ʻAbd al-Razzāq (
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of ar, عبد الرزاق) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''
ʻabd'' and ''al-Razzāq'', one of the
names of God in the Qur'an
Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...
, which give rise to the
Muslim theophoric names.
It means "servant of the all-provider".
Because the letter ''r'' is a
sun letter, the letter ''l'' of the ''al-'' is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to ''Abd al-Razzaq'', the usual pronunciation corresponds to ''Abd ar-Razzaq''. Alternative renderings include ''‘Abd ar-Razzaq'', ''Abdul Razzaq'', ''Abdur Razaq'', ''Abdul Razzak'' and others, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:
Given name
Afghan
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Abdul Razaq (born 1971), Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 356)
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Abdul Razzaq, Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 923)
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Abdul Razak, Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 1043)
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Abdur Razzaq (Taliban Interior Minister)
Mullah Abdur Razzaq Akhundzada (born 1958), an ethnic Pashtun, is a former interior minister in the Afghan government who is believed to be a member of the Taliban
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seek ...
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Abdul Razzaq (Taliban governor)
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Abdul Razaq (cricketer)
Algerian
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Abderrazak Bounour
Abderrazak Bounour (born 11 January 1957), also known as Abdel Razzak Bounour, is a retired Algerian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres.
He was born in Annaba, and represented the club USSN. He reached the semi-final of the ...
(born 1957), Algerian runner
Arabian
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‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani (early), Sunni Islamic scholar of the Science of hadith
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Shaikh Syed Abdul Razzaq Jilani, (1133–1207 CE), shaikh of Qadiriyya order after Abdul Qadir Jilani
Bangladeshi
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Abdur Razzaq (professor) (1914–1999), Bangladeshi politics and economics educator
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Abdur Razzak (actor) (1942–2017), Bangladeshi film actor
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Abdur Razzaq (politician)
Abdur Razzaq (1 August 1942 – 23 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi politician and member of the Awami League Advisory Council. He was the Minister for Water Resources from 1996 to 2001 in the first Sheikh Hasina Cabinet. He was the chairman ...
(1942–2011), Bangladeshi politician
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Abdur Razzaq (barrister) (born 1949), Bangladeshi politician and lawyer
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Abdur Razzak (politician)
Mohammad Abdur Razzaque (born 1 February 1950) is a Bangladeshi politician and the incumbent Minister of Agriculture. He is also the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing Tangail-1 constituency since 2001. He served as Minister of Food ...
(born 1950), Food Minister of Bangladesh
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Abdur Razzak (cricketer)
Abdur Razzak ( bn, আব্দুর রাজ্জাক; born 15 June 1982) is a Bangladeshi former cricketer who played in all formats of the game. Abdur is the first Bangladeshi to take 200 wickets in ODIs. He is also the first left arm ...
(born 1982),
Bangladeshi cricketer
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Abdul Razzak Rajib
Abdul Razzak Rajib is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his List A debut for Victoria Sporting Club in the 2016–17 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League
The 2016–17 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League was the fourth edition of the Dhaka ...
, Bangladeshi cricketer
British
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Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 20 December 1948) is a Tanzanian-born British novelist and academic. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution. His novels include ...
(born 1948), Tanzanian-British novelist
Chinese
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Abdul Razakah, Chinese held in Guantanamo (ISN 219)
Egyptian
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Abd El-Razzak El-Sanhuri
Abd el-Razzak el-Sanhuri or ‘Abd al-Razzāq al-Sanhūrī ( ar, عبد الرزاق السنهوري) (11 August 1895 – 21 July 1971) was an Egyptian jurist, law professor, judge and politician. He is best remembered as the primary author of ...
