Abd al-Sattar


ʻAbd al-Sattār is an Arabic Muslim male given name, built on the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Sattār. The name means "servant of the Veiler ".
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, Abdul Sattar, Abdel Sattar and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:

Politicians

  • Abdus Sattar , Bangladeshi jurist and politician who served as president of Bangladesh, November 1981 to March 1982
  • Abdul Sattar , Foreign Minister of Pakistan 1993 and 1999–2002
  • Abdul Sattar, member of the Senate of Pakistan
  • Abdus Sattar, a Bangladeshi Awami League politician from Comilla-21
  • Abdus Sattar
  • Abdus Sattar
  • Abdus Sattar
  • Abdul Sattar
  • Abdus Sattar , Indian National Congress politician
  • Abdus Sattar, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament from Tangail-1
  • Abdus Sattar, Communist Party of India 21st century politician
  • Abdul Sattar Afghani, Pakistani politician
  • Abdul Satar Sirat, Afghan politician
  • Abdul Sattar Murad, Afghan politician, governor of Kapisa province 2004–07
  • Abdul Sattar Khan , a Pakistani politician
  • Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi, a Maharashtra politician representing Sillod constituency
  • Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar, Iraqi political activist in 2004
  • A. B. M. Abdus Sattar, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician

    Other people

  • Abd al-Sattar al-Aboussi perpetrator behind the killing of the Iraqi Royal Family
  • Abd al-Sattar Qasim
  • Maulānā Abdul Sattar Khān Niazī, Pakistani religious and political leader
  • Mohammad Abdus Sattar, Indian footballer
  • Abdus Sattar, Bangladeshi industrialist and politician
  • Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist
  • Abdus Suttar Khan, Bangladeshi aerospace researcher
  • Abdul Sattar Jawad, Iraqi-American professor of English
  • Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar Muhammad, chief of staff of the Iraqi armed forces before the 2003 invasion
  • Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, Iraqi Sunni tribal leader and ally of the U.S.
  • Abdel Sattar Sabry, Egyptian footballer
  • Abdul Sattar , Pakistani prisoner in Guantanamo
  • Abdul Sattar Bhagat, Pakistani cricketer
  • Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib, director of military intelligence in Iraq before the 2003 invasion
  • Abdussattar Shaikh, FBI informant 1994–2003
  • Abdul-Satar al-Bahadli, Iraqi Shi'a cleric
  • Nodirbek Abdusattorov, chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan