# Abd al-Jabbar

ʿAbd al-Jabbār (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: 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
### 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
* Abdul Jabbar (footballer) (1945 – March 2014), Pakistani footballer
* 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