‘ABDULLAH (NAME)

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'‘Abdullāh' ('عبد الله' "servant of God", also spelled ''Abdullah'', ''Abd Allah'', ''Abdallah'' and ''Abdalla'') is a common Arabic name, favored among Muslims because it indicates servitude and humility before God.
There have been many notable figures named ‘Abdullah:

★ Abdallah El-Yafi, Former Lebanese Prime Minister

★ Abd-Allah ibn Abd-al-Muttalib (545-570), the father of Muhammad.

★ ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa, also known as Abu Bakr.

★ Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, a leading inhabitant of Medina and contemporary of Muhammad.

★ `Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, general in the Battle of Mut'ah.

★ ‘Abdullah ibn Sa‘ad, the son of Said and foster-brother of Caliph Uthman ibn Affan, led the Muslim invasion of Libya from 647 to 648.

★ ‘Abdullah of Khurasan, a Tahirid governor in the Abbasid caliphate.

★ ‘Abdullah ibn Muhammad, seventh Emir of Córdoba (888-912).

★ Abdullah (Almohad Caliph), Caliph of Morocco (1224-1227).

★ ‘Abdullah (Chagatai Khanate) (d. 1359), ruler of the Chagatai.

★ ‘Abdullah (Timurid) (d. 1451), ruler of the Timurid Empire.

★ Abdullah bin Saud, leader of the House of Saud (1814-1818).

★ Abdullah I of Jordan, emir of Transjordan (1921-46), then King of Transjordan (1946-49), then King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1949-51).

★ Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey.

★ ‘Abdullah Yusuf ‘Azzam (1941-1989), an Islamist leader, assassinated in 1989.

★ Abdullah II of Jordan, King of Jordan (1999-)

★ King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

★ Sheikh Abdullah (1905–1982), known as Sher-e-Kashmir, Prime Minister of Kashmir.

★ Dr. Abdullah, sometimes called Abdullah Abdullah, the former foreign minister of Afghanistan.

★ Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the current prime minister of Malaysia.

★ Abdullah Nabeel Al Ahmed, Kuwaiti Youth Soccer Player (1990-2006-).

★ Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish opposition leader and founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party.

★ Abdullah, a horse that competed in the sport of show jumping.

★ Abdullah the Butcher, professional wrestler known to poke people with forks

★ Tewfik Abdullah, one of the first African soccer players in the U.K. and U.S

★ Abdullah al-Amiri, a judge in the trial of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who was replaced after allegations of bias.

★ three priests named Abdallah were martyred with Abda and Abdjesus