origins The origin of the Muhtajids is unknown. The name has been ...

(died 941), Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan and governor of Samanid Khurasan * Abu Bakr al-Sajistani (died 941), Islamic scholar *

Abu Bakr al-Shibli Shaykh Abu Bakr Shibli (; 861–946) was an important Sufi of Persian descent, and a disciple of Junayd Baghdadi. He followed the Maliki school of jurisprudence (fiqh). Biography Abu Bakr Shibli was born in Samarra, although his family was of ...

(861–946), Sufi of Persian descent, disciple of Junayd Baghdadi *

Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūlī (Arabic: ), (born c. 870 Gorgan – died between 941 and 948 Basra) was a Turkic scholar and a court companion of three Abbāsid caliphs: al-Muktafī, his successor al-Muqtadir, and ...

(880–946), Arab shatranj player *

Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia (died 997) was a historian and author born in Córdoba, Spain. His mother was a Goth of royal lineage. His important historical account of Spain up to the Caliph of Cordoba Abd-ar-Rahman III (912–961) has been edited by Pasc ...

(died 997), historian and author born in Córdoba, Spain * Abu Bakr Ahmed ibn 'Ali ibn Qays al-Wahshiyah, or

Ibn Wahshiyya ( ar, ابن وحشية), died , was a Nabataean (Aramaic-speaking, rural Iraqi) agriculturalist, toxicologist, and alchemist born in Qussīn, near Kufa in Iraq. He is the author of the '' Nabataean Agriculture'' (), an influential Arabic work ...

(9th/10th centuries), Iraqi alchemist, agriculturalist, farm toxicologist, egyptologist and historian *

Abu Bakr al-Alami al-Idrissi Sayyid Abu Bakr ibn Ali al-Alami ( ar, أبو بكر بن علي العلمي; died in the 10th-century AD) is the great grandfather from whom all the Alami Sayyids of Morocco descend and the leader of the Beni Arrous tribe. He is the son of Ali s ...

(died 10th-century), ancestor of the Alami Sayyids of Morocco and leader of the Beni Arrous tribe *

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi, in full, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Ishaq Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Bukhari al-Kalabadhi (fl. late 10th century, Bukhara) was a Persian Hanafi Maturidi Sufi scholar and the author of the ''Kitab at-ta'arruf'', one of the mos ...

(late 10th Century), Bukhara Sufi, author of the Kitab at-ta'arruf * Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib

al-Baqillani Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn aṭ-Ṭayyib al-Bāqillānī ( ar, أبو بكر محمد بن الطيب الباقلاني; c. 950 - 5 June 1013), often known as al-Bāqillānī for short, or reverentially as Imām al-Bāqillānī by adherents to the ...

(930–1013), Iraqi Islamic scholar, theologian and logician * Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan

ibn Furak Ibn Furak or Ibn Faurak ( ar, ابن فورك; c. 941–c. 1015 CE / 330–406 AH) was a Muslim Imam, a theologian of Ash'arite school, a specialist of Arabic language, grammar and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a hadith scholar from the ...

(941–1015) Muslim Imam, specialist of Arabic language, grammar and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a hadith scholar from the Shafi'i Madhab * Abu Bakr Abd al-Karīm ibn al-Faḍl al-Muti better known by his regnal name

At-Ta'i Abu Bakr Abd al-Karīm ibn al-Faḍl ( ar, أبو بكر عبد الكريم بن الفضل; 932 – 3 August 1003), better known by his regnal name al-Ṭāʾiʿ liʾllāh/biʾllāh ( ar, الطائع لله\بالله, , He Who Obeys God's Comm ...

, was the caliph of Baghdad from 974 to 991. * Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin

Azraqi Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin Azraqi ( fa, ابوالمحاسن ابو بكر زين الدين ازرقی) was an 11th-century poet who lived in Iran. Firdowsi is said to have taken refuge in Azraqi's father's house (''Ismail Varrāq'', "the ...

(died 1072), Persian poet * Abu Bakr ibn Umar (died 1087), Almoravid ruler *

Abu Bakr al-Turtushi 'Abu Bakr Muhammad at-Turtushi () (1059 – 1126 CE; 451 AH – 520 AH ), better known as At-Turtushi was one of the most prominent Andalusian political philosophers of the twelfth century. His book Kitāb Sirāj al-Mulūk (The Lamp of Kings) ...

