Abu al-Faraj is a title or given name, derived from the name Faraj, of Arabic origins. During the Middle Ages, the name Abu al-Faraj () was a title for many Arab and Jewish poets and scholars.
Notable people named Abu al-Faraj include: Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967), Arab historian and author of Kitāb al-Aghānī ibn al-Tayyib (d. 1043), or Abulpharagius Abdalla Benattibus, Eastern Christian Arab physician and philosopher known for commentary on Galen and Aristotle Jeshua ben Judah, also known as Abu al-Faraj Harun Furqan ibn Asad, 11th century scholar, exegete and philosopher of Karaite Judaism Athanasius VI bar Khamoro (d. 1129), a Syriac Patriarch of Antioch ibn al-Jawzi (c.1126–1201), Muslim Arab scholar of the Hanbali school of jurisprudential thought Abu-al-Faraj Runi, 11th century Arab court poet who wrote masnavis Bar Hebraeus (1226–1286), also known as Abulpharagius, Jewish convert to the Syriac Orthodox Church ibn Rajab (1335–1393), Hanbali Arab Muslim scholar Abu Faraj al-Libbi, nom de guerre of a Libyan alleged to be a senior member of al-Qaeda Ahmad Salama Mabruk, called Abu Faraj al-Masri, a senior leader in the Syrian militant group al-Nusra Front Abu al-Faraj Harun (late 10th century – mid-11th century), better known as Aaron of Jerusalem, a Karaite scholar and grammarian
See also
Farag Faraj
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