Abdul Wahhab () is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and '' al-Wahhāb'', one of the

names of God in the Qur'an Names of God in Islam () are 99 names that each contain Attributes of God in Islam, which are implied by the respective names. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, ...

, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the all-giver". 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 ''Wahab'', ''Wahhab'', ''Vehhab'', ''Ouahab'', and others with the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to: * Abd al-Wahhab ibn Rustam (784–832), the founder of the Wahhabism

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Qadi 'Abd al-Wahhab Qadi 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali ibn Naṣr ibn Ahmad ibn Hussein ibn Harun ibn Malik ibn Tawk al-Taghlibi () (973 – 1035CE) (362 AH – 422 AH ), also known as Qadi Abdul Wahhab and Qadi 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki was an important Iraqi jurist in t ...

(973–1031), Iraqi Maliki scholar and jurist *ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad aš-Šaʿrānī, known as just

Shaʿrānī Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani (1492/3–1565, AH 898–973, full name ') was a highly influential Egyptian scholar. He was an eminent jurist, traditionist, historian, mystic and theologian. He was one of the Islamic revivalists and schola ...

(1492–1565), Egyptian Sufi teacher * Mohammed ibn abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani (died 1707), Moroccan diplomat and travel writer *

Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Wahhab Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān al-Tamīmī (1703–1792) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, theologian, preacher, activist, religious leader, jurist, and reformer, who was from Najd in Arabian Peninsula and is considered as the eponymo ...

(1702–1792), Arab Hanbali scholar, founder of modern

Wahhabism Wahhabism is an exonym for a Salafi revivalist movement within Sunni Islam named after the 18th-century Hanbali scholar Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. It was initially established in the central Arabian region of Najd and later spread to oth ...

*Abdul Wahab, known as

Sachal Sarmast Sachal Sarmast or Sacho Sarmast (; – 1827), was an 18th and 19th century Sindhi Sufi poet, mystic and philosopher from Daraza (present-day Sindh, Pakistan), regarded as an important figure in the Sindhi-language literature. He is revered ...

(1739–1829), Sindhi Sufi poet * Abdulvehhab Ilhamija (1773–1821), Bosnian Dervish and writer *

Kheireddine Abdul Wahab Kheireddine Abdul Wahab (1878 – January 1944) was a Lebanese businessman and mayor of the city of El Mina, who played a pivotal role in the establishment of Lebanon's second largest harbor, at Tripoli, as well as founding the Piloting & Harb ...

(1878–1944), Lebanese businessman *

Bachir Abdelouahab Bachir Ben Mohamed Abdelouahab (, December 2, 1897, Miliana - 1978, Algiers) was an Algerian politician and medical doctor. He practiced medicine in Blida, Zaouia street since March 1924, where he was elected municipal councillor and general co ...

(1897–1978), Algerian politician and medical doctor *

Abdul Wahab Khan Tarzi Abdul Wahab Khan Tarzi (24 November 1903 – 20 January 1994) was an Afghan civil servant. He was born in Damascus in November 1903, and was educated at Oxford University. From 1925 to 1928, he served as director general of the Protocol Branch. ...

(born 1903), Afghan civil servant *

Mohammed Abdel Wahab Mohamed Abdel Wahab (), also transliterated ''Mehammad Abdelwehab'', (March 13, 1902 – May 4, 1991), was a prominent 20th-century Egyptian singer, actor, and composer. He is best known for his Romantic and Egyptian patriotic songs. He ...

(1902–1991), Egyptian singer and composer *

Abdul-Wahab Mirjan Abdul Wahab Murjan (; 1909 – March 15, 1964) was an Iraqi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iraq from 1957 to 1958. His tenure as prime minister oversaw Iraq's short-lived union with Jordan, which was formalized on February 14, 19 ...

(1909–1964), Iraqi politician * Khaled Abdul-Wahab (1911–1997), Tunisian who helped Jews in World War II *

Fatin Abdel Wahab Fatin Abdel Wahab (; 22 November 1913 – 12 May 1972) was an Egyptian film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the ...

