<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Other names </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alternative spelling </Th> <Td> Ebrahim </Td> </Tr> <P> Ibrahim (Arabic: إبراهيم ‎ ‎, Ibrāhīm) is the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham . He was God's messenger . It is a common first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a derivative of the name Abraham or Avram from Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East . In Lebanon and Maghreb, Brahim is a common diminutive for the first name Ibrahim . </P> <Ul> <Li> Ibrahim (1615--1648), Ottoman sultan </Li> <Li> Ibrahim I of Shirvan, ruler of Shirvan from the Derbendid dynasty 1382--1417 </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Abatcha (1938--1968), Chadian politician </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Artan Ismail Somali politician, former Minister of Security of Puntland </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Abouleish (born 1937), Egyptian scientist </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Abu - Lughod (1929--2001), Palestinian academic </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Afellay (born 1986), Dutch footballer </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Ahmad (1914--2000), Kurdish politician </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Ba (born 1973), Senegalese - French footballer </Li> <Li> İbrahim Balaban (born 1921), Turkish painter </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Bey (1735--1833), Egyptian Mamluk chieftain of Georgian origin </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Bilali (born 1965), Kenyan boxer </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar (1897--1960), Pakistani politician </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Fazeel (born 1980), Maldivian footballer </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Ferrer (1927--2005), Afro - Cuban singer </Li> <Li> Ibrahim of Johor (1873--1959), Sultan of Johor, Malaysia </Li> <Li> Ibrahim of Kazan (died 1479), ruler of Kazan Khanate 1467--1479 </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Halidi (born 1954), Prime Minister of Comoros </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Hashem (1878--1958), Jordanian lawyer and politician </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Heski (died 1931), Kurdish politician </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Hussein (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Kargbo (born 1982), Sierra Leonean footballer </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Zeid Keilani (1937--2013), Jordanian politician </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Maalouf (born 1980), Lebanese jazz musician </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Meraachli (died 2004), Lebanese actor </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Al - Mudhaf (1852--1928), Kuwaiti politician </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674--1745), Ottoman diplomat, printer, and polymath </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Nagi (1898--1953), Egyptian poet </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Najjar, Lebanese politician </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Nasir (1926--2008), Maldivian politician </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Nasrallah (born 1954), Palestinian poet </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Nooraddeen (died 1892), Sultan of the Maldives </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Orabi (born 1912), Egyptian wrestler </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Pasha (disambiguation), several pashas named Ibrahim </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Rabimov (born 1987), Tajikistani footballer </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Said (born 1984), Egyptian footballer </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Al - Shahrani (born 1974), Saudi Arabian footballer </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Sidibe, Senegalese footballer </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Sirkeci (born 1972), Turkish management scientist </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Tounkara (born 1976), Canadian football player </Li> <Li> Ibrahim ibn al - Walid, Umayyad caliph who ruled for a short time in 744 </Li> <Li> Ibrahim Yattara (born 1980), Guinean footballer </Li> <Li> Ibrahim al - Yaziji (died 1906), Lebanese writer </Li> </Ul>

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