Abū Bakr ( ar, أبو بكر ) is an Arabic given name meaning "Father of a Young Camel" (Abu meaning 'Father of' and Bakr meaning 'Young Camel') that is widely used by Sunni Muslims.
Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, Aboubacar, Abubakar, etc. The two parts of the name can be written together, hyphenated, or separately.
The most famous person to carry this name was
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honorif ...
( 573–634), one of the
companions of the prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
and the first
caliph
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
of
Islam. He was also Muhammad's
father-in-law
A parent-in-law is a person who has a legal affinity with another by being the parent of the other's spouse. Many cultures and legal systems impose duties and responsibilities on persons connected by this relationship. A person is a child-in-la ...
through
Aisha
Aisha ( ar, , translit=ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr; , also , ; ) was Muhammad's third and youngest wife. In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" ( ar, links=no, , ʾumm al- muʾminīn), referr ...
. His real name was Abdullah, Abu Bakr being his
kunya.
Persons with the name
People with the name include:
Early and medieval Islam
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Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honorif ...
(c. 573–634)
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Abu Bakr ibn Ali
Abū Bakr ibn ʿAlī ( ar, أبو بكر بن علي) was reportedly the son of Ali and Layla bint Mas'ud. He was among companions of Husayn who was martyred at the Battle of Karbala.
Lineage
It is stated that Abu Bakr was the first of Ali i ...
(died 680
in the Battle of Karbala)
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Abu Bakr ibn Hasan ibn Ali
Abū Bakr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ( ar, أبو بكر بن الحسن بن علي) was the son of Hasan ibn Ali. He went to Karbala with his uncle Husayn ibn Ali, and was killed in the Battle of Karbala on the day of Ashura.
Lineage
Abu Bakr ...
(died 680
in the Battle of Karbala)
* Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwān, was an Umayyad prince, son of
Abd al-Aziz
Abd al-Aziz ( ar, عبد العزيز, DMG: ''ʽAbd al-ʽAzīz''), frequently also transliterated Abdul-Aziz, is a male Arabic Muslim given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the words '' ʽAbd'', the Arabic definite article an ...
and brother of
Umar II
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ( ar, عمر بن عبد العزيز, ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; 2 November 680 – ), commonly known as Umar II (), was the eighth Umayyad caliph. He made various significant contributions and reforms to the society, an ...
.
*
Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm ( ar, أبو بكر بن محمد بن عمرو بن حزم) (died 120/737) was an 8th-century Sunni Islamic scholar based in Madinah.
He is among those who compiled hadiths at Umar II’s behest. Umar aske ...
(died 737), Sunni Islamic scholar based in Madinah, Saudi Arabia
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Abu Bakr al-Isfahani
Abu Bakr al-Isfahani (born in Isfahan – died 908 CE in Baghdad), popularly known as Al-Isfahani ( ar, الإصفهاني; ''from Isfahan''), was a Persian Quran reciter who specialized in Warsh recitation.
Biography
''Abu Bakr Al-Isfahani'' ...
(died 908), Persian scholar in Warsh recitation
* Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Muhtadi, was the Abbasid prince and son of Caliph
Al-Muhtadi
Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn al-Wāthiq ( ar, أبو إسحاق محمد بن هارون الواثق; – 21 June 870), better known by his regnal name Al-Muhtadī bi-'llāh (Arabic: , "Guided by God"), was the Caliph of the Abbasid Calipha ...
.
*
Abu Bakr al-Khallal (died 923), Muslim jurist
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Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya' al-Razi (c. 865–925), Persian physician, alchemist, and philosopher
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Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid
Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Musa ibn al-Abbas ibn Mujahid al-Atashi (, 859/860 – 936) was an Islamic scholar most notable for establishing and delineating the seven canonical Quranic readings (''qira'at'') in his work ''Kitāb al-sabʿa fī l-qirāʾā ...
(c. 860–936), Iraqi Islamic scholar
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Abu Bakr Muhammad (died 941), Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan and governor of Samanid Khurasan
*
Abu Bakr al-Sajistani
Abu or ABU may refer to:
Places
* Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan
* Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan
* Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria
* Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian university ...
