Al-Zubayr (disambiguation)

Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624–692) was an Arab military commander and the leader of a rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate (Ibn al-Zubayr's revolt) that led to his death in battle.

Al-Zubayr, Al-Zubair, Az-Zubayr or Az-Zubair can also refer to:

People

• Zubayr (name), a given name and a surname
• Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594–656), an Arab military commander of the Rashidun Caliphate and cousin of Muhammad
• Ursa ibn al-Zubayr, a narrator of hadith and a son of Zubayr ibn al-Awam
• Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur (1830–?), a Sudanese slave trader and a pasha of Bahr el Ghazal under the Khedivate of Egypt
• Rabih az-Zubayr (c. 1842–1900), a Sudanese warlord and slave trader
• Az-Zubayr ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, founder of the Hilf al-Fudul and an uncle of Muhammad
• Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar (788–870), an Arab historian and genealogist
• Ahmed Al-Zubair al-Senussi (1934–), a Libyan politician and prince of the Senussi house
• Zubair Mohamed Salih (1944–1998), a former Sudanese Vice President and soldier
• Urwah ibn Zubayr (?–713), a Muslim historian and one of The Seven Fuqaha of Medina
• Nabila al-Zubayr (1964–), a Yemeni poet and novelist
• Zubairi, a family name in South Asia and the Middle East

Places

• Al-Zubair District, a district in Basra Governorate, Iraq
  • Az Zubayr, the capital of Al-Zubair District
• Khor Al Zubair, a city in Basra Governorate, Iraq
  • Khor Al Zubair Port, the port of Khor Al Zubair
  • The Khawr Al-Zubayr channel between Kuwait and Iraq
• Deim Zubeir, a town in Lol State, South Sudan
• Zubair Group, a group of volcanic islands belonging to Yemen
• Bait Al Zubair, a museum in Muscat, Oman
• Bani Az Zubayr, a village in Sana'a Governorate, Yemen
• Az Zubair Field, an oil field in southern Iraq

Other uses

• Al-Zubair SC, an Iraqi football club
• Al-Zubair I, a Sudanese main battle tank based on the Type 59
• Al-Zubair II, a Sudanese main battle tank based on the Type 59D

See also

• Zubayr (disambiguation)
• Zubayr (name)
• Al-Zubara