(1913–1972), Egyptian film director *

Abdolvahaab Shahidi Abdolvahab Shahidi (; 23 September 1922 – 10 May 2021) was an Iranian barbat player, singer and composer in the classical style. He is noted as one of the contemporary pioneers of Persian music by BBC Persian BBC Persian () is the Persian l ...

(born 1914), Iranian singer and barbat player *

Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad Abdul-Wahhab Hawmad ( ) (1915 – February 2002) was a Syrian politician, lawyer, criminologist and professor. Background Hawmad was born to father Mahmoud Hawmad in Aleppo, where he was raised, in 1915. Before his entry into politics, Hawmad wo ...

(1915–2002), Syrian politician *

Afif Abdul Wahab Afif Abdul Wahab (1915–2003) was a Lebanese medical doctor, general surgeon and urologist, businessman and philanthropist, born and raised in El Mina. After receiving his Medical Doctorate from the American University of Beirut in 1941, he ope ...

(1915–2003), Lebanese doctor *

Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf Abdul Wahab al-Shawaf ; 1916 – 9 March 1959) was an Iraqi military officer and the leader of the 1959 Mosul uprising in March 1959 against then Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qasim. Early life Al-Shawaf was born in 1916 in Baghdad to the promine ...

(1916–1959), Iraqi revolutionary *

Abdul Wahab (journalist) Abdul Wahab (1916–1994) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1979 by the Government of Bangladesh. Career After the Liberation of Bangladesh, Wahab edited ''The Liberation of Bangladesh'', ''The Dhaka Daily'' and ...

(1916–1994), Bangladeshi journalist * Shah Abdul Wahhab (1894–1982), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and former principal of

Darul Uloom Hathazari Al-Jāmiʿah al-Ahliyyah Dār al-ʿUlūm Muʿīn al-Islām (), popularly known as the Hāṭhazārī Madrasah () or the Great Madrasah (), is a Qawmi institution of Hathazari, located in Bangladesh's Chittagong District. Established in 1901, it ...

Abdul Wahhab Pirji Abdul Wahhab Pirji (; 1890 – 29 September 1976), popularly referred to as Pirji Huzur (), was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, author and educationist. He was a disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi and the founding principal of Jamia Hussainia Ashraful ...

(1890–1976), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar *

Muhammad Abdulwahhab Haji Abdul Wahhab (, 1 January 1923 – 18 November 2018) was an Islamic preacher and the emir of Tablighi Jamaat in Pakistan. Early life and education Muhammad Abdul Wahhab was born in Delhi, British India, in 1923 into a Rajput family origin ...

(born 1923), Indian Muslim religious teacher *

Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati (Arabic: عبد الوهاب البياتي) (December 19, 1926 – August 3, 1999) was an Iraqi Arab poet. Biography Al-Bayati was born in Baghdad. Al-Bayati was an Iraqi Turkmen poet. One of his friends, Ahmed Abdel-Mo ...

(1926–1999), Iraqi poet * Abdel Wahab Elmessiri (1938–2008), Egyptian political philosopher *

Abdul Wahab Adam Abdul Wahab Adam (8 December 1938 – 22 June 2014) was an Islamic scholar, ameer (head) and missionary-in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ghana. He was a member of Ghana's National Peace Council and the National Reconciliation ...

(1938–2014), Ghanaian Muslim Scholar and Ameer of the

Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya, officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ), is an Islamic messianic movement originating in British India in the late 19th century. It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who said he had been divinely appointed a ...

movement, Ghana * Abdelwahab Abdallah (born 1940), Tunisian politician *

Abdul Wahab Siddiqi Muhammad Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994) was a Pakistani Sunni Muslim religious scholar and Sufi master. Early life He was born in 1942, the third son of Muhammad Umar Icharvi, one of Pakistan's leading Sufi scholars of the time, who held the h ...