(died 941), Islamic scholar
*
Abu Bakr al-Shibli
Shaykh Abu Bakr Shibli (; 861–946) was an important Sufi of Persian descent, and a disciple of Junayd Baghdadi. He followed the Maliki school of jurisprudence ( fiqh).
Biography
Abu Bakr Shibli was born in Samarra, although his family was ...
(861–946), Sufi of Persian descent, disciple of Junayd Baghdadi
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Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūlī (Arabic: ), (born c. 870 Gorgan – died between 941 and 948 Basra) was a Turkic scholar and a court companion of three Abbāsid caliphs: al-Muktafī, his successor al-Muqtadir, a ...
(880–946), Arab shatranj player
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Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia (died 997) was a historian and author born in Córdoba, Spain. His mother was a Goth of royal lineage. His important historical account of Spain up to the Caliph of Cordoba Abd-ar-Rahman III
ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn Muḥamm ...
(died 997), historian and author born in Córdoba, Spain
* Abu Bakr Ahmed ibn 'Ali ibn Qays al-Wahshiyah, or
Ibn Wahshiyya (9th/10th centuries), Iraqi alchemist, agriculturalist, farm toxicologist, egyptologist and historian
*
Abu Bakr al-Alami al-Idrissi
Sayyid Abu Bakr ibn Ali al-Alami ( ar, أبو بكر بن علي العلمي; died in the 10th-century AD) is the great grandfather from whom all the Alami Sayyids of Morocco descend and the leader of the Beni Arrous tribe. He is the son of Ali ...
(died 10th-century), ancestor of the Alami Sayyids of Morocco and leader of the Beni Arrous tribe
*
Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi (late 10th Century), Bukhara Sufi, author of the Kitab at-ta'arruf
* Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib
al-Baqillani
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn aṭ-Ṭayyib al-Bāqillānī ( ar, أبو بكر محمد بن الطيب الباقلاني; c. 950 - 5 June 1013), often known as al-Bāqillānī for short, or reverentially as Imām al-Bāqillānī by adherents to the ...
(930–1013), Iraqi Islamic scholar, theologian and logician
* Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan
ibn Furak (941–1015) Muslim Imam, specialist of Arabic language, grammar and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a hadith scholar from the Shafi'i Madhab
* Abu Bakr Abd al-Karīm ibn al-Faḍl al-Muti better known by his
regnal name
At-Ta'i
Abu Bakr Abd al-Karīm ibn al-Faḍl ( ar, أبو بكر عبد الكريم بن الفضل; 932 – 3 August 1003), better known by his regnal name al-Ṭāʾiʿ liʾllāh/biʾllāh ( ar, الطائع لله\بالله, , He Who Obeys God's Comm ...
, was the caliph of Baghdad from 974 to 991.
* Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin
Azraqi (died 1072), Persian poet
*
Abu Bakr ibn Umar (died 1087), Almoravid ruler
*
Abu Bakr al-Turtushi (1059–1127), Muslim jurist and political theorist from Tortosa, Spain
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Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi or, in full Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn al-ʿArabī al-Maʿāfirī al-Ishbīlī ( ar, أبو بكر محمّد ابن عبدالله ابن العربى المعافرى الأسفلى) born in Sevilla in 1076 ...
(1076–1148), judge and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus
* Abu Bakr Abd al-Malik
ibn Quzman
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Isa Abd al-Malik ibn Isa ibn Quzman al-Zuhri ( ar, أبو بكر محمد بن عيسى بن عبدالملك بن عيسى بن قزمان الزهري; 1087–1160) was the single most famous poet in the history of Al-Andalu ...
(1078–1160) poet in al-Andalus
* Abû Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣâ’igh at-Tûjîbî Ibn Bâjja al-Tujibi, known as
Avempace
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja ( ar, أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصائغ التجيبي بن باجة), best known by his Latinised name Avempace (; – 1138), was an Ar ...
, (c. 1085–1138), Andalusian polymath: whose writings cover astronomy, physics, psychology, music, etc.
* Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad
ibn Tufail
Ibn Ṭufail (full Arabic name: ; Latinized form: ''Abubacer Aben Tofail''; Anglicized form: ''Abubekar'' or ''Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail''; c. 1105 – 1185) was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theo ...
al-Qaisi al-Andalusi; (1105–1185), Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher
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Abu Bakr al-Hassar or Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyash al Hassar (12th century), Muslim mathematician from Morocco
* al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu-Bakr ibn Ayyub or
Al-Adil I
Al-Adil I ( ar, العادل, in full al-Malik al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Abu-Bakr Ahmed ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub, ar, الملك العادل سيف الدين أبو بكر بن أيوب, "Ahmed, son of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Bakr, the Just K ...
(1145–1218), Ayyubid-Egyptian general, brother of Saladin
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Abu Bakr Ibn Sayyid al-Nās
Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Yahya bin Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Sayyid al-Nas al-Ya'mari, better known as Abu Bakr Ibn Sayyid al-Nās, was a Medieval Muslim theologian. He was the grandfather of Fatḥ al-Din Ibn Sayyid al-Nās ...
(1200–1261), Almohad theologian.
* Saif ad-Dīn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr b. Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad or
Al-Adil II
Al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Sayf ad-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad ( ar, سيف الدين الملك العادل أبو بكر بن ناصر الدين محمد, better known as al-Adil II) (c. 1221 – 9 February 1248) was the Ayyubid ...
(1221?–1248), Ayyubid sultan of Egypt
* Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy (1231–1260), ruler of
Shiraz
Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 ...
*
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honori ...
(mid 13th century), brother and companion of
Sunjata, founder of the
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire (Manding: ''Mandé''Ki-Zerbo, Joseph: ''UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century'', p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or Manden; ar, مالي, Māl� ...
*
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honori ...
(late 13th century),
mansa of the Mali Empire
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Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr (c. 1321–1341), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
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Abu Bakr ibn Faris (died 1359), Marinid Sultan
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Abu Bakr Shah
Sultan Abu Bakr Shah (reigned 1389–1390), was a Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty. He was the son of Zafar Khan and the grandson of Sultan Feroze Shah Tughluq.
Life
After Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq II (who had succeeded Sultan Feroze Shah Tu ...
(died 1390), ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty
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Aboobakuru I of the Maldives
Sultan Aboobakar I Sri Bavana Sooja Mahaa Radun was the sultan
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived fr ...
(died 1443?), sultan of Maldives during 1443
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Abu Bakr al-Aydarus
Abu Bakr al-ʿAydarūs, also known as Sayyid Abū Bakr al- ʿAdanī ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿAydarūs ( ar, أبو بكر العدني بن عبد الله العيدروس; 1447–1508J. Spencer Trimingham, John O. Voll, ''The Sufi Orders in Isl ...
(1447–1508), Hadhrami religious scholar of Sufism and poet
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Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat
Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat (also Ababakar or Abubekr; died shortly after AH Rajab 920 / Aug-Sept 1514; exact date uncertain; year 1516 indicated by some authors is wrong) was a ruler in South-Western part of present Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ...
(died after 1514), ruler in eastern Central Asia, an emir of the Dughlat tribe
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Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad
Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad ( ar, أبو بكر بن محمد), reigned 1525–1526, was a sultan of the Sultanate of Adal in the Horn of Africa. The historian Richard Pankhurst credits Abu Bakr with founding the city of Harar, which he made his mil ...
(died 1526), sultan of Adal
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Abu Bakr Mirza (died 1602), self-declared Shah of Shirvan after the downfall of Kavus Mirza
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Abu Bakr Ibn Braham(Commons
The commons is the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth. These resources are held in common even when owned privately or publicly. Commons c ...
) (died 1691), mapmaker
18th century to present
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Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (enslaved man from Timbuktu) Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (also Edward Doulan) was a man from Timbuktu who was enslaved in his early twenties in the city of Bouna, in today's Ivory Coast. He wrote his autobiography, a slave narrative, in Arabic; two copies (one in Jamaice, one near Lo ...
