Jabbar () is an Arabic word meaning "great" or "mighty". With the definite article as al-Jabbar () it is one of the

names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam () are 99 names that each contain Attributes of God in Islam, which are implied by the respective names. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, ...

, and is so used in the given name Abd al-Jabbar ().

Al-Jabbar as surname

* Abdul Jalilul Jabbar (ruled 1649–1652), 12th Sultan of Brunei * Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (born 1974), American footballer

Jabbar as given name

* Jabbar Baghtcheban (1884–1966), Iranian worker with the deaf *

Jabbar Choheili Sheikh (''Rabbi'') Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili (, also known as Sheikh Jabbar Ṭawūsī Al-Kuhaili, ; born 1923, died December 27, 2014) was an Iranian Mandaean priest, the head of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz, which presides over the Mandaea ...

(1923–2014), Iranian Mandaean priest *

Jabbar Garyagdioglu Jabbar Garyagdioglu or Garyaghdyoglu ( pronounced ) (31 March 1861 – 20 April 1944) was an Azerbaijani folk singer (khananda). He is known as the first khananda to perform mughamats in the Azeri language. He mostly sang in Azerbaijani language ...

(1861–1944), Azerbaijani folk singer * Jabbar Muhammad (born 2001), American football player *

Jabbar Patel Dr. Jabbar Patel (born 23 June 1942) is a former paediatrician and a Marathi-language theatre and film director of India. His production of Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal, in 1973 is considered a classic in Modern Indian Theatre. ...

(born 1942), Indian theatre and film director * Jabbar Savalan (born ca. 1991), Azerbaijani blogger * Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan Al-Sahlani, Iraqi held in Guantanamo

Jabbar as surname

* Abdoul Jabbar (1980–2021), Guinean singer-songwriter *

Abdul Jabbar (activist) Abdul Jabbar (11 October 1919 – 21 February 1952) was a protester who was killed during the Bengali language movement in 1952 that took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh). He is considered a martyr in Bangladesh. Backg ...

(1919–1952), Bengali-language demonstrator *

Abdul Jabbar (footballer) Abdul Jabbar (; 1945 – 25 March 2014), was a Pakistani professional footballer who played as a forward. Jabbar played as an inside left forward. He represented the Pakistan national football team from 1967 to 1969, and is one of the first and ...

(1945–2014), Pakistani footballer * Hussein Jabbar (born 1998), Iraqi footballer *

Javed Jabbar Javed Jabbar (Urdu language, Urdu: جاوید جبار ) is a Pakistani people, Pakistani writer and politician.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( ; born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. , April 16, 1947) is an American former basketball player. He played professionally for 20 seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Associatio ...

(born 1947), American basketball player (occasionally appears as "Jabbar" in box scores) *

Maitham Jabbar Maitham Jabbar Mutlag Al-Farttoosi (; born 10 November 2000) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a defender for Al-Zawraa in the Iraqi Premier League. International career On 20 March 2019, Jabbar made his first international cap with Iraq aga ...

(born 2000), Iraqi footballer *

Mehreen Jabbar Mehreen Jabbar (Urdu: م‍ﮩ‍رين جبار ) (born on 29 December 1971, is a Pakistani film and television director and producer based in New York City. She is a daughter of the Pakistani media-person Javed Jabbar.https://tribune.com.p ...

(born 1971), Pakistani filmmaker, daughter of Javed Jabbar * Mudhafar Jabbar (born 1965), Iraqi footballer * Mustafa Jabbar (born 1949), Bangladeshi businessman and politician *

Pat Jabbar Pat Jabbar is a Swiss-Moroccan producer, musician and founder of the record label Barraka el Farnatshi. Biography Born in Hamburg, Germany, Jabbar grew up in Basel, Switzerland. In 1984 he discovered Arabic music in Israel. One year later, he we ...

, music producer *

Sadia Jabbar Sadia Jabbar Qasimis the founder of Mussarat lingerie it’s an online lingerie store launched on 11th January. In a short span,it’s gaining traction among young, urban women across Pakistan—an underserved market segment finally getting the a ...

, Pakistani television and film producer *Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, suspect in the

2025 New Orleans truck attack On January 1, 2025, at around 3:15 a.m. Central Time Zone, CST (UTC−06:00, UTC–6), Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old American man, Vehicle-ramming attack, drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, U ...

Sheikh Abdul Jabbar Sheikh Abdul Jabbar was an Indian politician and freedom fighter from Jammu and Kashmir. He held various positions in his political career, including serving as a Cabinet Minister, MLA, and MLC. In 1984, Sheikh Abdul Jabbar left the Jammu & Kas ...

(1931–1990), Indian politician and freedom fighter from Jammu and Kashmir *

T H Abdul Jabbar T H Abdul Jabbar (born 28 May 1960) is the president of Vazhakkulam Panchayath in Ernakulam District and a leader of Indian National Congress. Abdul Jabbar is the brother of former Kerala food minister T H Musthafa. Abdul Jabbar born in Thott ...

(born 1960), Indian National Congress politician from Kerala *

Yaser Jabbar Yaser Jabbar is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. After graduating from St. George's medical school at the University of London in 2004, his surgical training and surgical practice has been predominately based in the United Kingdom. As of January ...

, consultant orthopaedic surgeon

Other uses

Al Jabbar Grand Mosque Al Jabbar Grand Mosque () is a mosque located in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Because it is surrounded by a reservoir, the mosque is sometimes referred to as the Al Jabbar Floating Mosque. The mosque is situated in the Gedebage district in east ...

, a mosque located in West Java, Indonesia *Al-Jabbar, the Arabic name of the

constellation Orion Orion is a prominent set of stars visible during winter in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is one of the 88 modern constellations; it was among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy. It is named after a hun ...

Jabbar Khel Jabbarkhel or Jabarkhail, sometimes spelled JabarKhel or JabarKhyl is a sub tribe of Ahmadzai tribe of Pashtun people and consist of more than fifteen thousand families. Many of the families carry the surname "Jabbar Khel", but some have changed ...

, Afghan clan *

Khak-i Jabbar Khak-i Jabbar is a village and the district headquarters of Khaki Jabbar District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It is located at at 2,287 m altitude. See also *Kabul Province Kabul (Dari/Pashto: ), situated in the east of the country, i ...

, village in Afghanistan ** Khaki Jabbar District, Afghanistan * Jabbar, Khuzestan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Jabbar, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *Jabbar, alternate name of Kalateh-ye Jabbar, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran * Jabbar, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran

Fictional uses

* Jabbar (''The 99''), a character in ''The 99'' comics *

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