Jābir Ibn Hayyān

Jabir (Arabic: جابر ) is an Arabic surname or male given name, which means "comforter".''Behind The Name''
"Jabir"
Retrieved on 8 January 2016. Alternative spellings include Djābir, Jaber, Jābir, Gabir, and Geber. The name may refer to:

Given name

* Jaber I Al-Sabah (1770–1859), Kuwaiti political leader
* Jabir Al-Azmi (born 1970), Kuwaiti politician
* Jabir al-Kaabi (1789–1881), Arabian political leader
* Jabir al-Sabah (1926–2006), Emir of Kuwait
* Jabir Herbert Muhammad (1929–2008), American businessman
* Jabir Husain (born 1945), Indian politician
* Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607–697), Arab companion of Muhammad
* Jabir ibn Aflah (1100–1150), Spanish-Arab astronomer
* Jābir ibn Hayyan (died c. 806–816), early Islamic alchemist
* Jābir ibn Zayd (died 711), Arab theologian
* Jabir Novruz (1933–2002), Azerbaijani writer
* Jabir Raza (born 1955), Indian historian
* Djabir Saïd-Guerni (born 1977), Algerian athlete
* Jabir Shakir (born 1987), Iraqi football player
* Sultan Djabir (c. 1855–1918), ruler of a region on the Uele River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Surname

* Balla Jabir (born 1985), Sudanese football player
* Fathi Jabir (born 1980), Yemeni football player
* Malik Jabir (born 1944), Ghanaian football player

See also

*Arabic name
* Geber (disambiguation)
* Jaber

References

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Arabic-language surnames
Arabic-language masculine given names
Masculine given names