Abu'l-Faḍl

Abu'l Faḍl (Arabic: ابوالفضل‎) 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.

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 Imam and the fourth 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
  • 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 (born 1966), Iranian medical doctor, journalist and political activist

Places
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