Jarrah (name)

Jarrah (جراح) is an Arabic name. The name Jarrah means 'surgeon' in Arabic. The root of the word is derived from the Arabic word "جرح" (jarh), meaning "injury." It is a common surname in the Levant, especially in Palestine and Lebanon. It may refer to:

Empires

 * Jarrahids, an Arab dynasty that ruled over much of Palestine between the 10th and 12th century

Given name

 * al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah, Umayyad governor and general
 * Jarah Al Ateeqi, Kuwaiti footballer
 * Cerrah Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman statesman
 * Jarrah McCleary, Australian member of Panama (band)

Surname

 * Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah (583–639), military leader and companion of Muhammad
 * Ali Jarrah, Ghanaian Professional footballer
 * Ali ibn Isa ibn al-Jarrah (859-946), Abbasid official
 * Hussam al-Din al-Jarrahi (d 1202), Palestinian emir and personal physician of Saladin
 * Mufarrij ibn Daghfal ibn al-Jarrah, emir in Jarrahid dynasty who expanded the tribe's rule to much of Palestine
 * Nouri al-Jarrah, Syrian poet
 * Rami Jarrah, Syrian Political Activist
 * Waki' ibn al-Jarrah (d 812), prominent Hanafi hadith scholar and ascetic
 * Ziad Jarrah (1975-2001), Lebanese terrorist and 9/11 hijacker

Fictional characters

 * Sayid Jarrah, character on the television series Lost