, ca. 1834
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Abu Bakr Atiku
Abu Bakr Atiku ( ar, أبو بكر أتيكو; 1782–1842) was the third Sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate, reigning from October 1837 until November 1842.
Early years
Abu Bakr Atiku dan Shehu was born to the second wife of Usman dan Fodio in 178 ...
(1782–1842), sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani Empire
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Abu Bakr II ibn ʽAbd al-Munan
Abu Bakr II ibn Abd al-Munan was the emir of Harar (1829-1852). He was the son of Abd al-Mannan Garad of Zeila, the nephew of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad, and the husband of Gisti ( Harari: "princess") Fatima, Abd ar-Rahman's oldest daughter. He su ...
(died 1852), emir of Harar
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Abu Bakr Effendi
Sheikh Abu Bakr Effendi ( – 29 June 1880), also spelt Ebu Bekir Efendi, was an Ottoman ''qadi'' sent in 1862 by Sultan Abdulaziz at the request of Queen Victoria to the Cape of Good Hope, in order to teach and assist the Muslim communit ...
(1814–1880), Ottoman ''qadi'' of Kurdish descent in the Cape of Good Hope from 1862 to 1880
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Abu Bakar of Johor (1833–1895), Sultan of Johor
* Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi, or just
Mulla Effendi (1863–1942), Kurdish Muslim cleric, Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer and politician
*
Abu Bakar bin Taha (1882–1956), Yemen-born Islamic educator in Singapore
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Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem
Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem (Urdu: ابو بكر احمد حليم; commonly known as A. B. A. Haleem) (1897 – 20 April 1975) was a Pakistani Mahajir (Pakistan), Muhajir political science, political scientist and the first Vice Chancellor, vic ...
(1897–1975), Pakistani political scientist and first vice-chancellor of Karachi University
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Abu Bakar of Pahang (1904–1974), Sultan of Pahang
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Abu Bakr Khairat
Abu Bakr Khairat (10 April 1910 – 1963) ( ar, أبو بكر خيرت); also spelled Abu Bakr Khayrat) was an Egyptian composer of classical music, part of that nation's first generation of such composers.
An architect by profession, Khairat stu ...
(1910–1963), Egyptian composer of classical music
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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (December 1912 – 15 January 1966) was a Nigerian politician who served as the first and only Prime Minister of Nigeria upon independence.
Early life
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was born in December 1912 in modern-day ...
(1912–1966), first prime minister of independent Nigeria
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Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana (1916-2005), second President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)
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Roqia Abubakr (1917-after 1973), one of the first four women elected to parliament in Afghanistan
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Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane (died 1979), Chadian warlord
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Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric
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Aboubakar Diaby Ouattara Aboubakar Diaby Ouattara (born 25 December 1938) is a diplomat from Côte d'Ivoire. He served as the first Executive Secretary in the Economic Community of West African States
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known a ...
(born 1938), diplomat from Côte d'Ivoire
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Datti Abubakar
Colonel Datti Sadiq Abubakar was Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.
He was a graduate of Rumfa College, Kano.
In July 1966 Lieutenant Datti Abu ...
(1939–2005), Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria
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Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (born 1939), Yemeni politician and sometime Prime Minister
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Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad (born 1939), leader of one of the traditionalist Sunni (Sufi) Muslims (shafi) in Kerala, India
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Abubakar Rimi (1940–2010), Nigerian politician
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Abu Bakr Baira (born 1941), Libyan politician, Acting President of the Council of Deputies of Libya
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Yasin Abu Bakr (1941-2021), leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Abu Bakr al-Qirbi
Abu Bakr Abdullah al-Qirbi ( ar,
أبو بكر عبد الله القربي) is a Yemeni diplomat who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen from 2001 to 2014.
On 13 December 2009, al-Qirbi urged Iran's government to crack down on Iranian gro ...
(born 1942), Yemeni politician
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Abdulsalami Abubakar
Abdulsalami Abubakar (; born 13 June 1942) is a Nigerian statesman and retired Nigerian Army general who served as the ''de facto'' President of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999. He was also Chief of Defence Staff between 1997 and 1998. He succeede ...
