Abdallah
Abdallah (also Abd-Allah or Abdullah ; Arabic عبد الله, DMG ʿAbd Allāh ) is a male, Arabic given name and is made up of Abd and Allah , d. H. 'Servant' or 'Servant of God'. The name is common throughout the Islamic world. Men who convert to Islam often add Abdallah to their name.
The term Abd-Allah or Servant of God is not a specifically Islamic term. It can already be found in Jewish and Christian theology as a title for the Messiah . The term was used in particular by Syrian Christians for Jesus Christ . The Latin expression for servus Dei is servus Dei . Since Pope Gregory the Great as Servus servorum Dei ('servant of God's servants') it has also been the official self-designation of the popes.
The formation of the name is analogous to those of Punic names with the same meaning - such as Abdmelqart servant of Melkart (German form: Hamilkar ). So the expression Abd ( Arabic عبد) “Servant”, “servant” or “slave” had been part of the name throughout the Orient long before Islam.
Name bearer
First name
- Abd Allah , father of Muhammad (before 554– around 570)
- ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAbbās , cousin of Mohammed (618–688)
- ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿUmar , son of the second caliph ʿUmar ibn al-Chattāb (born between 610 / 612-693)
- ʿAbdallāh ibn Masʿūd , companion of Muhammad (d. 652)
- Abdallah ibn Jahsch († 625), follower of Muhammad
- Abdallah of Córdoba , Emir of Córdoba in Andalusia (888–912)
- Abu l-Abbas Abdallah II , emir of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya (902–903)
- Abdallah al-Mahdi , Caliph of the Fatimids in Tunisia (910-934)
- Abdallah ibn al-Muizz († 975), person of Ismaili Shiite Islam, prince of the Fatimids
- Abdallah al-Adil , Caliph of the Almohads in the Maghreb (1224–1227)
- Abdallah Muhammad , Sultan of the Wattasids in Morocco (1505–1524)
- Abu Abdallah al-Qa'im , Sheikh of the Saadians in Morocco (1505–1517)
- Abdallah al-Ghalib , Sultan of the Saadians in Morocco (1557–1574)
- Abu Abdallah , Sultan of the Saadians in Morocco (1574–1576)
- Abdallah I ibn Saud , Imam of the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia (1814-1818)
- Abdallah II. Ibn Thunayyan († 1843), Imam of the Wahhabis (1841–1843)
- Abdallah III. ibn Faisal , Imam of the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia (1865-1889)
- Abdallah ibn Husain I , Emir and King of Jordan (1920–1951)
- Abdallah Yusuf Azzam , Palestinian religious leader; Mentor Osama bin Laden (1941–1989)
- Abdallah Yahya Al-Mouallimi (* 1952), Saudi diplomat
family name
- Abdelwahab Abdallah (* 1940), Tunisian politician
- Abdul Rahman ibn Abdallah (1850–1928), Imam of the Wahhabis
- Ahmed Abdallah (1918–1989), President of the Comoros
- Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah (* 1940), Mauritanian diplomat
- Aiman Abdallah (* 1965), German television presenter
- Ali Ajaj Abdallah (* 1962), Lebanese politician
- Ali Hussein Abdallah (*?), Lebanese politician
- Barbara Abdallah-Steinkopff (* 1958), psychologist, psychological psychotherapist and non-fiction author
- Ben Saïd Abdallah (* 1924), French long-distance runner
- Dalila Abdallah (* 1983), British actress, cabaret artist and singer
- Elmuez Mahgoub Abdallah (* 1978), Sudanese football goalkeeper
- Faris Abdallah (* 1994), Sudanese football player
- Hosam Abdallah (* 1966), Egyptian handball player
- Ismail Abdallah (* 1933), gymnast from the United Arab Emirates
- Kassim Abdallah (* 1987), French-Comorian football player
- Maged Abdallah (* 1970), Egyptian fencer
- Maida Abdallah (* 1970), Tanzanian politician
- Mohamed Abdallah (* 1994), German kickboxer
- Mohamed Rished Abdallah (* 1952), Tanzanian politician
- Moncef Ben Abdallah (* 1946), Tunisian politician and diplomat
- Moubarak Abdallah (* 1985), Comorian football player
- Moutaz Mousa Abdallah (* 1967), Sudanese politician
- Muhsin Shariff Abdallah , Somali football goalkeeper
- Nia Abdallah (* 1984), American Taekwondoin
- Omari Abdallah (* 1943), Tanzanian athlete
- Ould Lamine Abdallah (* 1929), French athlete
- Raida Abdallah Bader (* 1965), Jordanian athlete
- Ragei Abdelati Abdallah (* 1990), Sudanese football player
- Yohanna Barnaba Abdallah († 1924), priest and historian of the Yao
- Zouhair Abdallah (* 1983), Lebanese football player