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Abdul Ghani

Abdul Ghani () or Abdulghani or Abdelghani or similar variants is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Ghani. The name means "servant of the All-sufficient", Al-Ghaniyy being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. The last element may appear as Gani, Ghany or in other ways, with the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

There is also the West African variant Abdul Ganiyu.

It may refer to:

Given name

  • Abdel Ghani al-Kikli (died 2025), Libyan commander
  • Abdul Gani Bhat (1935–2025), Indian poet and political activist
  • Abdul Ghani Saheb Saudagar (1843–1897), Nawab of Kholapur, Maharashtra, India
  • Abdul Gani (soldier) (1919–1957), Bengali military officer
  • Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1921–2003), Egyptian soldier
  • Abdul Ghani Lone (1932–2002), Indian lawyer and politician
  • Abdul Ghani Minhat (1935–2012), Malaysian footballer
  • Abdul Ghani Othman (born 1946), politician in Johor, Malaysia
  • Abdelghani Djaadaoui, or just Abdel Djaadaoui (born 1947), Algerian footballer
  • Abdul Ghani (Indian politician) (born 1950), Indian politician
  • Abdul Gani Patail (born 1955), Malaysian lawyer
  • Abdul Ghani Baradar (born 1963), co-founder and political leader of the Afghan Taliban
  • Abdul Ghani Kasuba (1951–2025), Indonesian politician
  • Abdelghani Mzoudi (born 1972), Moroccan accused in Germany of terrorism
  • Abdul Ghani Rahman (born 1985), Malaysian footballer
  • Abdul Ghani Ahmad (born 1970), Malaysian politician
  • Abdul Ghani Azhari (1922–2023), Indian Islamic scholar
  • Abdul Ghani (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa politician), Pakistani politician
  • Abdul Ghani (JUI-F politician) (died 2011), Pakistani religious and political leader

Middle name

  • Khan Abdul Ghani Khan (1914–1996), Pashtun-nationalist poet
  • Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni (born 1964), Syrian politician
  • Hussein Abdulghani Sulaimani, or just Hussein Sulaimani (born 1977), Saudi footballer

Surname

  • Khwaja Abdul Ghani (1813–1896), Nawab of Dhaka
  • Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani (1927–1996), Algerian politician
  • Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (1939–2011), Yemeni politician
  • Magdi Abdelghani (born 1959), Egyptian footballer
  • Mohamed Abdulghani, Somali politician
  • Alaa Abdel-Ghany (born 1979), Egyptian footballer
  • Ahmed Abdel-Ghani (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
  • Safwan Abdul-Ghani (born 1983), Iraqi footballer
  • Amran Abdul Ghani (born 1973), Malaysian politician
  • Abdulrahman Abd Ghani, former President of the Somali Region

Nicknames

  • Abdul Ghani Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 934). See List of Afghan detainees at Guantanamo Bay /Abdul Ghani
  • Abdul Ghani (Guantanamo detainee 943), Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 943). See List of Afghan detainees at Guantanamo Bay /Abdul Ghani

References

References

  1. Salahuddin Ahmed. (1999). "A Dictionary of Muslim Names". Hurst & Company.
  2. S. A. Rahman. (2001). "A Dictionary of Muslim Names". Goodword Books.
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