Abd al-Jabbar

ʿAbd al-Jabbār (ALA-LC romanization of عبد الجبار) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Jabbār, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-compeller".

It may refer to:

People of faith

 * Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad (935–1025), Iraqi Qadi and religious author
 * Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar, Iraqi cleric
 * Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara (born 1970), Nigerian Islamic cleric
 * Nasuru Kabara (1924–1996) Nigerian Islamic cleric and formal Qadiriyya leader of West Africa.
 * Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi, Islamic scholar

Activists

 * Abdul Jabbar (activist) (1919–1952), Bengali-language demonstrator
 * Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar (1935–1970), Saudi political prisoner

Politicians

 * Abdul Jabbar (Dalgaon politician)
 * Abdul Jalilul Jabbar, 17th-century sultan of Brunei
 * Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (1882–1958), Pakistani politician
 * Abdul Jabbar Khan (20th-century politician) (1902–1984), Pakistani politician
 * M. A. Jabbar (1932–2020), Bangladeshi politician
 * Abdul Jabbar (Moulvibazar politician) (1945–1992), Bangladeshi politician
 * Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (born 1954), Afghan politician
 * Abdul Jabar Mohd Yusof, Malaysian politician
 * Abdul Jabar Qahraman (1959–2018), Afghan army general, militia leader, and politician
 * Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (b. 1967), Afghan politician
 * Abdul Jabar Sabet, Afghan politician
 * Al-Haj Mamur Abdul Jabar Shulgari, Afghan politician
 * Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (born 1949), Afghan politician
 * Sheikh Abdul Jabbar, Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir
 * Abdul Jabbar Jomard, Iraqi Foreign Minister
 * Abdul Jabbar Naeemi, Afghan diplomat
 * Abdul Jabbar Talukdar, Bangladeshi politician
 * Abdul Jabbar Taqwa, Pakistani politician

Scientists

 * Abdul Jabbar Hassoon Jerri, known as Abdul Jerri (born 1932), Iraqi American physicist and mathematician
 * Abdul Jabbar Abdullah, Iraqi physicist and meteorologist
 * Abdul Jabbar Al Rifai, Irqai intellectual

Sportspeople

 * Abdul Jabbar (Bengal cricketer) (born 1919), Indian cricketer
 * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (b. 1947), American basketball player
 * Abdul Jabbar (Tamil Nadu cricketer) (1952), Indian Tamil Nadu cricketer
 * Abdul-Jabar Hashim Hanoon (1970), Iraqi footballer who played defender
 * Karim Abdul-Jabbar, a previous name of Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (1974), American footballer
 * Haidar Abdul-Jabar (1976), Iraqi footballer who plays defender
 * Ahmad Abdul-Jabar (1978), Iraqi footballer who plays midfielder
 * Abdul Jabbar (Canadian cricketer) (1983), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer
 * Abdul Jabbar (Kalat cricketer), Pakistani Kalat cricketer
 * Abdul Jabbar Rahima, Iraqi hurdler

Entertainers

 * Abdul Jabbar (singer) (1938–2017), Bangladeshi singer
 * Abdul Jabbar Abbas, Iraqi actor

Other

 * Abdul Jabar (Qala-i-Jangi captive) (born 1975), Afghan Qala-i-Jangi captive
 * Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi, Syrian soldier
 * Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, Pakistani mountaneer
 * Abdul Jabbar Junejo, Sindhi writer
 * Abdul Jabbar Khan (disambiguation), several people
 * Abdul Jabbar Numan, Yemeni artist
 * Abdul Jabbar Shanshal, Iraqi minister of defense