ʻAbd al-Shakūr (ALA-LC romanization of ) is a male Muslim given name, comprising two Arabic words ʻabd and al-Shakūr, the latter being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-thankful".
Because the Arabic letter corresponding to sh is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to Abd al-Shakur, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd ash-Shakur. Alternative transliterations include Abdul Shakoor and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to: ʽAbd al-Shakur ibn Yusuf, Emir of Harar, Ethiopia, until 1782 Muhammad ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur, Emir of Harar, Ethiopia, until 1875 'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur (died 1930), Emir of Harar, Ethiopia, until 1887 Abdul Shakoor Rashad (1921–2004), Afghan writer and scholar Abdus Shakur (writer) (1941–2013), Bangladeshi litterateur and musicologist Abdus Shakoor (painter) (born 1947), Bangladeshi painter Abdul Shakoor (1968–2023), Pakistani politician Mustafadden Abdush Shakur, known as Mustafa Shakur, (born 1984), American basketball player Abdul Shakoor (Emirati cricketer) (born 1988), an Emirati cricketer Abdul Shakoor (German cricketer) (born 1999), also known as Abdul-Shakoor Rahimzei, a German cricketer Abdusakur Tan, Filipino governor
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