(1895–1971), Egyptian legal scholar
Kuwaiti
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Abdul-Razzak Al-Adwani (1928–1996), Kuwaiti academic administrator
Libyan
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Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa, Libyan politician
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Abdelrazak Ali Abdelrahman, Libyan held in Guantanamo (ISN 685)
Ghanaian
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Karim Abdul Razak
Karim Abdul Razak Tanko (born 18 April 1956) is a Ghanaian football coach and former midfielder. He played for several clubs in the 1970s and 1980s, notably the local club Asante Kotoko and the New York Cosmos in the defunct North American Socc ...
(born 1956), Ghanaian footballer
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Ibrahim Abdul Razak (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
Indian
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Abdool Razack Mohamed
Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed ( ur, عبد الرزاق محمد; 1 August 1906 – 8 May 1978) was an Indian-born former senior Mauritian Minister in the pre and post-independence cabinet of Mauritius.
Early life and family
Abdool Razack Mohamed w ...
(1906–1978), Indian-Mauritian politician
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Abdur Razzaque Ansari, Indian weavers revolution leader
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K. M. Abdul Razack, Indian politician
Indonesian
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Abdul Razak (canoeist) (born 1964), Indonesian canoer
Iraqi
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'Abd al-Razzaq al-Hasani (1903–1997), Iraqi historian
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Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha (c. 1910 – c. 1998 ??), Iraqi chess player
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Arif Abd ar-Razzaq (1921–2007), Prime Minister of Iraq
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Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif (1933–1978), Iraqi politician
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Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (born 1982), Iraqi footballer
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Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad, Iraqi politician
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Abdul Razak al-Hashimi, Iraqi diplomat
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Abdul Razzaq Ahmed (born 1940), Iraqi footballer
*Nashwan Abdulrazaq Abdulbaqi, known as
Abdul Hadi al Iraqi
Nashwan Abdulrazaq Abdulbaqi al-Tamir (Arabic: نشوان عبدالرزاق عبدالباقي التامر), better known as Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi () is an Iraqi member of Al-Qaeda who is now in United States custody at Guantanamo Bay detention ...
(born 1961), Iraqi Kurd held in Guantanamo (ISN 10026)
Iranian
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Abdur Razzaq (traveller) (1413–1482), Persian traveller to India
Ivorian
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Abdou Razack Traoré
Abdou Razack Traoré (born 28 December 1988) is an Ivorian-born Burkinabé professional footballer who plays for Chinese club Nantong Zhiyun.
Career Rosenborg
Traoré was born in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast. He played for Raja Casablanca before ...
(born 1988), Ivorian footballer
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Abdul Razak (footballer) (born 1992), Ivorian footballer
Malaysian
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Abdul Razak Hussein (1922–1976), Prime Minister of Malaysia
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Abdul Razak Baginda (born 1960), Malaysian political writer
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Abdul Razak Mohaideen
Professor Dato' Dr. A. Razak Mohaideen (born 22 January 1965) is a Malaysian film director. He has directed around 40 titles since 1996.
Early life
He was born in Pulau Pinang on 22 January 1965. Razak obtained his Master of Art in Film and ...
(born 1965), Malaysian film director
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Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak (born 1987), Malaysian footballer
Moroccan
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Abderrazak Khairi
Abderrazak Khairi (born 20 November 1962) is a Moroccan former football player and coach who played as a midfielder.
Career
Born in Rabat, Khairi played for the local club FAR Rabat. He scored goals in the 1985 and 1986 Coupe du Trône finals, h ...
(born 1962), Moroccan footballer
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Abderrazzak Jadid (born 1983), Moroccan footballer
Myanma
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U Razak
U Razak (Urdu: ; ; my, ဦးရာဇတ်, ; also Abdul Razak; 20 January 1898 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese politician and an educationalist. He was a Bamar of Tamil ancestry and also was a cabinet minister in Aung San's pre-indep ...
(Abdul Razak) (1898–1947), Burmese politician
Nigerian
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Abdulrazak Ekpoki (born 1982), Nigerian footballer
Pakistani
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Abdul Razzak Yaqoob
Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (7 May 1944 – 21 February 2014) was a Pakistani gold bullion trader who founded ARY Gold in the United Arab Emirates and later ARY Media Group.