(1059–1127), Muslim jurist and political theorist from Tortosa, Spain *

Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi or, in full Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn al-ʿArabī al-Maʿāfirī al-Ishbīlī ( ar, أبو بكر محمّد ابن عبدالله ابن العربى المعافرى الأسفلى) born in Sevilla in 1076 ...

(1076–1148), judge and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus * Abu Bakr Abd al-Malik

ibn Quzman Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Isa Abd al-Malik ibn Isa ibn Quzman al-Zuhri ( ar, أبو بكر محمد بن عيسى بن عبدالملك بن عيسى بن قزمان الزهري; 1087–1160) was the single most famous poet in the history of Al-Andalu ...

(1078–1160) poet in al-Andalus * Abû Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣâ’igh at-Tûjîbî Ibn Bâjja al-Tujibi, known as

Avempace Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja ( ar, أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصائغ التجيبي بن باجة), best known by his Latinised name Avempace (; – 1138), was an A ...

, (c. 1085–1138), Andalusian polymath: whose writings cover astronomy, physics, psychology, music, etc. * Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad

ibn Tufail Ibn Ṭufail (full Arabic name: ; Latinized form: ''Abubacer Aben Tofail''; Anglicized form: ''Abubekar'' or ''Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail''; c. 1105 – 1185) was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, Islamic philosopher, Islamic the ...

al-Qaisi al-Andalusi; (1105–1185), Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher *

Abu Bakr al-Hassar Al-Hassar or Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Ayyash al-Hassar ( ar, أبو بكر محمد ابن عياش الحصَار) was a 12th-century Morocco, Moroccan mathematician. He is the author of two books ''Kitab al-bayan wat-tadhkar'' (Book of ...

or Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyash al Hassar (12th century), Muslim mathematician from Morocco * al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu-Bakr ibn Ayyub or

Al-Adil I Al-Adil I ( ar, العادل, in full al-Malik al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Abu-Bakr Ahmed ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub, ar, الملك العادل سيف الدين أبو بكر بن أيوب,‎ "Ahmed, son of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Bakr, the Just ...

(1145–1218), Ayyubid-Egyptian general, brother of Saladin * Abu Bakr Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (1200–1261), Almohad theologian. * Saif ad-Dīn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr b. Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad or

Al-Adil II Al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Sayf ad-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad ( ar, سيف الدين الملك العادل أبو بكر بن ناصر الدين محمد, better known as al-Adil II) (c. 1221 – 9 February 1248) was the Ayyubid ...

(1221?–1248), Ayyubid sultan of Egypt * Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy (1231–1260), ruler of

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 p ...

Abu Bakr Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honor ...

(mid 13th century), brother and companion of

Sunjata Sundiata Keita ( Mandinka, Malinke: ; 1217 – c. 1255) (also known as Manding Diara, Lion of Mali, Sogolon Djata, son of Sogolon, Nare Maghan and Sogo Sogo Simbon Salaba) was a prince and founder of the Mali Empire. He is also the great-uncle ...

, founder of the Mali Empire *

(late 13th century),

mansa Mansa may refer to: Places In India * Mansa, Gujarat, a town in northern Gujarat, Western India; the capital of: ** Mansa, Gujarat Assembly constituency ** Mansa State, a princely state under the Mahi Kantha Agency in India * Mansa district, ...

of the Mali Empire *

Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr Al-Malik al-Mansur Sayf ad-Din Abu Bakr ( ar, الملك المنصور سيف الدين أبو بكر), better known as al-Mansur Abu Bakr ( ar, المنصور أبو بكر), (ca. 1321 – November 1341) was the Bahri Mamluk sultan in 1341. Fro ...

(c. 1321–1341), Mamluk sultan of Egypt *

Abu Bakr ibn Faris Abu Bakr ibn Faris, Abu Yahya (), was 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) ...

(died 1359), Marinid Sultan *

Abu Bakr Shah Sultan Abu Bakr Shah (reigned 1389–1390), was a Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty. He was the son of Zafar Khan and the grandson of Sultan Feroze Shah Tughluq. Life After Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq II (who had succeeded Sultan Feroze Shah Tu ...

(died 1390), ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty *

Aboobakuru I of the Maldives Sultan Aboobakar I Sri Bavana Sooja Mahaa Radun was the sultan of Maldives for 20 years. He was the 11th sultan to ascend the throne of Maldives from Hilaaly Dynasty. He was the son of Hilaaly Hassan I of the Maldives Sultan Hassan Al-Hilaaly I ...