(born 1942), Nigerian general and politician
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Abu Baker Asvat (1943–1989), murdered South African activist and medical doctor
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Aboubacar Somparé (born 1944), Guinean politician, President of the National Assembly
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Abu Bakar Abdul Jamal (born 1946), admiral in the Malaysian Navy
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Atiku Abubakar Atiku is a given name and surname. It may refer to:
Given name
* Atiku Abubakar (born 1946), Nigerian politician and businessman, Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007
* Atikur Rahman Mallik, Bangladeshi film editor
Middle name
* Abubakar At ...
(born 1946), Nigerian politician
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Boubaker Ayadi (born 1949), Tunisian author
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Mustafa Abubakar
Mustafa Abubakar (born 15 October 1949) is an Indonesian politician and formerly governor of the province of Aceh. Mustafa was appointed as the State Minister for State Enterprises in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet, which was announced on ...
(born 1949), Indonesian politician
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Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (1952–2011), Libyan Minister of Defence under Gaddafi
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Abu Bakar (1952–2019), Indonesian regent of West Bandung
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Sa'adu Abubakar
Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar ( ar, محمد سعد أبو بكر), CFR (born 24 August 1956) is the 20th Sultan of Sokoto. As Sultan of Sokoto, he is considered the spiritual leader of Northern Nigeria's Muslims, the majority of the nation's popul ...
(born 1956), Sultan of Sokoto in northern Nigeria
* Abu Bakr, name used by Australian militant activist
Abdul Nacer Benbrika (born c. 1960)
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Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani (born 1962), Nigerian diplomat
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Aboubakr Jamaï
Aboubakr Jamaï ( ar, أبوبكر الجامعي; born 1968 in Rabat, Morocco) is a Moroccan journalist and banker, and was the publisher of the newspapers ''Le Journal Hebdomadaire'' and ''Assahifa al-Ousbouiya''. In 2003, he was awarded the ...
(born 1968), Moroccan journalist and banker
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Abu Bakker Qassim
Abu Bakker Qassim is a Uyghur from China's western frontier, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 283.
After being classified a ...
(born 1969), Uyghur who was held in Guantanamo Bay
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( ar, أبو بكر البغدادي, ʾAbū Bakr al-Baḡdādī; born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali Muhammad al-Badri al-Samarrai ( ar, إبراهيم عواد إبراهيم علي محمد البدري السامرائي, ʾIb ...
(1971–2019) as Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group and self-proclaimed caliph.
* Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1974), also known as
Abou Nidal Abou Nidal de Genève is the stage name of Aboubakar Doumbia born on December 29, 1974, in Divo (Ivory Coast), Ivorian composer, performer and producer. His pseudonym is linked to the fact that he lived for many years in Geneva, Switzerland. His ni ...
, Ivorian singer
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Aboubakar Soumahoro
Aboubakar Soumahoro (born 6 June 1980) is an Italian- Ivorian trade unionist, labor activist and politician, elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the 2022 Italian election. He has advocated for labor rights of migrant farmers in Italy.
Biogra ...
(born 1980), Italian-Ivorian trade unionist, labor activist and politician
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Abu Bakr Mansha (born 1983/1984), convicted under the British Terrorism Act 2000
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Abu Bakar (Dubrovka attack) or Abubakar, pseudonym of Khanpasha Terkibayev, perpetrator of the
2002 Dubrovka attack
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Abu-Bakr al-Mansouri, Libyan politician, secretary for Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Marine Resources
Sportspeople
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Abu Bakr Ratib (active 1928), Egyptian fencer
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Abubakar Al-Mass (born 1955), Yemeni footballer
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Aboubakar Camara
Aboubakar Camara (born 26 December 1965 in Bingerville) is a former Ivorian rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a fly-half.
He played for ASPAA in Ivory Coast.
Camara had 7 caps for Côte d'Ivoire, from 1993 to 1995, scori ...
(born 1965), former rugby union footballer and current coach from Côte d'Ivoire
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Aboubacar Cissé (born 1969), Ivorian footballer
* Aboubacar
Titi Camara
Aboubacar Sidiki "Titi" Camara (born 17 November 1972) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was also the coach of the Guinean national team, which he captained and played for. He was also the Guinea sports mi ...
