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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Abdullah Abdullah may refer to: * Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village * ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan * '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...

. 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.”

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Abdullahi Ahmed Addow Abdullahi Ahmed Addow (, ) is a Somali politician and diplomat. Early life Addow was born on 15 May 1936 in Brava, situated in the southeastern Lower Shabelle region of Somalia. He hails from the Habar Gidir sub-clan of the Hawiye. Career ...

(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 Abdillahi Deria (, ; died January 1967) was the fifth Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Sultanate and a notable Somali anti-colonial figure. Biography Abdillahi was the son of Sultan Deria Hassan whom he succeeded in 1943 after his death. Abdillahi was ...

, 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 ...

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Abdullahi Afrah Abdullahi Ali Afrah (March 9, 1953 – July 1, 2008), born in Somalia, was a Canadian immigrant who returned to Mogadishu as a leader in the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). He was killed on 1 July 2008 in a battle with the Ethiopian troops in Matab ...

(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 Abdullahi Sudi Arale (; born 1964) is a citizen of Somalia who was held for two and a half years in extrajudicial detention by the United States. Arale's transfer to the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba, was confirmed on We ...

, Somali Guantanamo detainee *

Abdullahi Sadiq Abdullahi Ali Sadiq also known as Abdullahi Sadiq al-Harari was an influential Harari-Ethiopian businessman and governor for Ogaden whose peaceful jurisdiction spread beyond today's Ethiopia. Early days Abdullahi in the early 20th century had ...

, 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 Abdullahi Ibrahim (14 January 1939 – 24 January 2021) was a Nigerian lawyer, politician and administrator. He served as Federal Minister of Justice. Biography Ibrahim was called to the English Bar in 1963, and was called to the Nigerian Bar i ...

, 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 Abdullahi Issa Mohamud (, (1921 – March 24, 1988) was a Somali politician. He was the Prime Minister of Italian Somalia during the trusteeship period, serving from February 29, 1949, to July 7, 1960. Biography Issa was born in 1921 in the ...

(1922–1988), first prime minister of Somalia *

Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar (born 5 July 1949, in Kano State, Nigeria) was formerly the National security adviser to the president of Nigeria. Rtd Major General Mukhtar was also a former military governor of Kaduna state and Katsina State, in the ca ...

(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 Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila (23 March 1946 – 11 January 2003) was a Nigerian politician and administrator. One of the first administrators to inherit the post first republican administrative structure instituted by the military, he served the Local ...

, Nigerian Administrator and Politician *

Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow (died 27 July 2022) was a Somali general and politician who served in the 8th Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia in the 2000s. A member of the Bimaal clan, Waafow later became the mayor (district commissioner) ...

(died 2022), Somali general and politician

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Ahmed Aboki Abdullahi Ahmed Aboki Abdullahi is a retired Brigadier General of the Nigerian army. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he was the Nigerian communications minister, a position he earned as a trained officer in the army signals division. He was at one point in time a ...

, Nigerian army officer *

Hamza Abdullahi Hamza Abdullahi (2 March 1945 – 3 January 2019) was a Nigerian statesman and military administrator who served as Governor of Kano State from 1984 to 1985; and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory from 1986 to 1989. Early life Hamza Abdul ...

(1945–2019), Nigerian Air Force air marshal and governor * Hassan Abdillahi, Somali journalist * Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi (born 1958), Somali-Canadian scholar *

Nasrollah Abdollahi Nasrollah Abdollahi (, born 2 September 1951 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football coach and former player. Playing career Club career Abdollahi played for Homa F.C., Guard F.C. before he changed to Taj SC. There he could win the Iranian le ...

(born 1951), Iranian football player and coach * Sadiq Abdullahi (born 1960), Nigerian tennis player

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