(died 1443?), sultan of Maldives during 1443 *

Abu Bakr al-Aydarus Abu Bakr al-ʿAydarūs, also known as Sayyid Abū Bakr al- ʿAdanī ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿAydarūs ( ar, أبو بكر العدني بن عبد الله العيدروس; 1447–1508J. Spencer Trimingham, John O. Voll, ''The Sufi Orders in Isl ...

(1447–1508), Hadhrami religious scholar of Sufism and poet *

Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat (also Ababakar or Abubekr; died shortly after AH Rajab 920 / Aug-Sept 1514; exact date uncertain; year 1516 indicated by some authors is wrong) was a ruler in South-Western part of present Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ...

(died after 1514), ruler in eastern Central Asia, an emir of the Dughlat tribe *

Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad ( ar, أبو بكر بن محمد), reigned 1525–1526, was a sultan of the Sultanate of Adal in the Horn of Africa. The historian Richard Pankhurst credits Abu Bakr with founding the city of Harar, which he made his mili ...

(died 1526), sultan of Adal *

Abu Bakr Mirza Abu Bakr Mirza was the final self-declared Shah of Shirvan after the downfall of Kavus Mirza. Early life He was member of the Shirvanshahs, and was son of Burhan Ali. Sara Ashurbayli. History of Shirvanshahs. p.249 In 1550 he was taken to Dage ...

(died 1602), self-declared Shah of Shirvan after the downfall of Kavus Mirza *

Abu Bakr Ibn Braham Abu or ABU may refer to: Places * Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan * Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan * Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria * Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian university ...

^{(Commons

The commons is the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth. These resources are held in common even when owned privately or publicly. Commons c ...
)} (died 1691), mapmaker

18th century to present

* Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (enslaved man from Timbuktu), ca. 1834 *

Abu Bakr Atiku Abu Bakr Atiku ( ar, أبو بكر أتيكو; 1782–1842) was the third Sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate, reigning from October 1837 until November 1842. Early years Abu Bakr Atiku dan Shehu was born to the second wife of Usman dan Fodio in 17 ...

(1782–1842), sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani Empire * Abu Bakr II ibn ʽAbd al-Munan (died 1852), emir of Harar * Abu Bakr Effendi (1814–1880), Ottoman ''qadi'' of Kurdish descent in the Cape of Good Hope from 1862 to 1880 *

Abu Bakar of Johor Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Al-Khalil Ibrahim Shah ibni Almarhum Temenggong Seri Maharaja Tun Daeng Ibrahim ( Jawi: ; 3 February 1833 – 4 June 1895) was the Temenggong of Johor. He was the 1st Sultan of Modern Johor, the 21st Sultan of Johor and th ...

(1833–1895), Sultan of Johor * Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi, or just

Mulla Effendi Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi, also Mulla Effendi (also spelled Mala Fandi), ( ku, Mele Fendî) ( ar, ملا أفندي) also Abu Bakr IV or Küçük Mulla (1863 - December 31, 1942) was a senior Kurdish-Iraqi Muslim Scholar, Islamic philosopher, sch ...

(1863–1942), Kurdish Muslim cleric, Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer and politician *

Abu Bakar bin Taha Syed Abu Bakar bin Taha Alsagoff ( ar, سيد أبو بكر بن طه السقاف ') (1882, in Hadramaut, Yemen – 22 January 1956) was a well-known Islamic educator in Singapore. Life Abu Bakar bin Taha received his early education in his bir ...

(1882–1956), Yemen-born Islamic educator in Singapore * Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem (1897–1975), Pakistani political scientist and first vice-chancellor of Karachi University *

Abu Bakar of Pahang Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abdullah Al-Mu’tassim Billah Shah (29 May 1904 – 5 May 1974), was the fourth modern Sultan of Pahang. Life Born on 29 May 1904 at Istana Hinggap, Pekan, he was the sec ...

(1904–1974), Sultan of Pahang * Abu Bakr Khairat (1910–1963), Egyptian composer of classical music *

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (December 1912 – 15 January 1966) was a Nigerian politician who served as the first and only Prime Minister of Nigeria upon independence. Early life Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was born in December 1912 in modern-day ...

