Ataullah
Ataullah (also spelled Ata'ullah, Ataollah, Atallah or Attallah, Arabic: عطا الله) is a male Arab and Muslim given name built from the words Ata and Allah, meaning Gift of Allah. In modern usage it may appear as a surname for Arab Christians and Muslims.
It may refer to:
Persons
Given name
- Sultan Ataullah Muhammad Shah I (1422-1472), Sultan of Kedah
- Sultan Ataullah Muhammad Shah II (1687-1698), Sultan of Kedah
- Attallah Suheimat (1875-1965), Jordanian politician
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (1892-1961), Indian religious and political leader
- Qazi Ataullah Khan (1895-1952), Pakistani politician
- Ataullah Mengal (born 1929), Chief Minister of Balochistan, Pakistan
- Ataullah Bogdan Kopański (born 1948), Polish-born historian
- Ataollah Salehi (born ca. 1950), commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army
- Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi (born 1951), Pakistani folk singer
- Ata'ollah Mohajerani (born 1964), Iranian historian, politician, journalist, and author
- Ataullah Guerra (born 1987), Trinidadian footballer
- Ataullah (cricketer), (born 1986) Pakistani cricketer
Middle name
- Salah al-Din Attallah Suheimat, or just Salah Suheimat (1914-1966), Jordanian politician
- Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani (born 1923), Afghan Muslim scholar
Family name
- Naim Attallah (born 1931), Palestinian businessman and writer
- Samir Atallah (born 1941), Lebanese journalist, author and political analyst
- Elias Atallah (born 1947), Lebanese politician
- Alain Attalah (born 1964), Egyptian basketball player
- Nasri Atallah (born 1982), Lebanese-British author
- Mikhail Atallah, Lebanese-American computer scientist
- Christine Atallah, Canadian singer-songwriter
See also
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