# Jabbar

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**Jabbar** (Arabic: جبار) is an Arabic word meaning "great" or "mighty". With the definite article as **al-Jabbar** (Arabic: الجبار) it is one of the [names of God in Islam](/source/Names_of_God_in_Islam), and is so used in the given name **[Abd al-Jabbar](/source/Abd_al-Jabbar_(name))** (Arabic: عبد الجبار).

## Al-Jabbar as surname

- [Abdul Jalilul Jabbar](/source/Abdul_Jalilul_Jabbar) (ruled 1649–1652), Sultan of Brunei
- [Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar](/source/Abdul-Karim_al-Jabbar) (born 1974), American footballer

## Jabbar as given name

- [Jabbar Baghtcheban](/source/Jabbar_Baghtcheban) (1884–1966), Iranian worker with the deaf
- [Jabbar Choheili](/source/Jabbar_Choheili) (1923–2014), Iranian Mandaean priest
- [Jabbar Garyagdioglu](/source/Jabbar_Garyagdioglu) (1861–1944), Azerbaijani folk singer
- [Jabbar Muhammad](/source/Jabbar_Muhammad) (born 2001), American football player
- [Jabbar Patel](/source/Jabbar_Patel) (born 1942), Indian theatre and film director
- [Jabbar Savalan](/source/Jabbar_Savalan) (born ca. 1991), Azerbaijani blogger
- [Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan Al-Sahlani](/source/Jawad_Jabbar_Sadkhan_Al-Sahlani), Iraqi held in Guantanamo

## Jabbar as surname

- [Abdoul Jabbar](/source/Abdoul_Jabbar) (1980–2021), Guinean singer-songwriter
- [Abdul Jabbar (activist)](/source/Abdul_Jabbar_(activist)) (1919–1952), Bengali-language demonstrator
- [Abdul Jabbar (footballer)](/source/Abdul_Jabbar_(footballer)) (1945–2014), Pakistani footballer
- [Hussein Jabbar](/source/Hussein_Jabbar) (born 1998), Iraqi footballer
- [Javed Jabbar](/source/Javed_Jabbar), Pakistani writer and politician
- [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](/source/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar) (born 1947), American basketball player
- [Maitham Jabbar](/source/Maitham_Jabbar) (born 2000), Iraqi footballer
- [Mehreen Jabbar](/source/Mehreen_Jabbar) (born 1971), Pakistani filmmaker, daughter of Javed
- [Mudhafar Jabbar](/source/Mudhafar_Jabbar) (born 1965), Iraqi footballer
- [Mustafa Jabbar](/source/Mustafa_Jabbar) (born 1949), Bangladeshi businessman and politician
- [Pat Jabbar](/source/Pat_Jabbar), music producer
- [Sadia Jabbar](/source/Sadia_Jabbar), Pakistani television and film producer
- Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, suspect in the [2025 New Orleans truck attack](/source/2025_New_Orleans_truck_attack)
- [Sheikh Abdul Jabbar](/source/Sheikh_Abdul_Jabbar) (1931–1990), Indian politician and freedom fighter from Jammu and Kashmir
- [T H Abdul Jabbar](/source/T_H_Abdul_Jabbar) (born 1960), Indian politician from Kerala
- [Yaser Jabbar](/source/Yaser_Jabbar), orthopaedic surgeon

## Other uses

- [Al Jabbar Grand Mosque](/source/Al_Jabbar_Grand_Mosque), a mosque located in West Java, Indonesia
- Al-Jabbar, the Arabic name of the [constellation Orion](/source/Constellation_Orion)
- [Jabbar Khel](/source/Jabbar_Khel), Afghan clan
- [Khak-i Jabbar](/source/Khak-i_Jabbar), village in Afghanistan - [Khaki Jabbar District](/source/Khaki_Jabbar_District), Afghanistan
- [Jabbar, Khuzestan](/source/Jabbar,_Khuzestan), a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
- [Jabbar, Razavi Khorasan](/source/Jabbar,_Razavi_Khorasan), a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- Jabbar, alternate name of [Kalateh-ye Jabbar](/source/Kalateh-ye_Jabbar), a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- [Jabbar, South Khorasan](/source/Jabbar,_South_Khorasan), a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran

## Fictional uses

- [Jabbar (*The 99*)](/source/Jabbar_(The_99)), a character in *The 99* comics
- [Gom jabbar](/source/Gom_jabbar), a weapon from the Dune universe

## See also

- [Abdul Jabbar](/source/Abdul_Jabbar)
- [Jabari](/source/Jabari)
- [Jabber (disambiguation)](/source/Jabber_(disambiguation))

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