(1912–1966), first prime minister of independent Nigeria * Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana (1916-2005), second President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) * Roqia Abubakr (1917-after 1973), one of the first four women elected to parliament in Afghanistan *

Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane (died 1979) was a Chadian warlord active during the civil war. His early life is very undocumented, and his date of birth is unknown. A semi-literate Muslim Kanembu, he originally belonged to Goukouni Oueddei's People's A ...

(died 1979), Chadian warlord *

Abu Bakar Ba'asyir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir ( ; ar, أبو بكر باعشير, ʾAbū Bakr Bāʿašīr; ; ; born 17 August 1938) also known as Abu Bakar Bashir, Abdus Somad, and Ustad Abu ("Teacher Abu") is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of Jamaah Ansharut Tau ...

(born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric * Aboubakar Diaby Ouattara (born 1938), diplomat from Côte d'Ivoire * Datti Abubakar (1939–2005), Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria *

Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas ( ar, حيدر أبو بكر العطاس; born April 5, 1939) was appointed Prime Minister of Yemen by President Ali Abdullah Saleh when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic united in 1990 to ...

(born 1939), Yemeni politician and sometime Prime Minister *

Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad (Born as ''A. P. Aboobacker'' at ''Kanthapuram'' on 22 March 1931) is the Grand Mufti of India and also the Social Worker. He is also the Chancellor of the Jamia ...

(born 1939), leader of one of the traditionalist Sunni (Sufi) Muslims (shafi) in Kerala, India * Abubakar Rimi (1940–2010), Nigerian politician *

Abu Bakr Baira Abu Bakr Mustaffa Baira ( ar, أبوبكر مصطفى بعيرة) (born July 21, 1941) is a Libyan politician who was the Acting President of the House of Representatives (also known as the Libyan House of Representatives-HoR ar, مجلس ال� ...

(born 1941), Libyan politician, Acting President of the Council of Deputies of Libya * Yasin Abu Bakr (1941-2021), leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago. * Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (born 1942), Yemeni politician *

Abdulsalami Abubakar Abdulsalami Abubakar (; born 13 June 1942) is a Nigerian statesman and retired Nigerian Army general who served as the ''de facto'' President of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999. He was also Chief of Defence Staff between 1997 and 1998. He succeede ...

(born 1942), Nigerian general and politician *

Abu Baker Asvat Abu Baker Asvat () (23 February 1943 – 27 January 1989), also known as Abu Asvat or Abu nicknamed ''Hurley'' was a South African medical doctor who practised in Soweto in the 1970s and 1980s. A founding member of Azapo, Asvat was the head of ...

(1943–1989), murdered South African activist and medical doctor *

Aboubacar Somparé El Hajj Aboubacar Somparé ( nqo, ߊߓߎߓߊߞߊߙ ߛߐ߲߬ߔߊ߬ߙߋ߫; 31 August 1944 – 2 November 2017)

(born 1944), Guinean politician, President of the National Assembly *

Abu Bakar Abdul Jamal Abu Bakar bin Abdul Jamal was the tenth Chief and the first four-star Admiral of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). Abu Bakar served for nearly 40 years in the RMN and held various positions and ranks. He was commanding officer of several RMN ship ...

(born 1946), admiral in the Malaysian Navy *

Atiku Abubakar Atiku is a given name and surname. It may refer to: Given name * Atiku Abubakar (born 1946), Nigerian politician and businessman, Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 *Atikur Rahman Mallik, Bangladeshi film editor Middle name * Abubakar Ati ...

(born 1946), Nigerian politician *

Boubaker Ayadi Boubaker Ayadi ( ar, أبوبكر العيادي), also spelled Aboub-baker Al-Ayadi (born March 6, 1949, in Jendouba) is a Tunisian author. Boubaker has lived in Paris since 1988 and has published several books in Arabic and French. Biography B ...

(born 1949), Tunisian author *

Mustafa Abubakar Mustafa Abubakar (born 15 October 1949) is an Indonesian politician and formerly governor of the province of Aceh. Mustafa was appointed as the State Minister for State Enterprises in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet, which was announced on ...

(born 1949), Indonesian politician *

Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr ( ar, أبو بكر يونس جابر), (1940 – 20 October 2011) was the Libyan Secretary of the Libyan General Committee for Defence during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. His official position was Secretary of the Li ...

(1952–2011), Libyan Minister of Defence under Gaddafi * Abu Bakar (1952–2019), Indonesian regent of West Bandung *

Sa'adu Abubakar Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar ( ar, محمد سعد أبو بكر), CFR (born 24 August 1956) is the 20th Sultan of Sokoto. As Sultan of Sokoto, he is considered the spiritual leader of Northern Nigeria's Muslims, the majority of the nation's popul ...

