Abu'l-Fadl
Abu'l Faḍl (Arabic: ابوالفضل) is an Arabic male given name which also occurs in place-names. It means father of virtue. It can variously be 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.
It may refer to:
People
- Abu'l-Fadl is the Kunya (Teknonym) for Muhammad's uncle and companion Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib
- Abu'l-Fadl, nickname given to Abbas ibn Ali (647–680), the son of the first Imam and the fourth Caliph
- Abu'l-Fadl al-Abbas ibn Fasanjas (c. 876-953), statesman who served the Buyid dynasty
- Abu 'l-Fadl Ja'far ibn Ahmad al-Mu'tadid, 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-Fadl Bayhaqi (995–1077), Persian historian and author
- Abu al-Fadl `Iyad ibn Amr ibn Musa ibn `Iyad ..., known as Qadi Ayyad (1083–1149), imam in Ceuta, judge in Granada
- Abu al-Fadl Ja'far ibn 'Ali 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-Fadl (1844–1914), Bahá'í scholar, who helped spread the Bahá'í Faith in Egypt, Turkmenistan, and the United States
- Abul Fazal (writer) (1903–1983), Bangladeshi writer and educationist
- Abul Fazal Mohammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, known as A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1915–2001), 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, Iranian medical doctor, journalist and political activist
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
- Masjed Hazarat Abu ol Fazl, village in Bahadoran Rural District, in the Central District of Mehriz County, Yazd Province, Iran
- Padgan Abu ol Fazel, village in Hoseyniyeh Rural District, Alvar-e Garmsiri District, Andimeshk County, Khuzestan Province, Iran
- Rustai-ye Abolfazl ebn Magh, village in Bajgan Rural District, Aseminun District, Manujan County, Kerman Province, Iran
- Tolombeh-ye Abu ol Fazel, village in Eslamiyeh Rural District, in the Central District of Rafsanjan 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
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