Abdul Sattar
Abdul Sattar (Arabic: عبد الستار ) is a male Muslim given name, built on the Arabic words Abd, al- and Sattar. The name means "servant of the Veiler (of sins)".[1][2]
Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is usually assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to Abd al-Sattar, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd as-Sattar. Alternative transliterations include Abdus Sattar, Abd al-Sattar and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to:
- Abdus Sattar (president) (1906–1985), Bangladeshi jurist and politician who served as president of Bangladesh
- Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi (1915–2001), Pakistani religious and political leader
- Abdul Sattar Edhi (born 1928), Pakistani philanthropist
- Abdul Sattar Afghani (1930–2006), Pakistani politician
- Abdul Satar Sirat (born 1937), Afghan politician
- Abdus Suttar Khan (1941–2008), Bangladeshi aerospace researcher
- Abdul Sattar Jawad (born 1943), Iraqi-American professor of English
- Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar Muhammad (1956–2010), chief of staff of the Iraqi armed forces before the 2003 invasion
- Abdul Sattar Abu Risha (1972–2007), Iraqi Sunni tribal leader and ally of the U.S.
- Abdel Sattar Sabry (born 1974), Egyptian footballer
- Abdul Sattar (Guantanamo detainee 10) (born 1981), Pakistani prisoner in Guantanamo
References
- ^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
- ^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.