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Abu al-Fadl or Abu'l-Fadl (
Arabic : ابو الفضل ) is an Arabic male given name which also occurs in place-names. It means father of virtue . It is variously transliterated as Abu'l-Fadl , Abu'l-Fazl , Abul Fazal etc. It is also used in
Iran and
Azerbaijan , usually in the form of Abolfazl , or Abulfaz . Most famously, this is an epithet
Abbas ibn Ali , who is highly revered in
Islam for his loyalty towards his brother
Husayn ibn Ali during the
Battle of Karbala .
It may refer to:
People
Abu'l-Faḍl is the
Kunya (
Teknonym ) for
Muhammad 's uncle and companion
Al-ʻAbbas ibn ʻAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Abu'l-Faḍl, nickname given to
ʻAbbas ibn ʻAli (647–680), the son of the first
Shia Imam and the fourth
Rashidun Caliph
Abu'l-Faḍl al-ʻAbbas ibn Fasanjas (c. 876-953), statesman who served the Buyid dynasty
Abu'l-Faḍl Jaʻfar ibn Aḥmad al-Muʻtaḍid, known as
Al-Muqtadir (895–932), Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
Abolfadl Harawi (10th century), Persian astronomer under the patronage of the Buyid dynasty
Abu'l-Faḍl Bayhaqi (995–1077), Persian historian and author
Abu al-Faḍl ʻIyad ibn Amr ibn Musa ibn ʻIyad ..., known as
Qadi Ayyad (1083–1149), imam in Ceuta, judge in Granada
Abu al-Faḍl Jaʻfar ibn ʻAli al-Dimashqi (12th-century), Muslim writer on commerce, from Damascus
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551–1602), vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and author of Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar's reign
Abul Fazl Mamuri (fl. c. 1700), historian of the Mughal Empire during Aurangzeb's reign
Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl (1844–1914), Baháʼí scholar, who helped spread the Baháʼí Faith in Egypt, Turkmenistan, and the United States
Mirza Abul Fazl (1865–1956), Koran translator
Abul Fazal (writer) (1903–1983), Bangladeshi writer and educationist
Abul Fazal Mohammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1915–2001), former President of Bangladesh
Abulfaz Elchibey (1938–2000), Azerbaijani political figure
Abū al-Faḍ, alternate name of
Iyad Ag Ghaly (born
c. 1954 ), Malian Tuareg militant
Abolfazl Jalili (born 1957), Iranian film director
Khaled Abou El Fadl (born 1963), Kuwaiti-American law professor
Abolfazl Attar (born 1968), Iranian film director, screenwriter & film editor
Abolfazl Hajizadeh (born 1981), Iranian footballer
Abolfazl Ebrahimi (born 1982), Iranian footballer
Abolfazl Fateh (born 1966), Iranian medical doctor, journalist and political activist
Abu al-Fazl Mir Mohammedi [
fa ] , Iranian Cleric
Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi , Iranian Cleric
Places
Abu al-Fadl, Ramle , Arab village, depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
Chah Abu ol Fazl , village in Chahak Rural District, in the Central District of Khatam County, Yazd Province, Iran
Rustai-ye Abolfazl ebn Magh , village in Bajgan Rural District, Aseminun District, Manujan County, Kerman Province, Iran
Tolombeh-ye Garuh Keshavarzi Abu ol Fazl , village in Golzar Rural District, in the Central District of Bardsir County, Kerman Province, Iran