(1942–1994), Pakistani religious scholar and Sufi Master *

Abdulwahab Darawshe Abdulwahab Darawshe (, ; born 12 October 1943) is an Israeli Arab former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and the Arab Democratic Party between 1984 and 1999. Biography Abdulwahab Darawshe was born on 12 Octobe ...

(born 1943), Arab-Israeli politician * Tuan Haji Anuar bin Haji Abd. Wahab (1945–2009), Malaysian silat expert *

Abdelwahab Meddeb Abdelwahab Meddeb (; 17 January 1946 – 5 November 2014) was a French-language writer and cultural critic, and a professor of comparative literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre. Biography and career Meddeb was born in Tunis, French T ...

(born 1946), Tunisian-French poet and essayist * Mounes Abdul Wahab (born 1947), Lebanese blind civil rights activist, author and pioneer of disabled rights movement *

AbdulWahab Raweh Dr. Abdulwahab Abdo Raweh () (born in 1952) is an active Yemeni politician and was in the Yemeni cabinets (1994 through 2006). He has been in the cabinets of Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (1994–1997), Faraj Said Bin Ghanem (1997–1998), Abdul Karim ...

(born 1952), Yemeni politician *

Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah (; born 1962) is an Egyptian composer of contemporary classical music and educator. He is a member of Egypt's third generation of classical composers. Biography Abdelfattah was born in Giza. He graduated with a ...

(born 1962), Egyptian classical composer *

Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Labid Al-Zirjawi (; born 21 December 1975) is an Iraqi professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Iraqi Women's National team Club career Abu Al-Hail started his career by playing for Al- ...

(born 1976), Iraqi footballer * Musa Abed Al Wahab (born 1977), Saudi held in Guantanamo * AbdulWahab al-Awdi (born 1978), Yemeni poet * Mohamed Abdelwahab (1983–2006), Egyptian footballer *

Ariffin Abdul Wahab Mohammad Ariffin bin Haji Abdul Wahab is a Bruneian Malay people, Bruneian aristocrat, businessman and retired Officer (armed forces), military officer, who served as the commander of the Training Institute Royal Brunei Armed Forces (TI RBAF) fr ...

, Bruneian military officer * Abdul Wahab Khan (politician), speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan *

Abdul Wahab Peevee Pulikkal Veettil Abdul Wahab (born 1 July 1950) is an Indian politician and social worker from Nilambur, Malappuram. He currently serves as a Member of Parliament from Kerala in the Rajya Sabha (the Council of States or the Upper House). He ...

(P. V. Abdul Wahab), Indian politician * Zamzani Abdul Wahab (Chef Zam), Malaysian chef * Abdul Wahab Dar, Pakistani cricketer * Abdul Wahab (educationist), Pakistani educationist * A. T. M. Abdul Wahab, Bangladeshi politician *

Abdulwahab Hussain Abdulwahab Hussain Ali Ahmed Esmael (; born October 9, 1954) is a Bahraini political activist,

, Bahraini political activist * Abdul Wahab (Awami League politician) *

Abdul Wahab (Mughal historian) Abdul Wahab also known as Shaikh Abdul Wahab, (died 1622/3) was a Mughal historian and close companion of Mughal Emperor Jahangir. He is known for his work, the Intikhab-I-Jahangir Shahi. Works Abdul Wahab created the Intikhab-I-Jahangir Shahi, a ...

Abdul Wahab (Jhenaidah politician) Abdul Wahab is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as the Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jhenaidah-1 constituency. Career Abdul Wohab was a part of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from its foundation. Abdul previously was ...

* Abdul wahab Khan Lodhi ( 2013-present) part of the Lodhi dynasty As a female name, it may refer to: *

Sherine Sherine Sayed Mohamed Abdel Wahab (; born 8 October 1980), known professionally as simply Sherine, is an Egyptians, Egyptian Singing, singer, Actor, actress and music judge who is dubbed ''"The Voice of Egypt"''. Sherine was formerly a judge on ...

Abdel Wahhab (born 1980), Egyptian singer

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