Al-Fadl ( ar, الفضل , link=no), also spelled Al-Fazl and in other ways, is an Arabic term meaning ''the bounty''. It is used as a male given name and, in modern usage, a surname. It may refer to:

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Al-Fadl ibn Salih Al-Faḍl ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās ( ar, الفضل بن صالح بن علي بن عبد الله العباسي) (740Tabari, Hillenbrand, 1989, p.55.–789) was the Abbasid governor of a number of different pr ...

(740–789), Abbasid governor in Syria and Egypt *

Al-Fadl ibn Rawh ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi Al-Fadl ibn Rawh ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi ( ar, الفضل بن روح بن حاتم المهلبي) (d. 794) was a member of the Muhallabid family and a provincial governor for the Abbasid Caliphate. He was the last of the Muhallabid governors of ...

(died 794), provincial governor for the Abbasid Caliphate *

Al-Fadl ibn al-Rabi' Al-Fadl ibn al-Rabi (, 757/8–823/4), was one of the most influential officials of the Abbasid Caliphate in the reigns of Harun al-Rashid () and al-Amin (), whom he served as chamberlain and chief minister. Fadl played an important role as the chi ...

(757/8–823/4), chamberlain and vizier of the Abbasid caliphs Harun al-Rashid and al-Amin *

Al-Fadl ibn Yahya Al-Fadl ibn Yahya al-Barmaki () (February 766 – October/November 808Zetterstéen (1987), p. 37) was a member of the distinguished Barmakid family, attaining high offices in the Abbasid Caliphate under Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809). Fadl was t ...

(766–808), one of the Barmakids, governor in the Abbasid Caliphate under Harun al-Rashid *

Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht, (also written Nowbakht), was an 8th-century Persian scholar at the court of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid. He was son of the famous Naubakht, a former Zoroastrian, who had designed the House of Wisdom The House of Wisdom ( ...

(8th century), Persian scholar at the court of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid *

Al-Fadl ibn Sahl Abu l-Abbas al-Fadl ibn Sahl ibn Zadhanfarukh al-Sarakhsi ( ar, أبو العباس الفضل بن سهل بن زادانفروخ السرخسي, Abu’l-ʿAbbās al-Faḍl ibn Sahl ibn Zādānfarrūkh as-Sarakhsī; died 818), titled Dhu 'l-Ri'ā ...

(died 818), vizier of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun *

Al-Fadl ibn Marwan Al-Fadl ibn Marwan () (c. 774–864) was a Christian Arab official of the Abbasid Caliphate, who rose to become vizier under Caliph al-Mu'tasim (reigned 833–842). He was the first of a series of Iraqi Christian officials who would come to play a s ...

(ca. 774–864), Christian vizier of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim * Fadl ibn Rabi'ah (ca. 1107), Bedouin emir, progenitor of the Al Fadl dynasty *

Fadl ibn Isa Fadl ibn Isa, also known as Fadl II, was a prince of the Al Fadl, an Arab dynasty that dominated the Syrian Desert beginning in the 13th century. Between 1311 and 1317, he served as '' amir al-ʿarab'', which gave him authority over the Bedouin tr ...

(13th century), Al Fadl ruler under the Mamluks

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Jamal al-Fadl Jamal Ahmed al-FadlJamal al-Fadl testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et al., trial transcript, Day 2, Feb. 6, 2001. ( ar, جمال أحمد محمّد الفضل, ''Jamāl Aḥmad Muḥammad al-Faḍl'') (born 1963-) is a Sudanese milita ...

(born 1963), Sudanese Islamic militant * Amer Al Fadhel (born 1988), Kuwaiti footballer

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Al Fadl AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media * Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera * Al (''Fullmetal ...

, an Arab dynasty that ruled parts of Syria on behalf of various Muslim states *

Al Fazl (newspaper) Al-Fazl ( Urdu الفضل) has been the most important regular publication of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. History Founded in 1913 in Qadian, the newspaper was initially published weekly, then three times a week and then daily as of 1935. U ...

, regular publication of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

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