Izzatullah (عزت الله), also spelled Ezzatullah or Ezatullah, is a common

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given name, formed from the elements '' Izzat'' and ''

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origin and meaning 'majesty', 'honor' and 'might' of

. The name is widespread among Muslim

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in the form of the first names Izzatulla, Izzatullo, and Gizzatulla (Ğizzätulla), as well as adopted in

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in the form of the Turkic family names Izzatulloev, Izzatullaev, Gizzatullin (corrupted versions: Gizzatulin/Izzatulin, Gizatullin/Izatullin, Gizatulin/Izatulin). Variants of the name are Ayzatulla and Ayzat. In Turkish the name is İzzetullah.

List of people with the given name Izzatullah

* Izzatullah Bengali, 18th-century Persian author * Ezatullah (Nangarhar), Afghan militia leader who helped set up a provisional government after the Taliban retreated in November 2001 from Nangarhar Province * Ezatullah Haqqani, Afghan member of the Taliban's Council * Izzatullah Wasifi (born 1958), chief of Afghanistan's General Independent Administration of Anti Corruption, formerly governor of Herat Province * Ezatullah Zawab, Afghan journalist who was kidnapped in retaliation for publishing an article critical of local clerics * Mullah Ezat or Ezatullah, Afghan commander from Paghman district in Kabul Province and ally of Abdul Rasul Sayyaf who participated in the Afshar Operation * Hiztullah Yar Nasrat or Izatullah Nasrat Yar, Afghan held in Guantanamo * Izatullah Dawlatzai (born 1991), Afghan cricketer * Ezatullah, Afghan cricketer * Ezzatollah Pourghaz, Iranian Turkmen Football Player

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