List of Famous people named Abu

Abū Ḥafṣ ‘Umar al-Murtaḍā was an Almohad caliph who reigned over part of present-day Morocco from 1248 until his death.

'Abu Bakr Muhammad at-Turtushi, better known as At-Turtushi was one of the most prominent Andalusian political philosophers of the twelfth century. His book Kitāb Sirāj al-Mulūk was one of the most important works of political theory to be produced in the medieval Islamic world. At-Turtushi was also an accomplished jurist in the Maliki school.

Abu Zakariya Yahya was the founder and first sultan of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya. He was the grandson of Sheikh Abu al-Hafs, the leader of the Hintata and second in command of the Almohads after Abd al-Mu'min.

Abu Tubar was the name given to the perpetrator of a series of robberies and murders committed in Baghdad during the early years of the Ba'ath Party rule. Although eventually ascribed to former members of Nadhim Kzar's police force, at the time there was widespread fear amongst the Baghdad population about the nature of the crimes.

Abu Shuayb Ayub Ibn Said Erredad al-Sanhaji Assariya is the patron saint of Azemmour, Morocco. His mausoleum in Azemmour was built on the order of Mohammed ben Abdallah. It stands on the remains of a Roman building. Abu Shuayb lived in the time of the Almohad and Almoravid dynasties. He was a student of Abu Abdallah Mohammed Amghar and teacher of Abu Yazza, who in his turn was teacher of Abu Madyan. His brotherhood is called the Shuaybiya.

Abdulaziz al-Mahdali, known as Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi, was a senior military commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur was Khan of Khiva from 1643 to 1663. He spent ten years in Persia before becoming khan, and was very well educated, writing two historical works in the Khiva dialect of the Chagatai language.