Yakub
Introduction '''Yakub''' or '''Yaqub''' (, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and  James. The Arabic form '''''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb''''' may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname. It is common in Polish, Czech and Slovak languages, where it is transliterated as '''Jakub'''. '''Yakub''' may also refer to:
Religious figures *Yāˈqub bin Isḥāq bin Ibrāhīm (Jacob), prophet of Islam*Yakub (Nation of Islam), creator of the white race*Yaqub al-Charkhi (1360–1360), Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Baha' al-Din Naqshband
Other people with this given name ===Pre-modern times===*Ya'qub al-Mansur, Almohad ruler Reigned from 1184 to 1199. *''Ya'qub ibn Abdallah al-Mansur'' (b. 760s) was the third son of al-Mansur (r. 754–775) from his wife Fatima. *Ya'qub ibn Killis (930–991), Egyptian vizier*Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari, Persian leader*Yakub Çelebi, Ottoman Sehzade, son of Sultan Murad I *Yaqub Beg (1820–1877), Tajik adventurer*Yaqub Ibn as-Sikkit (died 857), philologist tutor, grammarian and scholar of poetry*Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari*Yaqub Spata (died 1416), last Lord of Arta*Yaqub al-Mustamsik was the fifteenth century figurehead caliph of Mamluk Sultanate. *Yaqub-Har, pharaoh of ancient Egypt*Yaqūb ibn Tāriq, Persian astronomer and mathematician*Yakub I of Germiyan, founder of the Germiyanid beylik*Yakub II, bey of Germiyan===Modern times===*Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar, former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan*Yacoub Al-Mohana (born 1975), Kuwaiti film and musical director*Yacoub Artin (1842–1919), ethnic Armenian educator and scholar*Yacoub Makzoume (born 1995), Syrian tennis player*Yacoub Masboungi (born 1948), Lebanese former swimmer*Yacoub Romanos (1935–2011), Lebanese wrestler*Yacoub Sarraf (born 1961), Lebanese politician*Yacoub Shaheen (born 1994), Palestinian singer*Yacoub Zaiadeen (?–2015), Jordanian politician and surgeon*Yacub Addy (1931–2014), Ghanaian drummer, composer, choreographer and educator*Yakub Ali Chowdhury, Bengali essayist*Yakub Ali, politician*Yakub Cemil, Ottoman soldier in the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état*Yakub Guznej (1892–? ), Belarusian socio-political and military leader*Yakub Hasan Sait (1875–1940), Indian businessman, freedom-fighter and politician*Yakub Holovatsky (1814–1888), Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliographer, lexicographer, and poet*Yakub Idrizov (born 1993), Bulgarian footballer*Yakub Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish diplomat*Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan (1904–1958), Indian film actor and director*Yakub Kolas (1882–1956), Belarusian writer*Yakub Memon (1962–2015), Indian terrorist*Yakub Shah Chak (died 1593), last native ruler of Kashmir*Yakub Shevki Pasha, General of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army*Yaqoob Abdul Baki (born 1979), Omani football referee*Yaqoob Al-Qasmi, Omani footballer*Yaqoob Ali (born 1980), Pakistani-born Irish cricketer*Yaqoob Bizanjo, Pakistani politician*Yaqoob Butt (born 1988), footballer*Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini (born 1982), Omani footballer*Yaqoob Salem Al-Farsi (born 1982), Omani footballer*Yaqoob Salem Eid (born 1996), Bahraini sprinter*Yaqub al-Ghusayn (1899–1947), Palestinian leader*Yaqub al-Mansur, Sultan of Morocco*Yaqub Ali Sharif, politician*Yaqub Eyyubov (born 1945), Azerbaijani politician*Yaqub Kareem, Nigerian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s*Yaqub Mirza (born 1946), Pakistani businessman*Yaqub Qureishi, Indian politician*Yaqub Salimov, Tajik politician*Yaqub Sanu (1839–1912), Egyptian journalist
People with this surname *Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (1944–2014), Pakistani expatriate businessman based in Dubai* Ahmad Muin Yaacob, Malaysian convicted murderer *Aminata Aboubakar Yacoub (born 1989), Republic of the Congo swimmer*Asif Yaqoob (born 1973), Pakistani cricket umpire*Atta Yaqub (born 1979), Scottish model and actor of Pakistani descent*Charles Yacoub, Lebanese-Canadian bus hijacker*Chaudhry Yaqoob, Pakistani police officer*Gabriel Yacoub, French musician, songwriter, and visual artist*Hala Al-Abdallah Yacoub (born 1956), Syrian cinematographer and director*Halimah Yacob (born 1954), President of Singapore*Joseph Yacoub (born 1944), Syrian professor*Magdi Yacoub (born 1935), Egyptian-British professor*Mirza Yaqoob (born 1974), Bahraini cricketer* (1937–2011), Tunisian art historian*Mohammad Yakub, Indian cricketer*Mohammad Yaqoob (born 1990), eldest son of Mullah Mohammed Omar*Muhammad Hussein Yacoub (born 1956), Arab Islamic scholar*Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (860s–941), Persian Shia hadith collector*Muhammad Yaqub, a Pakistani banker*Paola Yacoub (born 1966), artist based in Berlin and Beirut*Rami Yacoub (born 1975), Swedish-Palestinian record producer and songwriter*Reham Yacoub (1991–2020), Iraqi human rights advocate and doctor*Roman Yakub (born 1958), American composer*Rutaba Yaqub, Saudi Arabian singer*Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqoob (born 1952), Pakistani politician*Salma Yaqoob (born 1971), British political activist*Septar Mehmet Yakub (1904–1991), Crimean Tatar lawyer, thinker, and spiritual leader*Simon Yacoub (born 1989), Palestinian judoka*Souheila Yacoub (born 1992), Swiss gymnast and actress*Talat Yaqoob, a Scottish campaigner, writer, and commentator*Waleed Yaqub (born 1974), Pakistani cricket umpire
See also * Yakup, Turkish form of the name
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