Abd al-Ghaffar

ʻAbd al-Ghaffār (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الغفار) is a male Muslim given name, and, in modern usage, surname, built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Ghaffār, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^[1][2]

It may refer to:

Politicians

• False-Abd al-Ghaffar [ru] (?—1605), Karakalpak sultan, leader of the Karakalpak rebellion 1603—1605. Died in Battle of Kara-Kamysh.
• Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890–1988), Indian/Pakistani political and spiritual leader
• Abdoel Gaffar Pringgodigdo (1904–1988), Indonesian politician
• Hardan ’Abdul Ghaffar al-Tikriti, or Hardan al-Tikriti (1925–1971), Iraqi Air Force commander and politician
• Rukan Razuki Abd al-Ghafar (born 1956), Iraqi politician
• Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal, Afghan-American politician
• Abdul Ghafoor (politician, born 1918) (1918–2004) Indian freedom fighter and politician
• Abdul Ghafoor (Saharsa politician)
• Abdul Ghaffar (politician), Pakistani politician
• Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed, Pakistani politician
• Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri, Pakistani lawyer, writer, and politician
• Abdul Ghafoor Chaudhry, Pakistani politician
• Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Pakistani politician
• Abdul Ghafoor Hoti, Pakistani politician
• Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani, Pakistani politician
• Abdul Ghafoor Khan Mayo, Pakistani politician
• Abdul Ghafor Zori, Afghan politician
• Abdul Ghafar Atan, Malaysian politician
• Abdul Ghafar Baba, Malaysian politician
• Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal, Afghan-American politician and activist
• Abdul Ghaffar Aziz, Pakistani politician
• Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi, Pakistani politician
• Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo, Pakistani politician
• Abdul Gaffar Biswas, Bangladeshi politician
• Abdoel Gaffar Pringgodigdo, Minister of Justice of Indonesia

Sportsmen

• Ramadan Yasser Abdel Ghaffar (born 1980), Egyptian boxer
• Abdoul-Gafar Mamah (born 1985), Togolese footballer
• Abdoul Gafar (born 1998), Burkinabé footballer
• Abdul Ghafoor (sprinter), Afghan sprinter
• Abdul Ghafoor (footballer), Pakistani footballer
• Abdul Ghafoor Assar, Afghan footballer
• Abdul Ghafoor Khan, Pakistani field hockey player
• Abdul Ghafoor Murad, Qatari footballer
• Abdul Ghafoor Yusufzai, Afghan footballer
• Abdul Ghafar Ghafoori, Afghan athlete
• Abdul Gaffar (cricketer), Bangladeshi cricketer

Other people

• al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār (born 19th century), physician and second photographer of Mecca, who worked with Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, who – by coincidence – also used the name (Haji) Abdul Ghaffar
• Abdul Gaffar Choudhury (born 1932/1934?), Bangladeshi writer
• Abdul Ghafour (Taliban commander)
• Abdul Ghafour (Guantanamo detainee 954)
• Abdul Gafoor Mahmud, former chief of Bangladeshi air force
• Abdul Ghafoor Breshna, Afghan painter, music composer, poet, and film director
• Ravan A. G. Farhâdi (Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhâdi, born 1929), Afghan academic and diplomat
• Abdul Ghafar al-Akhras, Ottoman poet and caligrapher
• Abdul Ghaffar (Guantanamo detainee 1032)
• Shai Jahn Ghafoor (Abdul Ghaffar, 1969-2004), Afghan held in Guantanamo Bay
• Abdul Gaffar Billoo, Pakistani philanthropist
• Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, British writer

See also

• Gaffar