Abdullahi (also spelled Abdollahi and Abdillahi) is a male

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also common as a surname. It is a variation of the

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personal name Abdullah. The variant ''Abdullahi'' is most common in

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, and

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. Abdullahi may refer to: is a male given name, it is a variation of the Arabic language (عبدالله), meaning “God’s servant.”

Given name

* Abdullahi Ahmed Addow (born 1936), Somali politician *

Abdullahi Ahmed Irro Abdullahi Ahmed Irro (; - ), Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf Irro,''ARR: Arab report and record'', (Economic Features, ltd.: 1978), p.602. was a prominent Somali military professor and late general. He helped establish the National Academy for Strategy. ...

, Somali military General * Abdillahi Deria, d(1967) former

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of the

Isaaq The Isaaq (, , ''Banu Ishaq'') is a major Somali clans, Somali clan. It is one of the largest Somali clan families in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. The Isaaq people claim in a traditional legend ...

clan * Abdullahi Afrah (died 2008), Somali leader of UIC *

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (, ‎; 15 December 1934 – 23 March 2012), was a Somali politician and former military official who served as the first President of Puntland from 1998 to 2004. He also played a key role in establishing the Transitional ...

(born 1934), President of Somalia * Abdullahi Sudi Arale, Somali Guantanamo detainee * Abdullahi Sadiq, Ethiopian politician *

Abdullahi dan Fodio Abdullahi ɗan Fodio (; ca. 1766–1828), was a prominent Islamic scholar, jurist, poet and theologian, and the first Amir of Gwandu (r. 1812–1828) and first Grand Vizier of Sokoto. His brother, Usman dan Fodio (1754–1817) was the found ...

(c. 1766–1828), Sultan of Gwandu and scholar *

Abdallahi ibn Muhammad Abdullah ibn-Mohammed al-Khalifa or Abdullah al-Taashi or Abdallah al-Khalifa, also known as "The Caliph, Khalifa" (; 184625 November 1899) was a Sudanese Ansar (Sudan), Ansar ruler who was one of the principal followers of Muhammad Ahmad. Ahmad c ...

(1846–1899) Mahdist Ansar ruler of Sudan * Abdullahi Ibrahim, Nigerian politician *

Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (, ) (died 7 May 2021) was a Somali people, Somali politician. Abdulahi belongs to the Biimal clan of Dir. he worked as Translator to Somali parliament in 1960s, Somalia’s Ambassador to Tunis, and was later a member of ...

, Somali politician * Abdullahi Issa (1922–1988), first prime minister of Somalia * Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar (born 1949), Nigerian retired Major-General * Abdullahi al-Harari, Ethiopian Islamic Scholar *

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (, ; born March 11, 1962), also known as Farmaajo, is a Somali politician who served as president of Somalia from 2017 to 2022. He was Prime Minister of Somalia, prime minister of Somalia for six months, from Novembe ...

, Prime Minister of Somalia * Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila, Nigerian Administrator and Politician * Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow (died 2022), Somali general and politician

Surname

* Ahmed Aboki Abdullahi, Nigerian army officer * Hamza Abdullahi (1945–2019), Nigerian Air Force air marshal and governor * Hassan Abdillahi, Somali journalist * Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi (born 1958), Somali-Canadian scholar * Nasrollah Abdollahi (born 1951), Iranian football player and coach * Sadiq Abdullahi (born 1960), Nigerian tennis player

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Surname

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