Early life
He was born in Surat, British India to Memon people, Memon family in ...
(1944–2014), Pakistani businessman
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Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935–2021), Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer
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Abdul Razzaq (cricketer) (born 1979),
Pakistani cricketer
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Abdur Razzaq (cricketer)
Kalat was a first-class cricket team from the Pakistani city of Kalat in the north of Baluchistan province, about 150 kilometres south of Quetta. They had one season of first-class cricket in 1969–70, playing two matches in the Quaid-e-Azam Trop ...
, Pakistani cricketer, Kalat
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Abdul Razzaq (field hockey) (born 1921), Pakistani Olympic hockey player
Palestinian
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Abdel-Razak al-Yehiyeh
Abdel-Razak al-Yehiyeh or Abdul-Razzaq Al-Yahya (March 15, 1929 – March 9, 2020) born in Tantura, near Haifa, then in the British Mandate of Palestine, also known as Abu Anas, was a Palestinian politician who served as Interior Minister of the ...
(born 1929), Palestinian politician
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Omar Abd al-Razaq, Palestinian politician
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Abelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar
Abelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar ( ar, عبد الحليم الأشقر) is a Palestinian Muslim activist who was, briefly, an assistant professor of business at Howard University. He was convicted of contempt and obstruction of justice for ...
, Palestinian business professor imprisoned in the US
Saudi Arabian
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Abd al Razaq Abdallah Hamid Ibrahim al Sharikh (born 1984), Saudi, former Guantanamo detainee (
ISN 67)
Somali
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Abdirizak Haji Hussein
Abdirizak Haji Hussein ( so, Cabdirisaaq Xaaji Xuseen; ar, عبد الرزاق حاجي حسين; 24 December 192431 January 2014) was a Somali diplomat and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Somali Republic from 14 June 1964 to 15 Ju ...
(1924–2014), Prime Minister of Somalia
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Abdirisak Omar Mohamed Minister of Internal Security
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Abdirizak Bihi social activist
Syrian
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Abdelrazak al-Restom al-Dandachi (1899–1935), Syrian politician
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Abdelrazaq Al Hussain (born 1986), Syrian footballer
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Abdul Razzaq al-Mahdi, Syrian
Ahrar ash-Sham
Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya ( ar-at, حركة أحرار الشام الإسلامية, Ḥarakat Aḥrāru š-Šām al-Islāmiyah, lit=Islamic Movement of the Freemen of the Levant), commonly referred to as Ahrar al-Sham, is a coalition ...
cleric
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Abdul Razzak Al-Assad, (1940-2022),Syrian doctor in Anguillara Veneta Italy
South African
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Abdul Razak, South African cricketer
Tanzanian
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Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 20 December 1948) is a Tanzanian-born British novelist and academic. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution. His novels include ...
(born 1948), Tanzanian-British novelist
Trinidadian
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Abdul Razack (cricketer) (1888-1946), Trinidadian cricketer
Yemeni
*Abdullah Abdul Razzaq Badhib, known as
Abdullah Badhib
Abdullah Abdulrazzaq Badheeb (1931-1976) was a Yemeni socialist writer, theorist, journalist and politician, and one of the leaders of the Marxist faction the National Liberation Front in southern Yemen during the late 20th century that sought to ...
(1931–1975), political activist from Aden known as founder of Yemeni communism
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Abdul Al Razzaq Muhammad Salih, Yemeni held in Guantanamo (ISN 233)
Surname
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Wafaa Abed Al Razzaq (born 1952), Iraqi poet
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Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq (born 1986), Iraqi runner
Other
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Bandar Tun Abdul Razak (established 1979), town in Malaysia
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Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (established 1997), university in Malaysia
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Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak
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(founded 1957), school in Malaysia
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SMK Tun Abdul Razak (founded 1959), school in Malaysia
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Masjid Al-Abdul Razak (built 1965), mosque in Singapore
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Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq, book written by ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani
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