(born 1956), Sultan of Sokoto in northern Nigeria * Abu Bakr, name used by Australian militant activist

Abdul Nacer Benbrika Abdul Nacer Benbrika ( ar, عبد الناصر بن بريكة) (born in Algeria about 1960), also known as Abu Bakr (Arabic: أبو بكر), is a convicted criminal, currently serving an Australian custodial sentence of fifteen years, with a ...

(born c. 1960) *

Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani (born 16 March 1962) is a Nigerien diplomat. He served as Niger's Permanent Representative to the United Nations beginning in 2005. At the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abani was Chief of the Consular Office for t ...

(born 1962), Nigerian diplomat * Aboubakr Jamaï (born 1968), Moroccan journalist and banker * Abu Bakker Qassim (born 1969), Uyghur who was held in Guantanamo Bay *

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( ar, أبو بكر البغدادي, ʾAbū Bakr al-Baḡdādī; born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali Muhammad al-Badri al-Samarrai ( ar, إبراهيم عواد إبراهيم علي محمد البدري السامرائي, ʾIb ...

(1971–2019) as Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group and self-proclaimed caliph. * Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1974), also known as

Abou Nidal Abou Nidal de Genève is the stage name of Aboubakar Doumbia born on December 29, 1974, in Divo (Ivory Coast), Ivorian composer, performer and producer. His pseudonym is linked to the fact that he lived for many years in Geneva, Switzerland. His nic ...

, Ivorian singer * Aboubakar Soumahoro (born 1980), Italian-Ivorian trade unionist, labor activist and politician *

Abu Bakr Mansha Abu Bakr Mansha (born 1983/1984) is a person who was convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000 in the United Kingdom. A police raid on his flat in Thamesmead found a blank-firing gun that someone was trying to convert to fire live rounds, as well ...

(born 1983/1984), convicted under the British Terrorism Act 2000 * Abu Bakar (Dubrovka attack) or Abubakar, pseudonym of Khanpasha Terkibayev, perpetrator of the 2002 Dubrovka attack *

Abu-Bakr al-Mansouri Dr. Abu Bakr Al-Mabrouk Al-Mansouri ( ar, أبو بكر المبروك المنصوري) is a Libyan politician who served as Secretary of the General People's Committee (GPCO) of the Secretariat for Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Marine Resources. ...

, Libyan politician, secretary for Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Marine Resources

Sportspeople

Abu Bakr Ratib Abu Bakr Ratib (born 12 June 1896, date of death unknown) was an Egyptian fencer. He competed in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Met ...

(active 1928), Egyptian fencer *

Abubakar Al-Mass Abubakar Ibrahim Al-Mas (Arabic: أبوبكر الماس) (born 26 February 1958) is a retired Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southe ...

(born 1955), Yemeni footballer *

Aboubakar Camara Aboubakar Camara (born 26 December 1965 in Bingerville) is a former Ivorian rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a fly-half. He played for ASPAA in Ivory Coast. Camara had 7 caps for Côte d'Ivoire national rugby union team, ...

(born 1965), former rugby union footballer and current coach from Côte d'Ivoire *

Aboubacar Cissé Aboubacar Cissé (born July 28, 1969, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football a ...

(born 1969), Ivorian footballer * Aboubacar

Titi Camara Aboubacar Sidiki "Titi" Camara (born 17 November 1972) is a Guinean former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He was also the coach of the Guinea national football team, ...

, (born 1972), Guinean footballer * Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (born 1977), Guinean football referee *

Abubaker Tabula Abubaker Tabula (born 12 June 1980) is a Ugandan footballer and coach. He is a former player on Uganda National football team The "Uganda Cranes" and also captained the team in 2005. Career The defender played previously for SC Villa 2001, K ...

(born 1980), Ugandan footballer *

Aboubacar Guindo Aboubacar Guindo (born 30 May 1981, in Bamako) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played on the professional level in Ligue 2 for ASOA Valence. Guindo played for Mali at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championsh ...

(born 1981), Malian footballer *

Abubakari Yakubu Abubakari Yakubu (13 December 1981 – 31 October 2017) was a Ghanaian footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder but also as a defender. Club career Born in Tema, Yakubu joined AFC Ajax at only 17, going on to remain in the Netherl ...

