Al-Fadl (), 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 () (740Tabari, Hillenbrand, 1989, p.55.–789) was the Abbasid governor of a number of different provinces in Syria during the late 8th-century CE. He was also governor of Egyp ...

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

Al-Fadl ibn Rawh ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi Al-Fadl ibn Rawh ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi () (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 Ifriqiya, serving there from 793 until his death. Caree ...

(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-Fazl or Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht, (also written Nowbakht), was an 8th century Persian scholar. Life Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht was the son of Naubakht, a former Zoroastrian, who had designed the House of Wisdom. He was appointed as a scholar at the c ...

(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 (; died 818), titled Dhu 'l-Ri'āsatayn (, "the man of the two headships"), was a famous Persian vizier of the Abbasid era in Khurasan, who served under Caliph al-Ma'mun (r. 813–832). He ...

(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 si ...

(ca. 774–864), Christian vizier of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim *

Fadl ibn Rabi'ah Abu Imran Fadl ibn Rabi'ah was an Arab emir in Syria in the early 12th century. Most of what is known of him centers on his military activities in circa 1107. He was the ancestor of the Al Fadl dynasty, which ruled the Bedouin tribes of the Syria ...

(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 tri ...

(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. (, ; born 1963) is a Sudanese militant and former associate of Osama bin Laden in the early 1990s. Al-Fadl was recruite ...

(born 1963), Sudanese Islamic militant *

Amer Al Fadhel Amer Maatouq Al Fadhel (, born 21 April 1988) is a former Kuwaiti professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Kuwaiti Premier League The Kuwait Premier League (), known as Zain Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top d ...

(born 1988), Kuwaiti footballer

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Al Fadl Al Fadl (, ALA-LC: ''Āl Faḍl'') were an Arab tribe that dominated the Syrian Desert and steppe during the Middle Ages, and whose modern-day descendants largely live in southern Syria and eastern Lebanon. The Al Fadl's progenitor, Fadl ibn Ra ...

, an Arab dynasty that ruled parts of Syria on behalf of various Muslim states * Al Fazl (newspaper), regular publication of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

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