Abu Abd Allah

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Abu Abd Allah is the honorific kunya of Husayn ibn Ali, the revered grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and a central figure in Islamic, particularly Shia, history.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Abu Abd Allah canonical 2
Abu Abdillah 1
Abu Abdullah 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific kunya
appliedTo male person
associatedBranch Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
associatedEvent Battle of Karbala
associatedFigure Muhammad
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
associatedReligion Islam
associatedTitleOf third Shia Imam
component Abdullah
surface form: Abd Allah

Abu
culturalRole expression of respect
honorificFor Husayn ibn Ali
honorificType teknonym
language Arabic
meaning Father of Abd Allah
namingType kunya
refersTo Husayn ibn Ali
a person who has a son named Abd Allah
regionOfUse Middle East
Muslim-majority societies
religiousSignificance name of a revered martyr in Islam
script Arabic script
timePeriodOfProminentUse early Islamic period
transliterationVariant Abu Abdallah
Abu Abdullah
Abu ‘Abd Allah
usedAs personal appellation
religious honorific
usedIn Arabic naming traditions
Islamic culture

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Husayn ibn Ali kunya Abu Abd Allah
Husayn ibn Ali title Abu Abd Allah
Muhammad al-Bukhari kunya Abu Abd Allah
this entity surface form: Abu Abdullah
Imam Husayn honorificTitle Abu Abd Allah
this entity surface form: Abu Abdillah