Ataullah ( ar, عطا ٱلله) or the alternative Atallah is an Arabic given name meaning "gift of God", composed of ''
Ata'' (''gift'') + ''
Allah
Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from '' al- ilāh'', which means "the god", ...
'' (''God''). It is also a surname to Middle Eastern Christians, derived from the Aramaic form ''Attallah'' or ''Atallah''. The Iranian variant of the same name is ''Ataollah''.
Persons
Given name
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Sultan Ataullah Muhammad Shah I (1422–1472), Sultan of Kedah
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Sultan Ataullah Muhammad Shah II (1687–1698), Sultan of Kedah
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Ataullah Rashidi, 17th century architect from Mughal Empire of present-day India
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Attallah Suheimat Sheikh Attallah Suheimat or Attlallah Pasha Suheimat (1875 - 28 July 1965) was an Arab and Jordanian leader, politician, and a statesperson. Born in the historic city of Al Karak, south of Jordan. He was the son of Sheikh Sulieman effendi Suheimat w ...
(1875–1965), Jordanian politician
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Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari
Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (Urdu سید عطاء اللہ شاہ بخاری) (23 September 1892 – 21 August 1961), was a Muslim Hanafi scholar, religious and political leader from the Indian subcontinent. He was one of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e ...
(1892–1961), Indian religious and political leader
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Qazi Ataullah Khan (1895–1952), Pakistani politician
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Ataollah Khosravani
Ataollah Khosravani (1919–date of death unknown) was an Iranian politician. He served as the secretary-general of Iran Novin Party and held several cabinet posts in the 1960s.
Early life and education
Khosravani was born in Tehran in 1919. He ...
(1919–?), Iranian politician
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Ataullah Mengal (1929–2021), Chief Minister of Balochistan, Pakistan
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Ataullah Bogdan Kopański (born 1948), Polish-born historian
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Ataollah Salehi (born 1950), commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army
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Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi (born 1951), Pakistani folk singer
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Ata'ollah Mohajerani (born 1964), Iranian historian, politician, journalist, and author
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Ataullah Guerra (born 1987), Trinidadian footballer
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Ataullah (cricketer), (born 1986) Pakistani cricketer
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Attaullah (Afghan cricketer)
Attaullah (born 8 May 1990) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Amo Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament
The 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament was an edition of the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4- ...
(born 1990), Afghan cricketer
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Ataullah abu Ammar Jununi, leader of the
Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
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Ataollah Zahed (1915–1991), Iranian actor, film director, film produce, screenplay writer, educator, and a
voice-over actor.
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Ataollah Ashrafi Esfahani
Ayatollah Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani ( fa, آیتالله عطاءالله اشرفی اصفهانی; 1902 – 15 October 1982) was an Iranian religious leader. He was born near Esfahan and educated in Esfahan and at the Qom Seminary. He becam ...
(1902–1982), Iranian Shia Cleric
*, Iranian Politician
Middle name
* Salah al-Din Attallah Suheimat, or just
Salah Suheimat
Salah al-Din Attallah Suheimat ( ar, صلاح الدين عطالله السحيمات) MP (1914 – 30 November 1966) was a Member of the Parliament of Jordan on the banner of the city Al Karak. Born in 1914, the son of Sheikh Attallah Suheimat, ...
(1914–1966), Jordanian politician
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Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani (born 17 April 1923, date of death unknown) was an Afghan Islamic scholar. The honorific "Faizani", a derivation of an Arabic word which denotes something that overflows with God's light (blessings), was bestowed upon ...
(1923–?), Afghan Muslim scholar
Family name
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Naim Attallah (1931–2021), Palestinian businessman and writer
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Samir Atallah Samir Atallah ( ar, سمير عطاالله) (born 24 June 1941 ) is a Lebanese journalist, author and political analyst.
Life
Samir Atallah was born near Jezzine, Lebanon in a small village called Bteddine El Loqch. Atallah is married to May Fra ...
(born 1941), Lebanese journalist, author and political analyst
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Elias Atallah (born 1947), Lebanese politician
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Alain Attalah (born 1964), Egyptian basketball player
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Christine Atallah
Christine Ann Atallah (December 7, 1965 – October 29, 2011) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and writer.
After obtaining degrees in Broadcast Journalism from Concordia University and in Music from McGill University in Montreal, Atallah trained ...
(1965–2011), Canadian singer-songwriter
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Nasri Atallah
Nasri Atallah (born 12 November 1982) is a British-Lebanese author, award-winning producer, television host and media entrepreneur. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Esquire Middle East, one of the co-founders of Last Floor Productions, the found ...
(born 1982), Lebanese-British author
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Bassel Atallah
SSENSE is a multi-brand retailer based in Montreal, Canada specialising in the sale of designer fashion and high end streetwear. It was founded as an e-commerce platform in 2003 by three brothers: Rami, Bassel and Firas Atallah. The company de ...
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Firas Atallah
SSENSE is a multi-brand retailer based in Montreal, Canada specialising in the sale of Designer clothing, designer fashion and high end streetwear. It was founded as an e-commerce platform in 2003 by three brothers: Rami, Bassel and Firas Atalla ...
and
Rami Atallah, Syrian Canadian businessmen, co-founders of
SSENSE
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Mikhail Atallah
Mikhail Jibrayil (Mike) Atallah is a Lebanese American computer scientist, a distinguished professor of computer science at Purdue University.
Biography
Atallah received his bachelor's degree from the American University of Beirut in 1975. He the ...
, Lebanese-American computer scientist
See also
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Atala (disambiguation) Atala may refer to:
* 152 Atala, an asteroid
* Atala (company), an Italian manufacturer of bicycles
** Atala (cycling team), sponsored by the bicycle manufacturer
* Atala (district), a district in Tampere, Finland
* ''Atala'' (novella), a novella ...
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Iranian masculine given names