The name literally means Black Horse, a reference to a black stone statue of King Edward VII ( as the then Prince of Wales ) mounted on a horse that was built by the Jewish businessman and philanthropist Albert Abdullah David Sassoon.

According to legend, The Khan of Bukhara, Abdullah Khan II had the city destroyed in a fit of rage over the death of his favorite horse from exhaustion on a steep approach the city, but was later overcome with remorse for the damage he had done.

His son Abdullah participated in various horse racing events.

* 1970 to 1984: excavations conducted by the EAO clear the small temple of Hathor ; directed by Abdullah el-Sayed Mahmud, Huleil Ghali and Karim Abu Shanab.

José Padilla ( born October 18, 1970 ), also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah, is a United States citizen convicted of aiding terrorists.

* Omar Abdullah ( b. 1970 ), politician and Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, India

Abdullah Hussein al-Kurshumi () was the Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic from 2 September 1969 until 5 February 1970.

Omar Abdullah ( born 10 March 1970 ) is an Indian Kashmiri politician and the scion of one of the state's most prominent political family, the Abdullah family who became the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of the northern Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, after forming a government in coalition with the Congress party, on 5 January 2009.

Omar Abdullah was born 10 March 1970.

* Omar Abdullah ( born 1970 ), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir

Abu Bakr ( Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa ) (, c. 573 CE – 23 August 634 CE ) also known as Abū Bakr as-Șiddīq ( Arabic: أبو بكر الصديق ) was a senior companion ( Sahabi ) and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

* 1872 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-Islamic scholar and translator ( d. 1953 )

* 1921 – Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.

A former law student and muezzin, Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Nami ( Arabic: أحمد بن عبد الله النامي, ; also transliterated as Alnami ) < span dir =" ltr ">( December 7, 1977 – September 11, 2001 )</ span > was one of four hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11 attacks.

* 1949 – Abdullah Senussi, Sudanese-Libyan military officer

* 730 – Battle of Marj Ardabil: the Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al-Djarrah ibn Abdullah.

* 1953 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born scholar and translator ( b. 1872 )

* 1920 – Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian nationalist leader ( b. 1856 )

* 1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.

* 1999 – Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party, is arrested in Kenya.

* 1999 – Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.

* 1999 – Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.

* 1962 – King Abdullah II of Jordan

* 2005 – Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II of Jordan

* 2011 – Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Comoran terrorist ( b. 1974 )

In 2009 a federal court of appeals in San Francisco found that Ashcroft could be sued and held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of material witness Abdullah al-Kidd – an American citizen arrested in March 2003 and held for 13 months in maximum security to be used as a witness in the trial of Sami Omar Al-Hussayen ( who himself was acquitted of all charges of supporting terrorism ).

Their emigration left the Sabahs in undisputed control, and by the end of Abdullah I's long rule ( 1762 – 1812 ), Sabah rule was secure, and the political hierarchy in Kuwait was well established, the merchants deferring to direct orders from the Shaikh.

* 1946 – The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.

* 1996 – Death of Abdullah Çatlı, leader of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organisation Grey Wolves in the Susurluk car-crash, which leads to the resignation of the Turkish Interior Minister, Mehmet Ağar ( a leader of the True Path Party, DYP ).

* 2011 – Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, The Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.

* 1950 – Abdullah Gul, Turkish President

* 2003 – Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.

* 1934 – Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer

A government was formed by Abdullahi Issa and other members of the trusteeship and protectorate governments, with Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf as President of the Somali National Assembly, Aden Abdullah Osman Daar as President and Abdirashid Ali Shermarke as Prime Minister ( later to become President from 1967 – 1969 ).

* 2008 – Turkish President Abdullah Gül attends an association football match in Armenia after an invitation by Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan ; he is the first Turkish head of state to visit the country.

The January 2003 CIA paper Iraqi Support for Terrorism states that al-Libi told a foreign intelligence service that " Iraq — acting on the request of al-Qa ' ida militant Abu Abdullah, who was Muhammad Atif's emissary — agreed to provide unspecified chemical or biological weapons training for two al-Qa ' ida associates beginning in December 2000.

* Ali, Abdullah Yusuf ( 2000 ).

In November 2011, King Abdullah II of Jordan visited Ramallah for the first time since 2000.

al-Libi told interrogators that Atef had sent an emissary named Abu Abdullah to Iraq to obtain chemical and biological warfare training for two al-Qaeda members in December 2000.

Bangsar Lutheran Church was restarted in 2000, and convenes in a house along Jalan Abdullah.

* Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah 2000 – 2003

On 21 December 2000, Mutaib bin Abdullah was made deputy assistant chief of National Guard responsible for military affairs.