, (born 1972), Guinean footballer
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(born 1977), Guinean football referee
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Abubaker Tabula (born 1980), Ugandan footballer
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Aboubacar Guindo (born 1981), Malian footballer
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Abubakari Yakubu (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer
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Abubakr Al Abaidy (born 1981), Libyan footballer
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Aboubacar Bangoura (born 1982), Guinean international footballer
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Aboubakar Koné (born 1982), footballer from Côte d'Ivoire
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Abubakari Yahuza
Ababkuri Yahuza (born 8 August 1983 in Sekondi-Takoradi) is a Ghanaian former football player.
Career
After spells playing in Israel, Yahuza returned to Ghana where he played for New Edubiase United until he suffered a career-ending injury in ...
(born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
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Aboubacar Tandia
Aboubacar Tandia (born 3 October 1983) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Tandia played for Red Star 93, US Roye, Pau FC, and AS Beauvais Oise.
After trialling with US Sénart-Moissy
US Sénart-Moissy ...
(born 1983), French footballer
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Aboubacar Sylla (born 1983), Guinean footballer
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Abubaker Ali Kamal (born 1983), Qatari runner who has specialized in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase
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Aboubacar M'Baye Camara
Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 27 December 1985) is a Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Andenne.
Career
He joined in summer 2004 to Belgian side K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen from his native Guinean club Satellite FC.
In 2017, ...
(born 1985), Guinean footballer
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Radanfah Abu Bakr
Radanfah Abu Bakr (born 12 February 1987 in Port of Spain) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Career
Club
Abu Bakr went to Queen's Royal College in Trinidad and began his career in Trinidad and Tobago side ...
(born 1987), Trinidadian footballer
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Abubakar Bello-Osagie
Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 11 August 1988), commonly known as Abubakar or Abu, is a Nigerian football striker, who plays for Marsaskala in Malta.
Career
Born in Benin City, Edo State, in 2005, he left Bendel Insurance of his home city of Ben ...
(born 1988), Nigerian footballer
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Mé Aboubacar Diomandé
Aboubacar Mé Diomandé (7 May 1988 – 9 August 2019) was an Ivorian footballer who played as midfielder.
Club career
Mé Diomandé began his career with Académie de Sol Beni and was promoted to the first team in January 2005. In January 2007 ...
(born 1988), Ivorian footballer
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Aboubacar Camara (born 1988), Guinean footballer
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Abubaker Kaki Khamis (born 1989), Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres
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Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar (born 1990), Malaysian footballer
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Abou Bakr Al-Mel
Abou Bakr Ali Al-Mel ( ar, أبو بكر المل; born 15 November 1992), also known as Bako ( ar, باكو, links=no), is a Lebanese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for club ...
(born 1992), Lebanese footballer
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Vincent Aboubakar
Vincent Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Al Nassr and captains the Cameroon national team.
Aboubakar began his career at Coton Sport and move ...
(born 1992), Cameroonian international football player
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Lalas Abubakar (born 1994), Ghanaian footballer
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Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1995), Malian footballer
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Aboubacar Keita (born 2000), American footballer
Other uses
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Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique, mosque in Flushing, Queens, New York
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Abu Bakar Royal Mosque
The Abu Bakar Royal Mosque ( ms, Masjid Diraja Abu Bakar) is Pahang's royal mosque which is located in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia. It was officially opened in 1976 by Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang replacing the nearby Abdullah Mosque or Old Royal ...
, Pahang, Malaysia
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Saidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq Mosque
The Saidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq Mosque (MSABA) ( ms, Masjid Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq) is a prominent mosque in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The mosque was named after Muhammad's successor (Caliph) Abu Bakr.
History
In 1976, the people ...
, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque, Johor, Malaysia
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Sultan Abu Bakar Complex, customs, immigration and quarantine complex, Malaysia
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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
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BNS Abu Bakr (1982), Bangladeshi warship
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BNS Abu Bakr (2014), Bangladeshi warship
See also
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Boubacar, West African version of the same name
References
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