al-Afghani () is a ''
nisba'' meaning "
Afghan
Afghan or Afgan may refer to:
Related to Afghanistan
*Afghans, historically refers to the Pashtun people. It is both an ethnicity and nationality. Ethnicity wise, it refers to the Pashtuns. In modern terms, it means both the citizens of Afghanist ...
" or from
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
. It may refer to:
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Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (Pashto/), also known as Jamāl ad-Dīn Asadābādī () and commonly known as Al-Afghani (1838/1839 – 9 March 1897), was an Iranian political activist and Islamic ideologist who travelled throughout the Mus ...
, 19th-century political activist
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Abul Wafa Al-Afghani, Islamic scholar
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Sa'id al-Afghani, 20th-century scholar
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Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan Al-Afghani, Medical doctor, author, translator, and Islamic scholar
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Haroon al-Afghani, Afghan-Pakistani citizen detained by the United States
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Muhammad Rahim al-Afghani, Afghan citizen detained by the United States
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Mohammed al-Afghani, Afghan citizen detained by the United States
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Abu Dujana Al-Afghani
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Nisbas
Lists of Afghan people
Toponymic surnames