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Abu-Bakr

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[uh-boo-bak-er] / əˌbuˈbæk ər /
Also Abu-Bekr

noun

  1. a.d. 573–634, Muhammad's father-in-law and successor: first caliph of Mecca 632–634.


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Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has been moved from prison to hospital to complete some medical treatment, his lawyer Hashim Abu-Bakr said on Sunday.

From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2022

His brother, Mansa Abu-Bakr, ruled the empire until 1312, when he abdicated to go on an expedition.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2019

But the timeline is up in the air and there isn’t enough space for all the businesses, said Abu-Bakr Executive Director Abdirisak Ahmed.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2018

Earlier this year, commanders of the Caucasus Emirate, an insurgent group in Russia’s turbulent north Caucasus region, rebranded themselves as an affiliate of Islamic State by pledging allegiance to the group’s leader, Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2015

So, albeit Omar was less worthy than Abu-Bakr the two are called "Al-Omaráni," in vulgar parlance, Omarayn.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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