Abdullah (name)

Abdallah (also Abd -Allah or Abdullah; Arabic عبد الله, DMG ʿ Abd Allāh ) is a male, Arabic first name and means servant 'or' servant of God '. The surname is common throughout the Islamic world. Men who convert to Islam, often add Abdallah by name.

However, the name 'Abd -Allah or God's servant is not a specifically Islamic terminus. It is found already in the Jewish and Christian theology as a title for the Messiah. The term was used in particular by Syrian Christians for Jesus Christ. The Latin term for God's servant is servus Dei. He has since Pope Gregory the Great as Servus Dei servorum (, servant of the servants of God ') also official self-designation of the Popes.

The formation of the name is similar to those Punic names with the same meaning - like servant of the Abdmelqart Melkarth ( German Form: Hamilcar ). So is the term Abd (Arabic: عبد ) servant ',' servant ' has long been prevalent before Islam throughout the East as part of their name or even a slave.

Bearers of the name

First name

  • Abd Allah, Muhammad's father (before 554 - 570 )
  • Abdallah of Cordova, Emir of Córdoba in Andalusia ( 888-912 )
  • Abu l - Abbas Abdullah II, Emir of Aghlabids in Ifriqiya ( 902-903 )
  • Abdallah al -Mahdi, the Fatimid caliph in Tunisia ( 910-934 )
  • Abdallah al - Adil, Almohad caliph of the Maghreb (1224-1227)
  • Abdallah Muhammad, Sultan of Wattasids in Morocco (1505-1524)
  • Abu Abdallah al - Qaim, Sheikh Saadi of Morocco (1509-1517)
  • Abdallah al - Galib, the Saadian Sultan of Morocco (1557-1574)
  • Abu Abdallah Sultan of the Saadi in Morocco (1574-1576)
  • Abdallah ibn Saud I., Imam of the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia (1814-1818)
  • Abdullah II ibn Tnejjan, Imam of the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia (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)

Family name

  • Abdelwahab Abdallah ( born 1940 ), Tunisian politician
  • Abdul Rahman ibn Abdallah († 1928), Imam of Wahabis
  • Ahmed Abdallah (1918-1989), President of the Comoros
  • Ahmedou Ould -Abdallah ( born 1940 ), the Mauritanian diplomat
  • Aiman ​​Abdallah (* 1965), German television presenter
  • Ali Ajaj Abdallah (born 1962 ), Lebanese politician
  • Ali Hussein Abdallah (*?), Lebanese politician
  • Hosam Abdallah (born 1966 ), Egyptian handball players
  • Ismail Abdallah ( born 1933), Turner of the United Arab Emirates
  • Maged Abdullah (born 1970 ), Egyptian fencer
  • Abdallah Maida (born 1970 ), Tanzanian politician
  • Mohamed Abdallah Rished (* 1952), Tanzanian politician
  • Mubarak Abdallah ( born 1985 ), footballer of Comorian
  • Nia Abdallah ( born 1984 ), American Taekwondo
  • Omari Abdallah (* 1943), Tanzanian Athlete
  • Lamine Ould Abdallah ( born 1929 ), a French athlete
  • Yohanna Barnaba Abdallah († 1924), priest and historian of the Yao

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