(born 1981), Ghanaian footballer *

Abubakr Al Abaidy Abubakr Rajeb al Abaidy also known as Abubakr Obeidi ( ar, أبوبكر رجب العبيدى) (born October 27, 1981) is a Libyan footballer. He plays for Nasr in the Libyan Premier League. Al Abaidy has made several appearances for the Libya n ...

(born 1981), Libyan footballer * Aboubacar Bangoura (born 1982), Guinean international footballer * Aboubakar Koné (born 1982), footballer from Côte d'Ivoire * Abubakari Yahuza (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer * Aboubacar Tandia (born 1983), French footballer * Aboubacar Sylla (born 1983), Guinean footballer *

Abubaker Ali Kamal Abū Bakr ( ar, أبو بكر ) is an Arabic given name meaning "Father of a Young Camel" (Abu meaning 'Father of' and Bakr meaning 'Young Camel') that is widely used by Sunni Muslims. Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, ...

(born 1983), Qatari runner who has specialized in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase *

Aboubacar M'Baye Camara Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 27 December 1985) is a Guinean association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for R.S.C. Andenne, Andenne. Career He joined in summer 2004 to Belgian side K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen from his native Gu ...

(born 1985), Guinean footballer *

Radanfah Abu Bakr Radanfah Abu Bakr (born 12 February 1987 in Port of Spain) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a defender. Career Club Abu Bakr went to Queen's Royal College in Trinidad and began his career in Trinidad and Tobago side Cal ...

(born 1987), Trinidadian footballer * Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 1988), Nigerian footballer * Mé Aboubacar Diomandé (born 1988), Ivorian footballer * Aboubacar Camara (born 1988), Guinean footballer *

Abubaker Kaki Khamis Abubaker Kaki Khamis (; born 21 June 1989) is a Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is a two-time World Indoor Champion over the distance and also won gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He represented Sudan at the 2008 and 20 ...

(born 1989), Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres *

Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar Mohd Faizal bin Abu Bakar (born 20 September 1990 in Kuala Nerang, Kedah) is a Malaysian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysian M4 League side PJ Hiliran. He is known as 'Sepet' among his teammates and fans. Club career Born in K ...

(born 1990), Malaysian footballer * Abou Bakr Al-Mel (born 1992), Lebanese footballer *

Vincent Aboubakar Vincent Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Al Nassr and captains the Cameroon national team. Aboubakar began his career at Coton Sport and mov ...

(born 1992), Cameroonian international football player *

Lalas Abubakar Alhassan "Lalas" Abubakar (born December 25, 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Early life Born in Kumasi, Abubakar was raised in the Ghanaian capital of Accra ...

(born 1994), Ghanaian footballer * Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1995), Malian footballer *

Aboubacar Keita Aboubacar Kobele Keita (born April 6, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Keita was born in New York City but grew up in Ohio, attending Westerville North High ...

(born 2000), American footballer

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Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique Masjidi Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique is a mosque in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States. It is located at 141-47 33rd Avenue. Masjid Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique is a nonprofit 501(c) organization, a community of believers adhering to Islam, t ...

, mosque in Flushing, Queens, New York *

Abu Bakar Royal Mosque The Abu Bakar Royal Mosque ( ms, Masjid Diraja Abu Bakar) is Pahang's royal mosque which is located in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia. It was officially opened in 1976 by Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang replacing the nearby Abdullah Mosque or Old Royal ...

, Pahang, Malaysia * Saidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq Mosque, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque, Johor, Malaysia * Sultan Abu Bakar Complex, customs, immigration and quarantine complex, Malaysia *

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) is a federal university of technology located in Bauchi, north east Nigeria. The university is named after the first and only Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. ...

, Bauchi, Nigeria *

BNS Abu Bakr (1982) BNS ''Abu Bakr'' was a Type 41 anti aircraft frigate of Bangladesh Navy. She served Bangladesh Navy from 1982 to 2014. The ship was named after the first Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr. History BNS ''Abu Bakr'' previously served 7th Frigate Squa ...

, Bangladeshi warship *

BNS Abu Bakr (2014) BNS ''Abu Bakr'' (sometimes spelt ''Abu Bakar'') is a Type 053H2 guided-missile frigate of Bangladesh Navy. The warship is serving in Bangladesh Navy since 2014. It is named after the first Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr. Armament The ship is armed ...

, Bangladeshi warship

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